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Because it always supports the neediest categories and because it always tries to fulfill its duty towards the orphans it sponsors, QC signed a strategic partnership with Hemaya Security Solutions Co. to hire more than 250 orphans of legal age in Sudan. This initiative is considered to be the first of its kind ever to be implemented by a charity organization.

Mr. Rashid Abdurrahman Al-Naimi, Qatar’s Ambassador in Sudan, Mr. Faisal Rashid Al-Fahida, QC’s EDO, and Mr. Falih Hamad Al-Hajri, Chief of Governmental Relations Department at Hemaya, supervised the starting of the interviews.

More than 548 candidates applied for the job. 400 of which were interviewed by Hemaya’s delegate Mr. Falih Ahmed Al-Hajri. The interviews lasted for four consecutive days; then 319 were selected to work for Hemaya. 250 of them were from orphans and 59 of them were from the orphans’ families.

Commendations

Mr. Rashid Abdurrahman Al-Naimi, Qatar’s ambassador in Sudan, praised the cooperation between the Qatari institutions to achieve humanitarian and charitable goals. He said it shows Qatar’s bright side.

Furthermore, Mr. Faisal Rashid Al-Fahida, QC’s EDO, commended the outcome of the partnership between Hemaya Co and QC. Such initiative will result in the enhancement of the conditions of many families.

Mr. Falih Hamad Al-Hajri, Chief of Governmental Relations Department at Hemaya, emphasized on the company’s willingness to expand its partnership and increase the work with QC under the understanding of the responsibilities of the Qatari institutions to make a positive change in people’s lives and to empower them economically. 

All of the interviewees expressed their appreciation and gratitude for Qatar and QC for such a good initiative hoping more orphans and poor families would benefit from it.

The EDO said that according to QC’s procedures and regulations, the sponsorship time ends when the orphan becomes of a legal age; 18 and above. However, QC never stops helping them until they are financially independent.

Sponsorship Services

QC offers two kinds of services to the sponsored children. First, it offers individual services such as regularly giving money to the sponsored during the time of sponsorship, and directly supervising the student’s education, health, social behavior and psychology. In addition, it offers in-kind contributions every now and then which help the child such as giving him\her a school bag or Eidya.  

Second, it offers a group services which include all the activities QC does for a group of sponsored children at the same time. These services and activities can be cultural, artistic, educational, sport, or entertaining.

Sponsorships differ and depend on the conditions of the orphan. There is the sponsorship of a child living with his family, a child living with a foster family, and a child living in an orphanage. Sponsoring children while living with their families comes first because QC believes in the importance of growing up around one’s family. Family is a healthy environment which supports the child educationally, psychologically, emotionally and socially. Sponsoring children by sending them to foster families comes second. Finally, if the first and second choices are not available, QC sends children to an acknowledged orphanage.

85,000 Orphans

QC is currently sponsoring more than 3,489 orphans in 8 Sudanese states. It provides them with financial and educational support, and offers them cultural and entertaining activities. As part of last year’s campaign “Rofaqa’” (Companions), QC sponsored more than 750 orphans in Sudan. Finally, QC sponsors around 85,000 orphans around the world in more than 40 countries.

• 540 orphans have benefited from the activities of the two camps
• The most important events of the camps included: lessons from the Holy Qur'an, cultural contests, sports, entertaining activities, and medical examinations

For the benefit of hundreds of its sponsored orphans, Qatar Charity held two educational camps in Burkina Faso and the Comoros Islands. 

Bobo-Dioulasso Camp

Qatar Charity's ten day long camp in Bobo-Dioulasso was the first in Burkina Faso in 2015. It was organized under the slogan “Akhlaqi Ser Najahi” (My Morals are the Reason of My Success) for the benefit of 250 orphans.

Promoting Values

As part of Qatar Charity's activities to spread the spirit of communication and brotherhood among the orphans, this camp was held to educate the orphans according to modern and moderate Islamic teachings. It was also held to train them live a complementary Islamic life by promoting values, altruism, cooperation and forgiveness.

Saved from Getting Lost

The sponsored orphans and the supervising teachers commended Qatar Charity's role in Burkina Faso. They expressed their appreciation for Qatar Charity's help in wiping the tears of so many poor children after the death of their fathers. Qatar Charity has saved so many lives from getting lost, being hungry and going astray.  It has helped them to lead a dignified life and helped in educating them. The beneficiaries also thanked Qatar Charity and its philanthropists.

Mr. Mohammed Al-Nawaiti, Qatar Charity’s Office Director in Burkina Faso, emphasized the relief this project made him feel and how it was part of Qatar Charity's projects and programs that are dedicated to the orphans of Burkina Faso and their education.

The Camp’s Events

Qatar Charity's Social Care Department was responsible for organizing this camp, which included different events such as lectures, lessons from the Holy Qur'an, activities, cultural contests, sports, and entertaining games. The camp revolved around everything fun and beneficial.

Ngazidja (Grande Comore) Island           

Qatar Charity also held a camp for the first time in Ngazidja through its office in the Comoros Islands for the orphans living there. The five day long camp had 200 orphans (10 – 12 years) benefiting; 175 of which were males, 25 were females.

It also included different activities starting with medical examinations for all of the participants, tutorials in the basic subjects (according to the levels of the orphans), memorization of some of the chapters of the Holy Qur'an, cultural activities, sports activities and different contests.

A Day of Entertainment

Because Qatar Charity pays extra attention to the orphans, it also recently organized an entertaining and educational day for the benefit of 250 sponsored orphans before school started in Burkina Faso. Qatar Charity distributed school bags and kids clothes.

Other Projects

Qatar Charity has lately implemented 300 income-generating projects from which the poor and unemployed have benefited in Burkina Faso. The projects ranged from agriculture and animal husbandry to traditional handicrafts.

Qatar Charity’s projects goals reinforce the implementation of small and medium-sized enterprises. They offer the target beneficiaries sustained job opportunities, which are expected to help provide a dignified life for the beneficiaries. These projects included passing the ownership of 100 dairy cattle calves, 150 sewing machines, 40 ploughs with carriages and 7 grain mills to at-risk families in Burkina Faso at a cost of 560,000 QR.  More than 2,000 people have benefited from such projects in the neediest cities, villages and slums in Burkina Faso

Under the existing dire economic conditions, Qatar Charity's projects target youth and women’s associations, female breadwinners, widows and female divorcee breadwinners

You can donate to support such projects through the link:  Click here

• QC focused on the countries suffering from exceptional circumstance such as Palestine, Syria and Yemen
• El Kuwairi, “‘Kiswit Eid’ project aims at making the orphans happy, especially that it’s Eid”.

In 33 different countries, 1,750 orphans enjoyed the Eid and became more hopeful for a better future thanks to Rofaqa initiative, one of QC’s initiatives.

This project is one of so many others which QC works hard to implement so as to bring joy and happiness to the hearts of its sponsored children in Eid Al Adha.

Love & Care

Countries which suffer from exceptional circumstances were focused on such as Palestine, Syria and Yemen. These countries’ orphans need all the love and care one can possibly offer. They suffer every single day that any ray of hope could be very useful to them.

However, QC did not forget about the orphans elsewhere. It’s project was implemented in India, Jordan, Philippine, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, the Comoros, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mauritania, Kenya, Morocco, Chat, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Sudan and Tunisia. 

 ‘Eid Clothing’ campaign covered the orphans’ different needs. It included getting them shoes, and presents (based on their age and gender): shirts and pants for the boys, and dresses and shoes for the girls. More than 550 orphans benefited from the project.

Values of Mercy

Mr. Youssif Bin Ahmed Al Kuwairi, QC’s CEO, said, “We, at QC, made sure to prioritize the orphans, and pay extra attention to them. QC does its best to provide them with the necessary care they need. Plus, we all know that the reward our religion promises to those who sponsor orphans is great.”

He, then, added, “‘Eid Clothing’ initiative is only a means to compensate for their loss. Yes, it is not like parental love and care; however, QC works hard to make the orphans feel like they’re a part of something, a family. We know how important it is to stand by these orphans’ side; which is why supporting them is a priority.”

Through its ‘Rofaqa’ initiative, QC inaugurated ‘Eid Clothing’ campaign for the benefit of its sponsored orphans. The number of sponsored orphans from 31st of December 2013 until today reached 39,057 orphans from 35 different countries the world over. 

Similar Projects

At the same time QC implemented ‘Eid Clothing’ project, it implemented ‘Your Sacrifice, their Eid’ campaign. Through this campaign, QC was able to provide 28,100 sacrifices (of bulls and sheep) in 54 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe at a cost of 13,560,000) QR.

As for the Hajj season, QC implemented many projects which included ‘Substitute Hajj’, ‘Feeding Pilgrims’ and ‘Grouping Pilgrims’. Thanks to QC, 1,500 pilgrims performed substitute hajj at a cost of 5,700,000 QR. It also grouped 16 pilgrims at a cost of 152,000 QR and provided 25,000 meals for the pilgrims.

Comprehensive Care:

QC sponsors around 80,000 orphans from 35 countries. It offers them comprehensive care which includes education, health, shelter and other basics.

‘Rofaqa’ Initiative is a unique humanitarian initiative which is interested in helping orphans worldwide. It aims at reaching a complementary level of care for children and orphans. It wishes to offer a new vision based on comprehensive care to include social, educational, health and psychological aspects. ‘Rofaqa’ initiative, which was inaugurated in December 2013, was able to sponsor 39,057 orphans so far.

You can donate to support such projects through the link:  Click here

• The campaign’s target is to collect 54,000,000 QR to make 35,000 displaced Syrians and refugees feel warm.
• The campaign seeks to provide winter clothes, heaters, blankets, fuel, and supplies. Donations are 100 – 1,000QR worth.
• Al Kuwairi: “I encourage the philanthropists to donate for this campaign so the Syrians would receive winter supplies. We don’t want people dying because of cold again.”

QC inaugurated ‘Syria: Endless Winter’ campaign to help face the cold of winter. Its main goal is to provide winter supplies needed for the Syrians living inside Syria and the refugees in the neighboring countries. The Campaign is to collect around 54,000,000 QR for the benefit of 735,000 people.

After the weather forecast had anticipated that this winter is going to be harsher and colder, QC made sure to inaugurate this campaign so as to hurry and help the Syrians.

QC encouraged the philanthropists and good-doers of Qatar and those residing there to offer a helping hand to the displaced and refugees to alleviate their expected sufferings because of winter. The campaign calls for the people to support the campaign’s products whose prices vary 50 – 1,000QR.

The Campaign’s Products

The campaign’s products include: ‘Winter Banquet for Family of 4’ at a cost of 1,000 QR. It comprises a blanket, a heater, jackets, hats, gloves, socks, and scarves; A ‘Blanket’ at a cost of 100 QR; a ‘Heater’ at a cost of 250 QR; a ‘Winter Bag for Two at a cost of 400 QR which includes hats, gloves, socks, and scarves; a ‘Food Basket’ that is sufficient for a family for one month (it has the basic supplies) at a cost of 200QR; a ‘School Bag’ at a cost of 100 QR; and bread sufficient for a month for one family at a cost of 50 QR.

In a press release, Mr. Youssef Al Kwairi, QC’s CEO, said, “Winter is making the Syrian situation worse. Recently, the number of displaced Syrians and refugees has increased. We have to hurry and help them. I encourage the philanthropists and good doers of Qatar and the people residing there to stand side by side with the Syrians.” He highlighted the importance of having to meet the Syrians’ needs by providing them with supplies that would make them and their children feel warm. He pointed out how QC had already offered similar aids in previous seasons when snowy weather and howling storms were at their worst. 

Donation for the Campaign

Those who wish to donate can do so through the following bank number (Al Rayyan Bank): IBAN/QA40MAFR000000000003111111001, through the society’s website:qcharity.org, through the society’s main headquarter and its branches inside the country or the collection points in the malls.

You can also donate through sending ‘Syria’ in SMS to 92632 to donate 50QR, to 92642 to donate 100 QR, to 92428 to donate 500QR, and to 92429 to donate 1,000QR. QC has also this hotline 44667711 for donations and answering questions related to the campaign.

The Outcome of 4 Years

QC was one of the very first to aid the Syrian people. It has a trained team and a specialized management to respond to catastrophes. The number of people who benefited from its aids since 2011 is 6,083,617 affected-people in the fields of food, shelter, health and education, which were implemented at a cost of 322,000,000 QR. According to the 2014 report of FTS of OCHA, QC received the first rank across universal NGOs for the number of aid projects it had implemented for the benefit of the Syrian people.

Last Winter Campaign

128,619 benefited from ‘Syria Winter’ campaign implemented at a cost of 10,000,000QR by QC last winter in a number of Syrian governorates and for refugees in Lebanon and Turkey. The beneficiaries received tents, blankets, mattresses, fuel, heaters, children clothes, supplies and milk for the children and family.

Important Pledges                          

By the end of last month, QC had organized a conference entitled “The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Conference”. 50 different international, regional, Arabic, and Syrian humanitarian organizations attended. The conference focused on bringing the humanitarian organizations interested in the Syrian situation together so as to cooperate and coordinate together. The main purpose of the conference was to best face the deteriorating circumstances of the displaced Syrians and refugees; especially that winter’s already started.

The attendants pledged to implement a number of projects at a cost of 144,000,000 QR. QC announced setting aside 100,000,000QR from that amount to the Syrian people starting from 2016. In addition, QC announced paying 30% of any project budget intended to serve the Syrians in winter according to the society’s mechanisms for cooperation and association. 

You can donate to support such projects through the link:  Click here

• The treated injuries included neurological and pulmonary diseases, bone fracture, burns and blood vessel injuries.
• The project helped save many Syrians

QC continues to implement its relief projects for the Syrian people in the field of health. It has implemented its third project for the severely injured from which 100 people benefited and were transferred to Jordan.

Implemented in cooperation with Association of Ahl Horan, the project meets the Syrians deep need for health rescue. Many injured and with critical health problems needed treatment. Therefore, QC offered them first aid, transferred them to nearby Jordanian hospitals and finally transferred them to specialized hospitals, depending on the severity of the injury.

Intensive Care

The neurological injuries which were treated included head bruises, shrapnel and gun shots in the brain, and vertebral fracture of the neck which results in either complete or partial paralysis. As for the pulmonary injuries, they included: bruises and pulmonary contusion, pleural effusion, and heart injuries. In addition, some other injuries which were treated included injuries in the abdominal organs and blood vessel, burns of all levels, eye injuries and loss of vision which resulted from shrapnel hits.

Engineer Rashid bin Fatis Al Mari, QC’s Director of Relief Department, said, “Jordan receives tens of Syrian injured coming from Hauran, Damascus countryside, and Kenitra every day. These injured usually suffer from severe injuries which require intensive care. Therefore, QC decided to allocate funds of around 100,000 USD to treat the severe injuries. These funds are automatically renewed after the end of each treatment stage to more than 100 Syrian injured at least.”

Taking Care of the Injured

QC, as Eng Al Mari mentioned, continues to nurse the injured until their full recovery. In addition, QC will do everything necessary to make sure the injured will not suffer from deformities and malformations. 

QC pays extra attention to the relief of the Syrian people, whether the displaced in the country or the refugees. Since April 2011 to last September (2015), 6,083,517 crisis-affected have benefited from the projects which were implemented at a total cost of 322,000,000 QR.

QC’s projects implemented for the Syrian people since the crisis first began included the following fields: shelter projects at a cost of 120,214,000 QR, food at a cost of 102, 561,000QR, health at a cost of 68,214,000 QR and education at a cost of 30,755,000 QR.

As for the health field, QC’s relief projects mainly focus on establishing and operating hospitals, creating funds for the treatment of the injured and patients, and providing medical disposables and ambulances. The most important hospital for establishment and operation is Al Amal Hospital for the Syrian Refugees in south Turkey.

Other projects

More than 100 people suffering from either partial or complete paralysis, or whose legs were amputated because of the ongoing crisis in Syria benefited from QC’s electric wheelchairs project. It was implemented to help them meet their needs and to alleviate their sufferings. The wheelchairs were distributed to 36 people with complete paralysis, 44 people with partial paralysis and 20 people whose legs were amputated.

QC has also supplied a number of field hospitals and medical charity points with 8 fully equipped ambulances.

Furthermore, QC has signed a universal strategic partnership with International Medical Corps last year. The agreement allows the two institutions to increase their chances of reaching the neediest places in the world. Mainly, they will be able to help the crisis affected in Syria, to offer health care for the children especially that there is a shortage in the usual medical services.

Last October, QC concluded its conference ‘The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis’. More than 100 participants representing 50 different institutions, governmental and nongovernmental organizations attended. The outcomes of the conference were implementing projects at a cost of more than 144,000,000QR and making recommendations for the benefit of the Syrian people.

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أطلقت قطر الخيرية خدمة مبتكرة على مستوى منطقة الخليج لكفالة الأيتام في أكثر من 30 بلداً حول العالم، عبر الهواتف الذكية بهدف تسهيل عملية الكفالة لدى المحسنين والمتبرعين.

ويأتي اطلاق تلك الخدمة المبتكرة والتي تعتبر رائدة في مجالها على مستوى الوطن العربي في إطار مواكبة تطورات تكنولوجيا المعلومات، وتطبيقاً لخطط استراتيجية خاصة بمبادرة رفقاء لكفالة الايتام.

وتشمل هذه الخدمة كفالة الأيتام في أكثر من 30 بلداً حول العالم منها: أيتام اللاجئين السوريين في تركيا وفلسطين والأردن والعراق واليمن والصومال وتونس ولبنان والفلبين والنيجر والسودان وبنغلاديش والهند وغيرها من الدول.

آلية التبرع

ويمكن للمتبرع من خلال خدمة "رفقاء" ارسال الرمز R#150  للرقم 92652 كرسالة نصية SMS من جواله لكفالة يتيم بقيمة 150 ريالا قطريا شهرياً لمشتركي شبكة "Ooredoo" في قطر. أو R#200  لكفالة يتيم بقيمة 200 ريال قطري شهرياً أو R#250  لكفالة يتيم بقيمة 250 ريالا قطريا شهرياً. ليتم عقب إتمام عملية الكفالة إرسال معلومات المكفول برسالة نصية SMS تتضمن كافة التقارير والاحتياجات الخاصة بالمكفول، و بعد إرسال رسالة الكفالة سيتم تزويد المتبرع برابط واسم مستخدم وكلمة مرور خاصة به حتى يتمكن من عرض تفاصيل المكفول من خلال هاتفه الذكي.

اختيار المكفول

وسيتم اختيار المكفول تلقائياً حسب الفئات الأكثر احتياجاً، حيث تختلف قيمة كفالة الأيتام من دولة لأخرى، كما تتيح مبادرة رفقاء خدمة كفالة الأيتام حول العالم عبر موقعها الإلكتروني ROFAQA.COM .

والجدير بالذكر أنه ومنذ تأسيس المبادرة بشهر ديسمبر 2013 وحتى الآن تم كفالة أكثر من 41.000 يتيما من مختلف مناطق ودول العالم، وتدعو قطر الخيرية المحسنين وأهل الخير في دولة قطر والمقيمين فيها بمناسبة اطلاق الخدمة إلى المسارعة في التفاعل معها باعتبارها تندرج في إطار رعاية الأيتام؛ أحد أهم أبواب الخير، وللراغبين بمزيد من المعلومات حول الخدمة يمكنهم التواصل على الخط الساخن لقطر الخيرية وهو: 44667711 .

فعاليات

يشار إلى أن مبادرة رفقاء قد نظمت يوماً ترفيهياً للأطفال بمدرسة أبو بكر الصديق الإعدادية المستقلة للبنين، وذلك احتفاء بيوم اليتيم العالمي وبمشاركة برنامج صحبة التربوي وقادة المستقبل بقطر الخيرية، حيث اشتملت الفعاليات على العديد من الأنشطة منها: كرة القدم، الملعب الصابوني، الألعاب المائية والمسابقات المتنوعة الأخرى.

و يأتي ذلك في إطار رعاية "مبادرة رفقاء" للأطفال والأيتام حول العالم، والتي تهدف للارتقاء بمستوى متكامل لرعايتهم والانطلاق برؤية جديدة قائمة على الرعاية المتكاملة التي تشتمل على الجانب الاجتماعي والتعليمي والصحي والنفسي لهذه الشريحة من المجتمع في مختلف أنحاء العالم.

وقد نفذت قطر الخيرية خلال الفترة الأخيرة العديد من المشاريع لصالح الأيتام من بينهم مخيمات صيفية ورحلات ترفيهية ومسابقات وهدايا.

في إطار سعيها لإدخال الفرحة والسرور على مكفوليها من الأيتام خصوصا في مناسبة عيد الأضحى المبارك التي شرع لنا الإسلام فيها إظهار الفرح وإعلان البهجة وتعويضا لهم عن دفء الأبوة الذي فقدوه؛ خصوصا في المناطق التي تعاني من ظروف إنسانية استثنائية، فقد أطلقت مبادرة "رفقاء" التابعة لقطر الخيرية حملة "كسوة العيد" الهادفة إلى توفير الملابس والأحذية الجديدة لأكثر من 38,000 يتيم في 35 دولة.

و يشار إلى أن قطر الخيرية قد أقامت مؤخرا مخيمات تربوية لصالح مئات الأيتام المكفولين من طرفها في معظم مكاتبها الميدانية، وذلك في إطار أنشطة قطر الخيرية الاجتماعية التي ترمي إلى تقوية روح التعارف والأخوة بين الأيتام، وتربيتهم تربية إسلامية منفتحة ومتوازنة، وعلى الحياة الإسلامية المتكاملة، كل ذلك بغية غرس مفاهيم وقيم الأخوة والإيثار والتعاون والتسامح بين المشاركين، وغير ذلك من المواضيع التي تخدم النشء وتساهم بشكل مباشر في تربيتهم.

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