Volunteers from across the Qatar Foundation (QF) community are supporting Afghan refugees who are being housed and cared for in Doha following their evacuation from Afghanistan.
A student-led volunteering initiative by QF in the wake of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan – which has seen Qatar become a temporary home for thousands of Afghans – is providing activities for families and children as well as mental health support.
A student-led volunteering initiative by QF in the wake of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan – which has seen Qatar become a temporary home for thousands of Afghans – is providing activities for families and children as well as mental health support.
Over the past few weeks, QF students and other volunteers from within the organisation’s ecosystem, as well as teams from many of its entities, have been supporting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at compounds in Doha where refugees are currently staying. “The QF community has felt a civic duty to whatever it can to help those who are experiencing trauma, upheaval, and uncertainty, and for whom Qatar has provided a place of safety,” said Mohamed Fakhroo, executive director, Outreach and Institutional Advancement at QF’s Community Development Division.
“The actions of QF’s people and its entities reflect how Qatar is standing in solidarity alongside the Afghan refugees who are being housed here, and is determined to support them in a time of hardship. Through our student-led volunteering initiative which is part of a country-level effort to support these refugees, we are looking to play our part in showing them that they are not alone, and that humanity stands with them.”
As well as setting up a donation point at Education City where QF community members can donate clothes, toys, and other urgently-needed items for Afghan refugees, QF alumni who are now specialising in the field of mental health have met children at the compounds to evaluate their mental condition and any support they may require.
Child psychologists from The Learning Centre – part of QF’s Pre-University Education – have organised activities for refugees, with QF partner university Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar hosting art therapy and crafts sessions for children and young people, who have also taken part in music and dance activities organised by QF.
Meanwhile, students and other volunteers from across the QF ecosystem have spent time talking with refugees about their experiences both before and since Afghanistan came under Taliban rule, providing them with comfort and support during an uncertain time.
“The actions of QF’s people and its entities reflect how Qatar is standing in solidarity alongside the Afghan refugees who are being housed here, and is determined to support them in a time of hardship. Through our student-led volunteering initiative which is part of a country-level effort to support these refugees, we are looking to play our part in showing them that they are not alone, and that humanity stands with them.”
As well as setting up a donation point at Education City where QF community members can donate clothes, toys, and other urgently-needed items for Afghan refugees, QF alumni who are now specialising in the field of mental health have met children at the compounds to evaluate their mental condition and any support they may require.
Child psychologists from The Learning Centre – part of QF’s Pre-University Education – have organised activities for refugees, with QF partner university Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar hosting art therapy and crafts sessions for children and young people, who have also taken part in music and dance activities organised by QF.
Meanwhile, students and other volunteers from across the QF ecosystem have spent time talking with refugees about their experiences both before and since Afghanistan came under Taliban rule, providing them with comfort and support during an uncertain time.