Qatar Charity organizes several activities and meetings in Kyrgyzstan
2017-06-15T01:49:52+01:00
In the presence of the Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan, QC has delivered three ambulances to three medical clinics of the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan in various parts of the country, which will help 15,000 people to get to medical centers.
The ambulances were distributed to the medical centers in the area of Alabouk in Jalal-Abad province, Darout Korgon in Osh province, and Karl Marx village in Alam Aldin area because the population of these areas was suffering from lack of transportation for patients, and the difficulty of mobility, due to the rugged mountain roads, particularly when the snow is falling.
The summit of humanity
Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, Talantbek Batyraliev, praised the generosity of the people of Qatar, whose Humanitarian Development began in Kyrgyzstan. He praised QC's efforts to provide ambulances to people in areas that were in dire need, pointing out that this gesture is regarded as the peak of expressing humanity. The isolation of the southern regions, especially during snowfall, will be eliminated due to the importance of medical services and helping people get them.
Areas of support
For his part, Mr. Khaled Wakil, Director of the Qatar Charity Office in Kyrgyzstan stated, "QC has handed over three ambulances to medical centers in different areas of southern Kyrgyzstan, after its office there identified the most needy of such vehicles.” He also confirmed that QC's vision for development and humanity is based on an equilateral triangle: supporting the health, educational and relief sectors. In the future, it will implement projects in these sectors, in cooperation with the concerned ministries and government agencies in Kyrgyzstan.
Various meetings
After the handover of the ambulances to the Ministry of Health, QC held a series of meetings with several Kyrgyz ministers from different sectors to determine the priorities and areas of humanitarian and development intervention that QC intends to implement in this Asian Republic. It began with a meeting with the Minister of Health and Director of International Relations, so as to coordinate the coming activities and the needs QC intends to provide in the health field.
There was another meeting with the Minister of Labor and Social Development, Isakunova Taalaigul, in which she expressed her satisfaction that QC has built houses for poor families. Furthermore, she asked for having a look at the design method, the number of rooms, facilities and the total area of each house and expressed her desire to attend the handover of the keys to the beneficiary families when celebrating the completion of the projects currently under way.
Another a meeting with the Minister of Education, Kudayberdieva Gulmira, who congratulated QC for opening its office in Kyrgyzstan. She also praised QC’s interest in the educational aspect and its follow-up on the educational affairs of the 2000 orphans sponsored by QC. “We look forward to QC’s projects concerning the education sector,” she said.
They also met Kyrgyz Minister of Justice, Akhmetov Uran, who reviewed QC's activities, praising its commitment to the local laws and coordinating with government agencies and other local organizations in carrying out their humanitarian activities.
Call for cooperation
It is noteworthy that the "Kyrgyz Red Crescent", in conjunction with the Federation of the Red Cross and the International Red Crescent, invited QC to attend the celebration of the 90th anniversary of founding the Kyrgyz Red Crescent. Earlier, a meeting was held with Director General of the National Red Crescent, Rustam Aleyev, at the Kyrgyz Red Crescent to exchange views and coordination on aspects of cooperation, especially their request to contribute to the relief items for the time being in as well as the recurrent suffering of Kyrgyzstan each year in spring and at the time of melting of snow that causes disasters near the mountains because of the sliding soil and floods, which often affect the southern regions, especially farmers and herders.
QC Office in Kyrgyzstan is currently preparing a Fasting Breakfast Project, which is expected to benefit 1200 poor families distributed in several provinces of Kyrgyzstan.
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The "Competitors" Team Visits
As part of “Competitors" Programme efforts sponsored by Qatar Charity in collaboration with Al Quran Al Kareem Radio, Collage of the North Atlantic- Qatar (CAN) team paid a field visit to Kyrgyzstan, to conduct a field study of the humanitarian situation there, to determine Humanitarian Projects that will meet the needs of Kyrgyz people to be implemented and widely promoted.
The competing team chose to project of building a three-floor health center that is furnished and well-equipped. The health center was designed to provide medical consultations and services in dentistry, gynecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, the kidneys and urinary tract, otorhinolaryngology(ENT), Pediatrics, ophthalmology, cardiology, chest diseases, dermatologists, venereal diseases and orthopedics.
End of Suffering
The center will provide medical services to more than 5,000 patients annually, in Bishkek city whose inhabitants are suffering from a severe shortage in health services, causing the high mortality rate among the most vulnerable groups including children, pregnant women, and the elderly people who daily walk long distances to reach health centers.
The "competitors" team will talk in details about their visit to Kyrgyzstan, the humanitarian project that would be implemented, through the episode that will be broadcasted on Al Quran Al kareem radio at 8:00 pm on Tuesday. In this regard, QC asks the Qatari philanthropists to listen to this episode to get acquainted with the humanitarian situation in Kyrgyzstan, and to contribute to building the integrated health center.
The participating team includes Abdullah Al Hammadi, Hassan Mohammed Hassan, Abdulaziz Riachy, Abdul Rahman al-Ashqar, QC's director of Information Department" Mr. Ahmed Al Ali", the two media personalities "Ahmed Aboulenein, Aqeel Al janahi", members of Al Quran Al Kareem Radio "Mr. Abdul Rahman Izzat , Tawfiq Osama, Nasser Atta", as well as Ahmed Salim, Social Media Officer at the Information Department and Ibrahim Al Ftian, Coordination and Follow-up Officer at the Information Department.
Upon arrival to the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the delegation visited the Embassy of the State of Qatar, where His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Arar Al Nuaimi received and welcomed the delegation assuring the importance of humanitarian work in addition to mutual cooperation to facilitate the task of the delegation.
Visits and Meetings
The delegation met the Minister of Health in Kyrgyzstan, to know the health and humanitarian services, and the possibilities of helping the Kyrgyz people, through establishing health centers that meets their medical care needs.
The delegation also met the Republic's General Mufti, the president of religious affairs and his deputy to discuss the conditions of Muslims in Kyrgyzstan.
Furthermore, the delegation inspected a number of Qatari projects that were implemented by Qatar Charity through a generous donation of philanthropists in Qatar who left a clear mark on charitable and humanitarian work in this republic
Innovation and Success
Al Ali thanked Al Quran Al kareem Radio, the team of College of the North Atlantic, and media personalities and appreciated the role played by the official authorities of Kyrgyzstan for the facilities provided during the delegation's visit. He also praised the role of the Qatari Embassy in Kyrgyzstan represented by Ambassador Mohamed Arar Al Nuaimi who make the delegation familiar with the state
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Qatar Charity implements Human
Qatar Charity implements Developmental and Humanitarian Projects in Kyrgyzstan. These projects are carried out in various fields including health, water, sanitation, housing, mosques' building, distribution of wheelchairs to people with special needs, and income-generating projects.
Areas of Intervention
In coordination with the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan, Qatar Charity builds a fully equipped health center in the province of Jalal-Abad in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, constructs a mosque and offers 3 ambulances to health centers in some regions. Another 6 health centers will be built in the most needy regions of Kyrgyzstan, as people suffer from a significant shortage of health services, high rate of maternal mortality during childbirth and high mortality rate among children under 5.
QC begins building homes for four families of the sponsored orphans, each house consists of two rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. The houses will be completed by the end of the month of Ramadan. QC also carries out water projects including drilling surface wells, extending 4- kilometer water networks to villages far from the cities, in addition to providing wheelchairs to poor persons with disabilities.
As part of the economic empowerment projects, Qatar Charity has distributed cattle and sewing machines to help reduce poverty in this Asian republic
Various projects
"Qatar Charity has developed a solid plan to identify the regions that are in bad need of developmental and humanitarian projects. As a result, QC implemented various income-generating projects to reduce poverty and unemployment among the population of 6 million in Kyrgyzstan," Mr. Khalid Wakeel, Director of the Qatar Charity Office in Kyrgyzstan said.
He pointed out that Qatar Charity sponsors about 2,000 female and male orphans in 7 governorates across Kyrgyzstan. 920 female orphans are benefiting from health, educational and recreational care provided by Qatar Charity to orphans around the world. He assured that Central Asian countries contributed to the enrichment of the Islamic civilization with thousands of scientists, such as Bukhari, Muslim, Al-Nasa'i, Ibn Sina and Al-Farabi, so it is very important to build strong relations and ties with them.
Statistics
Statistics indicate that the percentage of those living below the poverty line is 32% of the total population of Kyrgyzstan, and the percentage of unemployed people is 20%, forcing one million Kyrgyz to migrate to Russia and Kazakhstan and other countries searching for work. Kyrgyzstan has a population of 6 million spreading over 200,000 square kilometers, mostly mountain areas, where 66% live in rural areas and 34% in cities. Kyrgyzstan's production depends on agriculture and livestock.
At the beginning of spring, Kyrgyzstan yearly influences by natural factors and climatic changes, as snow begins melting causing landslides and disasters in the agricultural areas and sweeping many rural houses and resulting victi
Tens of thousands have Iftar o
As part of its "Give and Shine Through" campaign in 1438H, Qatar Charity continues to organize breakfast and distribute Ramadan food baskets in Mauritania, Kyrgyzstan and Somalia, benefiting tens of thousands of fasting people in these countries.
Those who are sponsored by QC and their families received special attention in the fasting program, where an important part of the program was dedicated to orphans and their families.
Khalid Abdullah Al Yafei, Director of Operations Department, stated, "QC has been keen to focus on disaster-affected groups such as in Somalia due to drought, remote rural areas as in Mauritania and the poorest groups in Kyrgyzstan.” He thanked the donors in Qatar who have been credited for supporting the people of those countries.
Mauritania
In Mauritania, QC has provided more than 31,000 ready-to-eat meals and food baskets that will benefit more than 20,000 fasting people at a cost of around 500,000 QR.
In the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott and various areas of Mauritanian interior, Iftar meals and food baskets were distributed. Moreover, QC’s office benefited from the experience of organizing a Ramadan tent in the past two years and increased the number to 3 tents, erected in the most densely populated areas of the capital, allowing hundreds of fasting people to take advantage of the tents of QC.
Specific increase
The Director of QC’s office in Mauritania, Mr. Idris Al-Sahel, assured the importance of reaching many remote areas that benefited from the fasting program this year, such as Hodh Ech Chargui, the Far East of Mauritania and Tiris Zemmour in the north-most, in addition to the south and center areas in Trarza and Brakna Regions. Besides, partners have been expanded to reach as many needy people as possible, drawing on the expertise of local partners.
Kyrgyzstan
Starting with the capital and other areas in Kyrgyzstan, QC, as part of the fasting program, distributed food baskets in different regions of Kyrgyzstan to 1307 families from the sponsored families of orphans. Thus, the total number of beneficiaries of the fasting program will be 6,500 people.
The Iftar dining tables were accompanied with generous local donations. That is, in the central mosque, 2,000 Iftar hot meals are offered daily by a donation from the Qatari benefactors.
After receiving the Ramadan baskets, the mothers of the beneficiary families sent a thank-you message to the benefactors in Qatar for their support to their Muslim brothers in Kyrgyzstan and for their sponsorship of the orphans who found in QC a substitute for the parents.
Somalia
QC’s office in Somalia has also organized group Iftar Dining Tables for thousands of Somalis in different parts of Somalia, particularly Hargeisa, Bosaso, and Mogadishu, where the number of people displaced by drought in villages and towns is increasing.
The fasting breakfast program in Somalia included distributing ready meals to 500 needy families in Mogadishu, as well as organizing a group breakfast event for 200 students sponsored by QC in Somalia. In addition, Mr. Abdulhakim Hassan Ashkir, State Minister for Awqaf and Religious Affairs, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Mr. Ismail Yusuf Hassan, participated in the event.
The Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of Somalia praised the efforts of the benefactors in Qatar, their generosity and their lasting sympathy with Somalia, stressing the importance of the group Iftar especially for students.
Qatar Charity distributes fast
Starting in the beginning of Ramadan, Qatar Charity (QC) continues to implement ramadan fast breaking and food basket projects. The beneficiaries of the two projects during the holy month are 98,700 people, including orphans, disabled people, poor families and other needy groups.
In this regard, QC’s Office has distributed 8030, out of 12,258, family breakfast meals till the sixth of Ramadan as part of its fast breaking project (one family meal is enough for four people).
Orphans Iftar
More than 56,000 people, including orphans, poor families and the handicapped, are expected to benefit from Iftar meals by distributing these meals to the marginalized areas in the Gaza Strip, as well as group Iftar for orphans in partnership with Wajd program launched by Welfare Association and funded by Qatar Development Fund.
The project was implemented with the participation of 37 local institutions distributed throughout the five governorates of the Gaza Strip. Besides, it included the delivery of these meals to about 5273 families sponsored by QC’s Office in Gaza, in addition to 1800 families who are not sponsored.
During a group fast breaking dinner, including recreational activities and the distribution of gifts, the sponsored children’s mothers expressed their delight for the great activities that strengthen the social ties between the families of orphans.
Fresh meals
The poor families who are not sponsored expressed their deep gratitude for the efforts exerted by QC in supporting the Palestinian people and providing fresh meals to poor families as well as to other needy groups.
The beneficiaries confirmed the need to continue these efforts to improve the Palestinians’ living circumstances as they have been under siege for eleven consecutive years.
Moreover, QC’s Office in the Gaza Strip continues to implement the food basket project in support of Gaza during the Holy Month of Ramadan for the year 2017-1438H. It is expected to benefit 6,100 families, equivalent to 42,700 people from all over the Gaza Strip.
The project, which is valued at 880,000 QR, includes providing Food Baskets for Poor Families in various areas of Gaza according to the appropriate distribution of the needs of the sector and population distribution.
The project revolves around the provision of food baskets according to specific criteria of the basic ration items and different cleaning materials according to the needs of the house, thus enabling the beneficiary to take advantage of the things necessary to achieve the desired benefit and enhance human dignity.
The poor suffering alleviating
Mohammed Abu Haloub, Office Director of Qatar Charity in Gaza, assured that the fast breaking project and food basket project are of the seasonal projects that QC is keen to implement on an annual basis in its mission to help poor families and meet their needs.
He pointed out that the goals of these two projects are to economically and socially support families, and to alleviate the pressures and burdens accumulated on the poor, as well as improving the health and food situation, especially with regard to the provision of household needs of cleaning materials and others.
Furthermore, he stressed that QC’s projects are ongoing based on taking care of the poor and needy families, pointing at the same time to development projects that serve the Palestinian public interest, such as educational, construction, social and other projects.
QC, in its seasonal projects, pays attention to the countries that suffer from crises and exceptional situations and Palestine is one of the countries that suffer from the siege and the high rates of poverty and unemployment.
Qatar Charity launches project
Qatar Charity launched a number of Development Projects in the province of Jalalabad, southwest of Kyrgyzstan, in the presence of a number of local officials.
The projects included a health centre and a mosque, as well as the distribution of guarantees for 200 orphans, and the provision of ambulances to a number of clinics in this country.
The health centre serves 500 displaced families who have returned to build their modest homes, which have been destroyed by landslides and floods in earlier periods, Qatar Charity said.Qatar Charity also said that the centre, which contributes to the strengthening of health services in the province of Jalalabad, is composed of maternity clinics, dentistry and abdominal clinics.
During a ceremony held in Jalalabad, Qatar Charity also distributed guarantees for some 200 orphans, along with medical examinations and follow-up of their educational status by social researchers.
During the ceremony, local actors praised Qatar’s humanitarian role throughout the world, while students drew paintings about Kyrgyzstan nature and wrote: “Thank you Qatar.” Qatar Charity recently handed over three ambulances to three medical clinics of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health in different parts of the country, which would help 15,000 people access to medical centres. Qatar Charity’s projects in Kyrgyzstan include Economic Empowerment Projects, education and social welfare
