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 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

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.