QC in its best endeavors to help many orphans, disabled, Islamic preachers (Do’at), and poor families in Albania by distributing 26 Income Generating Projects comprises agricultural tools, shops, cattle, apiaries, and a sewing workshop.

QC aims to participate in providing a stable source of income and helping in employment creation for the people of the beneficiary areas that suffer from poor economic conditions enforce their people to immigrate to large cities.

Humanitarian Feelings

Mr. Erion Veliaj, the Mayor of Tirana, praises the efforts of QC to develop the targeted areas in Albania by carrying out many projects that help in reducing the effects of difficult humanitarian conditions. He pointed out that the Albanian people are accustomed to generosity and philanthropy of the people of Qatar due to the development and humanitarian projects of QC, which benefited various regions of Albania.  Mr. Veliaj, expresses the love and appreciation that the Albanian people have towards the people of Qatar who have a good reputation in the country. He continues thanking the people of Qatar who are always rushing to help us in any circumstances which reflects the deep humanitarian feelings enjoyed by the people of Qatar.  

A Sense of Security

The beneficiaries in turn express their gratitude to the people of Qatar, who give them preference over themselves. Qataris haven’t forgotten the Albanians despite the geographical distance. The projects of QC generate a state of psychological stability and a sense of security after the beneficiaries were about to leave their villages and migrate to other cities in search of a job opportunity to earn a living. At the end of the speech, they thank the philanthropist of Qatar, the land of good, and QC for its projects and initiatives that contribute to improving the conditions of the poor and the needy.

Cultivating Hope

For his part, Mr. Shawqi Abu Saif, the Director of QC office in Albania, clarifies that these projects leave a great impact on the residents of the targeted areas and again cultivate their hope. Let alone hope, these projects help in raising the level of development, education, Economic Empowerment, and family stability. He stresses that the doors of the Qatar Charity Office have been and will remain open to those in need and adopt their projects when the Office is assured of their proved fruitfulness.

He also pointed out that the generosity of the people of Qatar, who have benefited many regions of Albania. The money of benefactors from the Qatar has provided a decent living for many Albanians, especially the orphans and widows.

Previous Efforts

It is worth noting that QC recently has launched the second phase of Requirements, Ehtiajat, project in which it distributes the winter requirements to the orphans. They benefited from blankets, winter clothes, school bags and stationery. QC has distributed 1000 blankets to 500 beneficiaries with an average of 2 blankets per person, winter clothes for 200 orphan and other students, and school bags and stationery for 150 orphan. Also, the Qatari Center for Languages and Computer has provided educational services to more than 2,000 students a year, as well as the efforts of the Qatari School in Tirana, which is ranked among the best schools in the capital city, Tirana. The students of the Qatari School always achieve high ranks in the general secondary exam. In addition to the Qatari Center for Training specialized in educational training for teachers in the fields of Marketing, Project Management and other specializations that contribute to the local development of Albania and provide the labor market annually with hundreds of trained cadres.

Benefiting 240 orphans in Djibouti, QC distributed Sponsorships of the first quarter of the new year 2017 and conducted a medical check to the Djibouti orphans.

On this occasion, a big ceremony was held and attended by official figures, orphans’ mothers and a number of Djibouti residents. Djibouti TV broadcasted a detailed report on the activities of QC in its news in Arabic, French, and Somali languages.

During the ceremony, the participants thanked the distinguished donors of people of Qatar, praising the great role of QC in sponsoring and fostering the orphans.

Generous sponsorship            

Director of Djibouti Zakat Chamber and Executive Partner of QC delivered a speech in which he praised the generosity of donors and Qatari people for providing a decent life to the orphans in Djibouti. He also praised the great role of QC for providing support and help to the needy people in Djibouti.

Medical Examinations

For his part, Mr. Mohammed Alwa’i, Director of QC office in Djibouti, said that QC office in Djibouti conducted medical examinations for the orphans to ensure their good health, which brought the smile to the faces of orphans’ mothers.

Alwa’i presented his sincere thanks to the governmental agencies and other partners of QC, praising the support provided by these bodies to ensure the success of the sponsors’ activities.

It is worth mentioning that QC Office in Djibouti was opened two years ago, and since then has provided Support for Orphans through monthly sponsorships and covered their various needs and seasonal assistance, especially in the holy month of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-adha.

Executive Director of Local Development assured, “More than 2 million people will benefit from our ramadan projects in 1438H, at a cost of about QR 31 million.”

Qatar Charity (QC) has launched its campaign for this year’s Ramadan season entitled “Give and Shine Through”.  The estimated total cost for projects to be implemented inside and outside Qatar, during the Holy Month of Ramadan 1438H, is  QR 31 million, and the number of beneficiaries is expected to reach over 2 million people.

QC held a press conference at Al Jazeera Cafe in the cultural district of Katara to announce launching the campaign. It was run by Mr. Ahmed Al Ali, Director of the Media Department at QC, who started by giving thanks to the social networks and the media for supporting QC’s projects and campaigns. Also, the Executive Director of Local Development at QC and the Chairman of the Ramadan Projects Committee, Ali Atiq al-Abdullah, and a number of directors of various departments in QC have participated in the press conference.

The campaign includes three main projects: Iftar meals, Eid clothing and Zakat al-Fitr, as well as a range of public and religious projects in Qatar, and media programs broadcast through the media and social networks.

The estimated cost of projects outside Qatar is about QR 15 million and is expected to benefit more than 1.1 million people. similarly, the estimated budget for Ramadan projects in Qatar is about QR 16 million, benefiting more than 900,000 people.

Congratulation

Ali Atiq al-Abdullah, on behalf of QC, congratulated the people of Qatar and the Arab and Islamic nations, praying for having a good and rewarding Ramadan and reminding them not to forget their brethren with need. He also stimulated them to help people in this month with their generosity and giving, based on the words of the Almighty, “And if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.”

Giving a hand

He urged benefactors and donors to lend their brothers a helping hand by donating to Qatar relief and development projects inside and outside Qatar, such as relief to the Syrian people, orphans and Needy Families Sponsorship, educational and health projects and income-generating projects so as to support the beneficiaries.

Internal projects

QC's projects in Qatar include a wide variety of Ramadan Iftar projects, and watering, and they extend to popular and cultural programs and challenging projects that allow for competition among the youth volunteer teams in cooperation and partnership with a number of related parties. Some of which are being implemented for the first time, while others have been developed. The most important of these projects are:

Fast Breaking Dinners

The number of fasting meals held or supported by QC is 23 group tables. They are distributed throughout the country for the sake of single workers, wayfarers, and low-income individuals. QC has fully taken the responsibility for completely offering 20 tables, and helping to provide 3 other tables. It is expected that 170,670 people will benefit from these dining tables, at a cost of about QR 5.5 million.

The targeted areas of iftar include Al Khor, Smeisma, Khareteyat, Gharafa, Rayan, Shahaneya, Wakrah, Bin Mahmoud, Freij Abdul Azeez, Najma, Mansoura, Bit Omran, Matar, Seleya, Jmeileya, Um Salal Muhammed, Al Ruwais, and Al Kaaban.

There are some projects that go under the Iftar project. The most important of which are:

From Home to Home

A project that enables Qatari families to prepare Iftar meals for families with limited income to reach their homes. They will be about 9000 meals throughout the holy month.

Farms Workers Iftar

The farms workers gatherings are targeted in six regions of the country and breakfast meals will be served for 600 workers per day, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 18,000.

Doha Industrial Area’s workers Iftar

The project focuses on the workers' gatherings in the industrial area, through dedicated cars to daily distribute breakfast meals. The project is expected to benefit 12,000 workers during Ramadan.

Ramadan Food Baskets

The project provides supply requirements of Ramadan for limited-income families through coupons distributed by QC or the referees. Supplies are received from the shopping malls at the beginning of Ramadan, targeting 1500 families.

Mobile Iftar

Targeting 15,000 fasting people, it provides light Iftar meals prepared by Qatari families who are in easy circumstances. The meals are distributed to motorists who hear sunset call to prayer before arriving at their homes.

SoQya, Providing Water to Prayers

The project daily distributes water to the prayers during Taraweeh and voluntary night prayer in 43 mosques. It targets more than 8064 worshipers, bringing the number of targeted throughout the holy month to 242.000 people.

Public and Cultural projects

Youth entrepreneurship competition "Entrepreneurship"

The idea is to encourage youth to compete in order to organize entrepreneurship activities to serve the community, and support Ramadan projects and external humanitarian projects, in cooperation with one of university student clubs and community development centers in QC, and then choose the best initiatives and honor who launch them.

Al- Baraha Programme for Communities

A public program that includes Iftar meals and a number of entertainment and awareness events for fostering values. It revolves around the children of communities living in Qatar and is expected to benefit 10,000 people in more than one community.

A Dialogue with Influential Figures in Ramadan

A weekly meeting in Katara throughout Ramadan, hosting a personality of intellectuals and writers, to discuss a cause of concern to the community with them, and seek to provide them solutions.

Believers

An activity held helping the community members to getused to adhere to the Prophetic Sunnah and good behaviors such as: visit the sick people, attend the funerals and feed the poor.

Cohabitation

A targeted activity for non-Muslim foreign people to familiarize them with the customs and traditions of Qatari society by organizing a day of cooperation with Muslims and engaging them in voluntary activities such as Iftar meals and visiting the gatherings.

Orphans' Gifts (Eideyas)

A celebration in which Eideya (an amount of money which is given in Eid) are distributed to orphans before Eid al-Fitr. In this regard, QC urges the public to donate money in order to put a smile on the faces of this group.

Projects outside Qatar

QC carries out its Ramadan projects in 37 countries around the world. These projects are divided into three main projects: Ramadan, Eid, and Zakat Al Fitr, with a value of about QR 15 million. More than 1.1 million people are expected to benefit from it, with a focus on countries which suffer from crises and disasters.

Iftar

The Iftar project is the largest of Ramadan projects, with a value of QR 10,031,451. It is expected that 952,889 people will benefit from the project, of which around QR 1.5 million will be allocated to the displaced and Syrian refugees. Besides, the allocations of Yemen, Somalia, Palestine, and Iraq are increased in these projects.

The target countries include: Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Sudan,  Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Iraq, Togo, United Kingdom, Lebanon, Morocco, Philippines, Bosnia, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Kosovo, Albania and Turkey.

In addition, food has been allocated to affected people in Syria and Somalia (flour, bread, food baskets) worth more than QR 3.2 million, and is expected to benefit about 100,000 people.

Eid clothing

Benefiting 3786 orphans in 21 countries, Eid clothing project aims at gladdening the orphans sponsored by QC through offering them clothes before Eid al-Fitr, at an estimated cost of QR 378,600.

Zakat al-Fitr

QC is implementing this project, targeting 82,830 people in 33 countries across the world at an estimated cost of QR 1,242,457 in order to spread the joy among Muslims on the day of Eid al-Fitr, and to avail the needy.