The audience rushed to buy handcrafted toys made by the children of Qatar. The event fundraising will go to support the Rohingyan children.

Projects & Local Centers Director: We work to promote the values of benevolence amongst children through educational and entertaining ways.

Event Supervisor: “The Best of Our Kids” is a social and educational initiative with a spirit of youth, it addresses parents and targets children.
 

Sponsored by Qatar Charity, the event took place in Aspire Zone park, where the children of Qatar showcased handmade toys to the public for sale. The fundraising event aims at helping the Rohingyan Children in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
 
Games & Contests:

The event’s schedule included recreational, entertainment, and sport activities, as well as other participations from a number of young journalists, poets, and athletes. Through recreational and creative activities, the event focused on raising awareness amongst children about the harsh conditions which their Rohingyan peers are going through in refugees’ camps. The event promoted the importance of child advocacy and how to support it.

Humanitarian Message:

While delivering a speech, Mr. Farid Khalil Al Saddequi - Projects & Local Centers Director in Qatar Charity- stated that the importance of sponsoring similar events lies in promoting and strengthening the values of benevolence amongst our children through educational and recreational ways. “Hosting similar events enables Qatar Charity to bridge the gap between vulnerable orphans in areas of conflicts and the rest of the world, it will give their cause more exposure” he added.  

Mr. Saddiqui also thanked all those who made “The Best of Our Kids” comes to life including Aspire Logistics, sponsors, volunteers, and parents.
 

Raising awareness:

Ms. Heyam Al Qahtani – Host of “ The Best of Our Kids” said” Through the lenses of youth, this event comes as a social and educational initiative that addresses parents and targets their young kids. Its purpose is to promote the role of donation and the importance of helping those in need, as well as creating a healthy and competitive spirit amongst the children. Ms. Al Qahtani added “ We have targeted the children in Qatar because we believe there is a shortage of similar events that trigger charity subjects in unorthodox and creative ways”
Amongst the attendees was Dr. Abdulrahman Al Harmi, who pointed out that religion plays a pivotal role in educating children to grow selfless and to develop a sense of philanthropy towards those less privileged in life.

Being a member of Qatar Charity’s Relief Campaign in Bangladesh, Captain Souar Al Dahab urged the audience to stand for the persecuted Rohingyan children and help them through these dark times.

Poems:

Poet Hamad Al Baridi delivered a number of “ Nabati” poems about the virtues of charity and benevolence. On the other hand, writer, painter and poet Radi Al Hajri performed a collection of popular poems and others in classical Arabic, one of which was dedicated to the Rohingyan children.

A fundraising was carried out during the time of the event, where many of the children and their parents made donations to help the persecuted children of Rohingya.

The campaign has aided 800 poor orphans with their families in Kosovo and Bosnia. 

As the blistering cold of winter is getting tougher, Qatar Charity is racing against time to provide fuel and heat to those less privileged around the globe. As part of “Rofaqa”-  a QC initiative to Sponsor Needy Orphans and through “Orphan Below Zero campaign”, Qatar Charity is collecting all possible efforts to protect the poor children from the freezing cold. For the second year in row, the campaign is reaching 800 hundred orphans and their families in Kosovo and Bosnia, provided with essential items such as food and winter bags.

Targeted Countries:

This year in a Kosovo, a number of 400 orphans, sponsored by Qatar Charity, have received contributions that included: food baskets, winter clothes, and blankets.

“Qatar Charity is launching this campaign to stand for the poor orphans in countries like: Turkey, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Bosnia, Albania, and Kosovo. The campaign aims to raise QR3,000,000 in order to provide essential living items and protect the children and their families from the freezing cold” Stated Mr Khaled Al Yafei – Director of Project Management in QC.

Mr. Al Yafe thanked all the sponsors and donors of Qatar Charity, praising their benevolence and unbreakable will to help those in need.  

Perfect Timing:

Anisa Hasani, a sponsored orphan by Qatar Charity in Kosovo, thanked the people in Qatar for their kindness and continuous support to help them survive the cold, stating that both families and orphans are safe and warm now.

In Kosovo, Qatar Charity is sponsoring more than 2200 of needy people, most of whom are orphans and Children with Special Needs.

On the other hand, Qatar Charity’s bureau in Bosnia has managed to distribute food baskets, winter clothes and blankets to more than 400 orphans. The campaign was launched during a sport and recreational event held in the city of Zavidovici, where children had the chance to interact with each other and receive encouragement awards.

The event was welcomed by the orphans and their mothers, who expressed their gratitude to Qatar Charity and the State of Qatar for their help.

In Bosnia, Qatar Charity sponsors more than 2505 individual, 2205 of them are orphaned children.

Donate to the Campaign:

With 500 QR, you can protect orphans from the cold and contribute with a winter pack that includes: winter clothes, blankets, medical kits, and food baskets to keep them safe, warm, and well fed. You may donate to “Winter Below Zero” at any of Qatar Charity’s collection points, or using your credit card via the mobile app Rofaqa.

 High achieving orphan students gathered with their families and teaching stuff to celebrate success and to received  awards at a special ceremony held by Qatar Charity in Kenya. This tradition has been always a prominent aspect of Qatar Charity’s sponsorship strategy to encourage brilliant orphans for their academic achievements.

Acknowledging their efforts raising these orphans, Qatar Charity also awarded the mothers for their continuous support to their kids despite their bad economic situations.
Celebrating orphans’ success, Qatar Charity has awarded 100 orphans along with their mothers for the academic year 2016-2017

On this occasion, Mr. Mohamed Hussein, Qatar Charity’s Regional director in Kenya, addressed the students and encouraged them to put more efforts to maintain this academic excellence. He also thanked and praised their mothers for the role they play supporting their children.  

At the honorary reception, bright orphan students and their mothers received awards and excellence certificates for the academic year 2016-2017.

Thanks to Orphans’ Sponsors:

During the ceremony, Roqyaa Ibrahim Ismail, one of the awarded students, said “No words are enough to express how I feel. I would like to thank our sponsors in Qatar and praise their unwavering faith in our cause. I would also like to thank Qatar Charity for its pivotal role in promoting education and Sponsoring Orphans’ advocacy”

In parallel ceremony, Qatar Charity awarded 50 mothers, celebrating their dedication and hard work raising their orphan children. Mrs. Hawa Harbi, on behalf of the attending mothers, delivered a speech saying “We deem the Qatari people as brothers and sisters who spare no efforts in advocating our cause and standing for our children” Mrs. Harbi also praised Qatar Charity’s dedication and support in promoting educational projects in the regions of Kenya. 

New Sponsorships in Somalia:

As part of its social care mission, Qatar Charity has recently sponsored 655  poor families, 165 Quran Teachers, 127 Persons with Special Needs. Therefore, the total number of Qatar Charity’s sponsorships in Somalia has reached 1500 individual.

Through sponsorships and contributions in Somalia, Qatar Charity works to fight the devastating drought that has engulfed the African countries over the past years.