QC hosts participants of ‘Competitors’ programme

By Ayman Adly/Staff ReporterQatar Charity (QC) has hosted the participants of its innovative donation programme “The Competitors”, where a number of sports and media celebrities compete to collect as much as  cash donations possible for various charitable projects in 18 different countries.Ooredoo signed an agreement with QC on Thursday night at QC Ramadan variety programme Al-Baraha to sponsor “The Competitors”. Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad bin Nasser al-Thani, Ooredoo’s chief new business officer, signed the agreement with the CEO of QC Yusuf bin Ahmed al-Kuwari. “It is not just sponsoring the programme, it also gives us pride and honour to take part at the humane works and charitable activities undertaken by QC,” said Sheikh Nasser, thanking the participant stars at the programme, as they are offering a service to the most needy segments of people around the world.Similarly, al-Kuwari praised the efforts of Ooredoo in community services and its active cooperation in QC projects. He also appreciated the performance of the celebrity competitors, hoping that they attain the targeted humanitarian aims. The Competitors is a unique social programme adopted by QC for the first time in Qatar throughout the holy month of Ramadan. Celebrity Qatari sports and media men take part in it, employing their popularity in collecting as much as possible of monetary donations for the implementation of a number of QC humanitarian projects around the world. Potential donors could support the personality they like through making their donations at the assigned number for each participant competitors, which could be found at the website of the programme at www.qcharity.org/comp or other methods through QC branches or its offices at the various shopping malls in the country. So far, the competitors have managed to collect QR1mn, aiming at attaining a target sum of QR30mn by the end of the month. Each competitor was assigned a special bank account by QC, where donors could deposit their contributions in various direct and electronic ways.The competitors include 15 prominent young Qatari men in sports and media such as Adel Lami, Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, Abdulla al-Mawlawi, Sabah al-Kuwari, Ali al-Mislmani, Abdulrahman al-Harami and Khalifa al-Attiya among others.Competitors shared their experiences with the audience at Al-Baraha, pointing out the approaches they follow in promoting their donation campaign. Competitor Ali al-Mislmani, who attained an advanced level in the collection of donations among his peers, said that he and his friends have  remarkable achievements taking into consideration that the programme is a completely new experience and conducted relatively in a short period.