Qatar Charity (QC) has started implementing the ‘Feed the Fasting’ project in 33 countries, including Qatar, by distributing food packages and ready-to-eat Iftar meals.
The distribution began on the first day of Ramadan as part of Qatar Charity’s ‘Ramadan of Hope’ drive. QC, with the support of donors in Qatar, seeks to benefit 1.6mn people from its Ramadan projects at an estimated cost of QR56.7mn, according to a press statement.
* Turkey: On the first day of Ramadan, QC, in co-operation with municipalities in Turkey, started distributing Iftar meals among Syrian refugees, Turkish low-income households, the families of orphans sponsored by Qatar Charity, and widows in the provinces of Gaziantep, Kilis, Sanliurfa, Uskudar and Istanbul.
QC aims to distribute more than 90,000 Iftar meals for the benefit of 18,000 families.
* Within Syria: Qatar Charity, through its Turkey office, has started distributing nearly 3,157 food baskets among internally displaced persons living in the camps of Salqin and Harem in northern Syria. The food basket is sufficient for a beneficiary family for a whole month.
* Kyrgyzstan: QC’s field team has distributed 18,060 meals among poor families and the families of orphans and persons with special needs in Choi, Nary, Batken and Jalal-Abad. Meals were also distributed to doctors on duty in Covid-19 hospitals, workers in field hospitals and cleaners. The distribution took place in co-ordination with the Ministry of Social Development, local authorities and municipalities.
* Palestine: In the Gaza Strip of Palestine, Qatar Charity began distributing food baskets among 5,500 poor families sponsored under the social welfare programme.
Another 8,000 food parcels are expected to be distributed to orphans, persons with special needs and poor families in eight governorates of the Gaza Strip.
* How to donate: Benefactors can donate to QC’s ‘Ramadan of Hope’ campaign through its website (https://www.qcharity.org/en/qa) and app (https://www.qcharity.org/en/qa/home/mobileappsdetails?ParentWebStoryId=14503). Donations can also be made at Qatar Charity’s headquarters, branches and collection points across the country, in addition to dialing the call centre number: 44667711.
* Turkey: On the first day of Ramadan, QC, in co-operation with municipalities in Turkey, started distributing Iftar meals among Syrian refugees, Turkish low-income households, the families of orphans sponsored by Qatar Charity, and widows in the provinces of Gaziantep, Kilis, Sanliurfa, Uskudar and Istanbul.
QC aims to distribute more than 90,000 Iftar meals for the benefit of 18,000 families.
* Within Syria: Qatar Charity, through its Turkey office, has started distributing nearly 3,157 food baskets among internally displaced persons living in the camps of Salqin and Harem in northern Syria. The food basket is sufficient for a beneficiary family for a whole month.
* Kyrgyzstan: QC’s field team has distributed 18,060 meals among poor families and the families of orphans and persons with special needs in Choi, Nary, Batken and Jalal-Abad. Meals were also distributed to doctors on duty in Covid-19 hospitals, workers in field hospitals and cleaners. The distribution took place in co-ordination with the Ministry of Social Development, local authorities and municipalities.
* Palestine: In the Gaza Strip of Palestine, Qatar Charity began distributing food baskets among 5,500 poor families sponsored under the social welfare programme.
Another 8,000 food parcels are expected to be distributed to orphans, persons with special needs and poor families in eight governorates of the Gaza Strip.
* How to donate: Benefactors can donate to QC’s ‘Ramadan of Hope’ campaign through its website (https://www.qcharity.org/en/qa) and app (https://www.qcharity.org/en/qa/home/mobileappsdetails?ParentWebStoryId=14503). Donations can also be made at Qatar Charity’s headquarters, branches and collection points across the country, in addition to dialing the call centre number: 44667711.