Qatar Charity, Qatar Airways provide winter aid

Qatar Charity Launches its cam

In its third edition, the campaign has awarded a number of HMC officials, aiming at highlighting the role that state institutions play for the development of the nation.

Honoring :

On behalf of Qatar Charity, Mr. Farid Saddiqi, head of social programs, presented honor shields and gratitude certificates to a number of HMC officials including: Dr.Abdulatif Muhammed Al khal – Director of Development of Physicians, Dr. Wafaa Salah Al Yazidi - Head of Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Mrs. Aysha Al Khayareen - Director of Nursing and Rehabilitation at Muaither Complex for Care and Rehabilitation.

At the honorary reception, Mrs. Badrya Al Yaqoot – Head of donation department in QC- pointed out to the importance of the projects and achievements that state institutions have accomplished over the past recent years. Mrs. Al Yawqoot also praised the previous two editions of “Positive Society” by Qatar Charity, as the first one had introduced Qatar Charity as humanitarian and developmental institution, while the second one had highlighted the role of ministry of education and high education as well as the most influential Qatari females who contribute in supporting People with Special Needs and promoting their cause in the Qatari society.

Developing healthcare:

Director of Development of Physicians in HMC , Dr.Abdulatif Muhammed Al khal has briefed the audience about the services that Hamad Medical Corporation provides, as well as the latest medical technologies that are used to improve the quality of medical services in the country. Dr. Al Khal also praised Qatar’s efforts to promote and develop healthcare sector, and ensuring to meet the latest International medical standards.

He noted that Hamad Medical Corporation consists of 10 public and specialty hospitals, as well as homecare and ambulance services.
In his speech, Al-Khall focused on the mechanism adopted by the HMC to prepare future doctors and provide them with continuing vocational medical education. He pointed out that in order to develop and nurture future doctors, HMC has established specialized medical training programs.

Rehabilitation:

Dr. Wafa Saleh Al-Zubaidi, Head of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine Department, explained that the administration offers a number of rehabilitation programs and a comprehensive range of services for the medical and rehabilitation management of patients suffering from physical, mental, psychological and social disabilities or patients suffering from neurological diseases. Dr. Al Zubaidi stated that HMC mission is to achieve an international status as a center of excellence in the provision of health care, physiotherapy and rehabilitation services.

She stated that the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine is working to guide the patients’ therapeutic path and facilitate the stages of their improvement to enable them to reach their maximum abilities at a physical, psychological and social levels. Dr. Al Zubaidi added that the interaction of society is a necessity and a motivation, as it encourages the effectiveness of the provided services.

Mrs. Aisha Al-Khayarin, Director of Nursing and Rehabilitation at Muaither Care and Rehabilitation Complex, concluded by addressing the importance of nursing in healthcare system. She emphasized on the role that nurses play in the healthcare system through their constant medical invention when and where needed.

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Al-Ahli Visits Keneya to Conte

A delegation from the Al Ahli Sports Club Team, contesting in Qatar Charity’s “Competitors 2” Program, visited Kenya to know about the nature and location of the developmental project, which is intended to be implemented in the country.

The team's visit to Kenya has resulted in determining the type and location of the project, which includes building a health center, drilling an artesian well, and sponsoring 100 orphans and 100 People with Special Needs.

The project will be implemented in the outskirts of the capital Nairobi at a total cost of about 1.7 million riyals, due to the need of the people for such projects in these places, according to the field assessment.

The visit was organized in the context of the competition with Al Wakrah Sports Team, which recently visited Indonesia and then started marketing its project to build a school with 6 classrooms and 25 houses at a cost of at a cost of 1.5 million riyals, with the aim to benefit 1,250 people.

Members of the Delegation

The delegation included the President of Al Ahli Sports Club Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al-Thani, Ali Al-Kuwari, Captain Abdullah Jassim, Captain Abdullah Saad, Captain Nasser Salimin, and Ibrahim Fetian from the QC’s Media Department.

Field Tours

The Al-Ahli Sports Club’s delegation began the tours with a visit to the Qatar Charity’s Regional Office in Nairobi and came to know the activities and achievements of the office.

The delegation also participated in the opening of Al Habib Mosque built by Qatar Charity in the Njiru district of Nairobi, where the imam delivered a speech, in which he thanked the people of Qatar.

On this occasion, a member of the delegation, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sada talked about the role of the mosque and its importance as a beacon of the knowledge.

The delegation took part in the distribution of food baskets (consisting of rice, flour, sugar, cooking oil and baby milk) to 167 poor and needy families in the district of Njiru.

The delegation presented valuable gifts to some Orphans Sponsored by Qatar Charity in order to bring joy to their hearts, in addition to distributing food baskets to orphans.

On his impressions of the visit, Sheikh Abdullah Al Sada, said that the visit was successful by all standards, pointing out the Al Ahli Sports Club Team undertook to build a mosque and a school outside the competition, in addition to the club's commitment to marketing its project within the framework of the competition.

Third Round

Ahmed Al Ali, Assistant Executive Director of the Executive Management of Media and Communication and Program Supervisor revealed that the third round of the “Competitors2” Program will be held between new contestants, noting that the announcement of the winner team will be made before the holy month of Ramadan.

At the end of 2017, Qatar Charity launched the second season of the “Competitors” Program, which gives opportunities to various community institutions to participate in the charitable, humanitarian and developmental work as well as in creative community marketing with new, innovative, interesting and loving ways.

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QC distributes fresh meat to 2

Around 2,267 poor families benefited from the fresh meat project implemented by Qatar Charity in the Gaza Strip in cooperation with the General Department of Zakat at the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs.

The Director of the QC office in the Gaza Strip, Engineer Mohammed Abu Haloub said the fresh meat project, implemented at a cost of about QR 135,000, contributed to alleviating the suffering of a large number of Palestinian families living under the deteriorating economic conditions.

Abu Haloub pointed out that most of the families benefiting from the project suffer from insufficient income, as they have no breadwinner, noting that Qatar Charity works hard to lessen their suffering through donations that it gets from philanthropists.

He added that a contract was signed with a company specialized in supplying cows, slaughtering, cutting, weighing in a healthy slaughterhouse according to Islamic laws, and then transporting them to the Zakat committees in the different governorates of the Gaza Strip.

Qatar Charity targets the most needy groups such as orphans, poor, and People with Special Needs through its seasonal projects, including the Udhiya (sacrificial animals) project in particular, which are implemented every year by its office in the Gaza Strip in cooperation with partner organizations.

Qatar Charity has implemented a number of projects in the Gaza Strip during the last year 2017 to contribute to the development of the Palestinian society, which covered more than a dozen development sectors under activities, projects, programs and major sectors (social welfare, seasonal social and humanitarian work, economic empowerment, housing for the poor and reconstruction of destroyed homes, grants for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, education, agriculture, health, water and sanitation, cultural projects, Relief and Emergency Projects, and others). The QC’s interventions have benefited more than one million persons.

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QA funds project for Syrians i

Qatar Charity, with the support from Qatar Airways, implemented a new relief project to provide the necessary winter supplies for more than 400 families of orphans living in Syrian refugee camps of Arsal to help them cope with cold and snowstorms.

The implementation of the project came as part of the continued efforts that Qatar Charity makes to enhance the living conditions of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon within the framework of its “Arsal Relief” campaign.

The assistance included the food aid and heating requirements, in addition to the distribution of toys to children.

The project aims at alleviating the suffering of the Syrian refugees, helping them survive the cold winter, improving their living conditions, lessening their economic crisis and mitigating the adverse effects resulted due to the harsh snowstorms.

Mohamed Rashid Al Kaabi, Assistant to the CEO in the Communication and Resource Development Sector at Qatar Charity, thanked Qatar Airways for its response to the “Arsal Relief” campaign by providing aid to the affected Syrian refugees in Lebanon, who are in dire need of support and assistance in view of the problematic situation in which they live.

He also appreciated Qatar Airways' continuous cooperation with Qatar Charity in implementing its development and relief programmes locally and internationally.

Salam Shawa, senior vice president, Marketing, Communications and Media at Qatar Airways, expressed her pleasure at cooperation with Qatar Charity to help needy Syrian refugees in Lebanon and other countries.

She also said, "This humanitarian initiative comes in cooperation with Qatar Charity as part of our sense of the suffering of the needy and the less fortunate Syrian refugee families in Lebanon and in other countries of the Middle East."

"Qatar Airways works hard, as part of its corporate social responsibility programme, to draw a smile on the faces of the needy and makes every effort to support them in various humanitarian, sports, health and educational aspects and to alleviate their suffering," Shawa added.

It is worth mention that Syrian refugees in Lebanon were badly affected by the Storm Norma, which has increased their suffering, flooding tents, displacing refugees.

According to a UNHCR report, some 8,000 refugees have been affected by the storm, and 407 tents have been completely destroyed. Moreover, some 70,000 refugees live in 850 informal camps threatened by floods.

Syrian refugees were particularly affected in the town of Arsal in eastern Lebanon, where 70% of the tents were completely destroyed and the camp is experiencing a severe shortage of food and the spread of disease and the humanitarian access remains a problem.

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Qatar Charity educates society

Qatar Charity educates society on winter essentials of refugees

Qatar Charity (QC) has held various activities at the Aspire Park, aiming to educate society on the challenging conditions of Refugees and their Winter Needs, as part of the continuation of activities accompanying the "Warmth and Peace" campaign launched by Qatar Charity for the current winter.

The three-day event aimed at easing the suffering of refugees and workers by meeting their winter needs, raising awareness about the most significant winter safety issues, marketing winter and relief products for the benefit of refugees, and supporting the campaign.

The event included many activities that allowed children to take a picture with a model of a happy child wearing a coat with the logo of Qatar charity, which expressed the delight of the child at having the feeling of warmth. The event also had a tent like a real refugee tent, in which the lives of refugees were explained through video, photos, and interactive games for children, in addition to drawing activities related to refugees and their winter needs.

The children along with their families wrote letters in solidarity with the refugee children. They also were acquainted with the bags of workers, orphans, and refugees.

Besides, the event included a fire-extinguishing workshop given by the General Directorate of Civil Defense, in addition to educating people on public and personal safety. The children got acquainted with firefighting and rescue vehicles, equipment, and services, as well as, they knew how to extinguish the fire inside the camps and homes.

“Our participation with Qatar Charity in this event came as part the national and societal responsibility to make people aware about safety requirements and fire prevention,” said Lieutenant Khalifa Issa Abdul Rahim, adding that the workshop has received an overwhelming response from children along with their families.

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Qatar Charity continues to eas

Qatar Charity continues to ease Syrians’ plight

During the last few years, Qatar Charity (QC), in cooperation and coordination with the Regulatory Authority for Charitable Activities (RACA) and in partnership with many organizations, have launched many Relief Campaigns to continue to Support Syrian people within their country and the countries of asylum.

These campaigns aimed at meeting the urgent needs of the Syrian people struggling to survive under challenging humanitarian situations.

Recently, a delegation from Qatar Charity has distributed the first batch of urgent aid directly to the displaced in the country, and refugees in Turkish areas bordering Syria, in view of one of the largest Syrian displacements since 2011. The aid included 200 tons of relief materials worth over 14 million riyals to benefit 864,618 people. Another delegation is expected to deliver the second batch of aid to the Syrian vulnerable.

It is worth mentioning that the ‘Arsal Relief’ campaign, launched last year by Qatar Charity under the supervision of RACA, has benefited hundreds of thousands of people in Syria and the countries of asylum, focusing on providing urgent relief to those affected by snowstorms, frost and rain.

Last year, the needs of the Syrian people within their country and in the countries of asylum amounted to nearly 9 billion dollars, of which only 4 billion dollars were raised, meaning that only 42% of the 2019 needs were met, according to a UN report.

It is worth mentioning that during the last three months, according to United Nations, more than 900,000 people, 80% of them women and children, have been displaced, in addition to half a million children, who have also been displaced.

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Qatar Charity, Qatar Airways provide winter aid for 5,000 people in Jordan