Qatar Charity (QC) launched its "Bring me Back to School" campaign to support children’s education as one of their basic rights and to prevent the school drop-out phenomenon.

The campaign coincided with the start of the new school year, aiming to meet the school needs and expenses of the children, especially primary school students belonging to poor, needy and low-income families,

The campaign will target 3,000 students. As a first stage, school fees and transportation, bag, stationery and book expenses will be covered for 1,500 students for a whole year.

"Bring me Back to School" campaign, which will continue until the end of the school year, focuses on raising funds to pay the tuition fees of the children belonging to poor and low-income families. The education cost of 1,500 children for a whole academic year is intended as a first stage.

Qatar Charity urged people in Qatar to support this campaign and make donations to pay for children’s educational materials such as student books, uniforms, footwear, school fees and other school supplies. 

Donors can contribute to the campaign (Bring me Back to School) by directly making donations at Qatar Charity's headquarters, its 26 branches and 92 collection points located in commercial complexes within the country. Also, people can easily donate to the campaign through QC’s website (https://www.qcharity.org)  and App (qch.qa/q/app).

Mobile donating is also available via Ooredoo and Vodafone. To donate QR 1,000, QR 500, QR 100, and QR 50, send (QAEY) to 92429, 92428, 92642, and 92632 respectively.

Qatar Charity’s (QC) In-Kind Donations Project “Tayf” has received charitable contributions from Qatar District Cooling Company (Qatar Cool), which will be channeled to support charity works benefiting low-income families and workers.

The benefactions were delivered at the Qatar Cool’s building in the presence of Mr. Nahar Al Mutawa, head of the Operations and Maintenance Sector at the company.

Fareed Khaleel Al-Siddieqy, director of Projects and Centers Department at Qatar Charity, expressed his pride in this initiative, which instills the values of love of humanitarian and voluntary work in the company's employees, contributes to serving the local community, and supports the charity's humanitarian projects for the low-income persons and the workers.

Al-Siddieqy underlined the readiness of the charity to cooperate with all, either institutions or individuals, within the country to serve the noble humanitarian goals. He also thanked Qatar Cool and its staff who contributed to this great humanitarian work.

For his part, Nahar Al Mutawah, head of Operations and Maintenance Sector at Qatar Cool, said, "We are keen to participate in activities that benefit the local community”, pointing out that our company organizes many other service activities.

He noted, "We always seek to participate in such initiatives, through which we aim to contribute to community service, proceeding from our responsibility towards the State of Qatar and its people."

 "Our contribution came in the form of unused clothes, as we believe that the investment of surplus resources is necessary and positive. Through this contribution, we aim to ease the burdens on low-income families and workers, and encourage other institutions and companies to participate in such charitable and humanitarian campaigns", Mutawah added.

He also applauded QC’s humanitarian efforts to support the low-income people, pointing out that Qatar Cool will participate in such initiatives organized by Qatar Charity in the future.

It is worth mentioning that Qatar Charity receives in-kind donations, including clothes, shoes, children toys, furniture, electrical and electronic appliances … etc.  for its ‘Tayf” projects to benefit workers and families with low-income.

Qatar Charity (QC) has handed over 88 social housing units to low-income families in many areas of the Republic of Tunisia, which was implemented with funding from the Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD), with the aim of enabling beneficiaries to live in adequate housing that helps improve their living conditions.

The handover ceremony was attended by several officials of Qatar Charity, directors of regional councils and many guests.

The handover of these housing units come within the framework of a plan that includes the provision of 200 social housing units. Other social housing units will soon be handed over in different governorates of the country.

Also, these social housing units were handed over within the framework of the partnership between the Ministry of Equipment, Housing and Territorial Development, the Regional Council of the Sidi Bouzid Governorate and Qatar Charity.

Some 48 social housing units were distributed to beneficiaries in the Sidi Bouzid Governorate to support the social housing plan in the governorate. The cost of these housing units amounted to QR3mn.

The social housing includes 24 residential units in Sidi Ali Ben Aoun and 24 residential units in Meknassy. These housing units were delivered to beneficiaries in the presence of Anis Daifallah, Governor of Sidi Bouzid, and Faisal Rashid Al Fehaida, assistant to CEO in the Operations and International Cooperation Sector at Qatar Charity.

Some 40 social housing units, which were built by Qatar Charity in the Tunisian city of Kasserine, were handed over to the Ministry of Equipment, Housing and Territorial Development and the Regional Council of the Kasserine Governorate

Each 57-square-meter residential unit consists of a living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom with the outer lobby surrounded by a wall

Faisal Rashid Al Fehaida, assistant to CEO in the Operations and International Cooperation Sector at Qatar Charity, expressed his thanks and appreciation to the concerned Tunisian authorities for the good coordination regarding the implementation of this project and other projects carried out by Qatar Charity in Tunisia. He also pointed out that other social housing units will be delivered in different governments of the Republic of Tunisia.

 For his part, Anis Daifallah, governor of Sidi Bouzid, said that this project was the result of cooperation between the Republic of Tunisia and the State of Qatar and came in support of the government's efforts to provide social housing in the region.

He also stressed the determination of the central and local authorities to continue efforts in this regard within the Tunisian government's plan to develop social housing.

 The Governor applauded the efforts made by the State of Qatar and Qatar Charity to provide social housing, underlining the Tunisian authorities' keenness to provide all the necessary facilities for the success of this project and other development projects in the Sidi Bouzid Governorate.

 Faisal Rashid Al Fehaida, assistant to CEO in the Operations and International Cooperation Sector at Qatar Charity, met with Dr. Nizaruddin Salmi, Minister of Equipment, Housing and Territorial Development, Shazli Boualak, Governor of the Tunis Governorate, and Ahmed  Samawi, Governor of the Manouba Governorate.

The minister and governors lauded the efforts of Qatar Charity’s office in Tunisia and reviewed a number of developmental and humanitarian priorities and a range of needs in the area of social housing and housing and social welfare improvement.

They also expressed their appreciation for the qualitative projects implemented by Qatar Charity’s in Tunisia to meet these needs, appreciating the keenness of the office to coordinate continuously with the competent official authorities.

Qatar Charity has recently distributed in-kind assistance to low-income families in many Tunisian governorates at the cost of $300,000, benefiting more than 1870 low-income families and more than 800 students including male and female, to help them survive the cold waves that are hitting many areas of the country. The assistance included a number of winter requirements.