Nearly 24mn people in 36 countries around the world have benefited from Qatar Charity’s development, humanitarian and social projects during the first half of 2017.
In a press release yesterday, Qatar Charity (QC) said that in the past six months it had implemented 10,703 projects in a number of sustainable development areas such as economic empowerment, education, and healthcare, benefiting 14,467,599 people in 36 countries around the world.
In the field of humanitarian and relief projects, including shelter and non-food items, education, food security, water, sanitation and healthcare, Qatar Charity carried out 148 projects during the same period, benefiting 9,182,502 people.
In addition, more than 100,000 benefited from social projects, such as scholarships, seasonal projects such as Ramadan Iftar, Zakat al-Fitr, orphanages, people with special needs, families and teachers.

Ooredoo launches new Hala Pakistan key
In its latest move to offer more value for Hala customers, Ooredoo has announced the launch of a new Hala Pakistan Key.
The key, which is designed to help the estimated 90,000 Pakistani expatriates in Qatar stay connected with friends and family at home, will be permanent and is available from today.
With the Pakistan Key, subscribers can enjoy a fixed rate of 20Dhs per minute to all Pakistan networks 24/7 for QR2 per week.
Ooredoo customers can subscribe to the Pakistan Key by logging onto the Ooredoo App or sending the SMS PK to 121.
The subscription will automatically renew every week so that customers can continue to enjoy the benefits of the packs. To cancel the service, customers can SMS ‘STOP PK’ to 121.
Ooredoo offers a host of international calling saving options on Qatar’s Supernet network for customers wanting to adapt their Hala or Shahry services to better suit their monthly needs.
Visit www.ooredoo.qa for full details of Ooredoo’s international call rates.

Qatar Museums invites contributions to ‘Tamim Al Majd’ exhibition
Qatar Museums (QM) has invited members of the community to take part in a unique, crowd-sourced exhibition to celebrate the country’s leadership by contributing their ‘Tamim Al Majd’ murals for display.
Murals are to be collected from around Qatar and brought together for the exhibition, which will take place at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Park later this month.
Titled ‘Tamim Al Majd: celebration of unity,’ the exhibition celebrates the cultural contribution made by the many tens of thousands of people who have added their voices in support of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in recent weeks.
The occasion marks a period of cultural and artistic significance in Qatar’s history and highlights the extent of the goodwill towards the country’s ruler that has been expressed by the population since the start of the economic and diplomatic blockade.
A number of murals of a wide variety of shapes and sizes are expected to be gathered together from all over the country in the coming days. To ensure the exhibition features the widest range of contributions from communities and neighbourhoods, QM has said it is taking care of all the logistical requirements necessary to transport the murals to the venue. Those interested in taking part can contact QM to have their murals collected and transported to the exhibition site.
The murals will be displayed on the grounds of MIA Park and presented in a broad sweep right along the perimeter wall of the Corniche, reflecting the diversity of comments and messages of support made by residents and visitors of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. Bearing the iconic image of His Highness the Emir created by Qatari artist Ahmed bin Majed Almaadheed, many hundreds of outdoor murals have sprung up around Doha in the past few weeks in an unprecedented expression of goodwill.
Given the mass participation and personalised nature of the ‘graffiti’ messages covering them, the murals represent a significant cultural form of expression.
Those interested in contributing to the exhibition should contact Redouane Salahddine at QM, at [email protected], or call 55376438.
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