Qatar Charity (QC) has launched the ‘Gift’ initiative, which is aimed at supporting Syrian refugees’ children, in co-operation with Marsal Qatar Network and Rawaj Advertising Institution and with the participation of volunteers, students, parents and other 
individuals.
The announcement was made during a press conference held at the QC headquarters.
‘Gift’ is a humanitarian charitable initiative that will benefit the children of Syrian refugees through the distribution of 2,000 boxes packed with gifts for children in 16 schools. These will be delivered to Syrian refugees’ children aged 5-11 years, according to a statement.
The initiative’s goal is to promote and strengthen the spirit of charitable work among young people, bring joy to the children of refugees, help Qatar’s children give their Syrian counterparts an impression of brotherhood and friendship and encourage ambitious youth initiatives, the statement notes.
Nasser Almogaiseeb, director of Programme Management at QC, stressed that Qatar Charity was is honoured to launch the ‘Gift’ initiative for the benefit of Syrian refugees, especially children, and all its efforts were dedicated for achieving this goal. “QC is proud of the humane spirit among Qatari youth. We will always share their aspirations and work to develop their abilities and skills in all aspects of humanitarian work, both in terms of tangible and moral support, to benefit the society by investing the abilities and skills of young people. In co-operation with Operations Management at QC, we will deliver these gifts to Syrian refugees’ children who deserve them.”
Tahani al-Marri, founder of the ‘Gift’ initiative, explained the stages through which the initiative has passed and said, “The initiative has been just an idea since 2014, and because it is a creative one, we decided in 2016 to let it come true. We have turned it from ink on paper to a real initiative on the ground. Further, we participated in the Volunteer Youth and Humanitarian Initiatives Award in October 2016. Among 650 Arab initiatives, we were qualified for the 125 initiatives that succeeded in reaching the finals. After that, we were among the top 11 in the Arab world and then we submitted the initiative to QC, which honoured us to be the official sponsor of it.”
She noted that the initiative will be implemented among three groups: school students, university students, and public and private sector institutions, and they would take part in it due to the community responsibility.
Omar al-Jumaili, one of the founders of Marsal Qatar Network, said: “The network has a leading role in supporting creative youth initiatives and it is our honour to support QC’s ‘Gift’ initiative, which is a part of the network’s objectives, integrating charitable work with youth initiatives. We are going to support it to spread the word until it reaches the largest segment of society.”
Commenting on the initiative and the issues that grabbed their attention and let them support it, some volunteers explained that encouraging charitable work and participating in Qatar-sponsored youth initiatives motivated them to efficiently contribute to the 
initiative.
Saleh al-Nuaimi confirmed that there were many reasons to take part in the initiative, the most important of which was offering support for charitable work carried out by QC, which adopted and supported all youth ideas in this regard. Besides, he pointed out that the initiative will achieve its objectives as a result of the Qatari youth’s ability to be creative and successful.
Dona al-Marri, one of the volunteers, said the ‘Gift’ initiative, attracts her for being “pure charitable work”, in addition to being an “honourable competition” to promote volunteering among young people, make a contribution to raising Qatari children believing in such charitable activities and give them the opportunity to send gifts to their Syrian brothers.



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