Qatar Charity (QC) launched a ‘prosthetic limbs’ project for people with mobility impairment in the Gaza Strip. The project funded by Shaikh Eid Charity Foundation comes in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development.
The project was launched in a ceremony attended by many official figures and representatives of international and local organizations that support persons with disabilities. The project is expected to benefit 4,000 people with mobility impairment, and reintegrate them into the community.
This project is part of Qatar Charity’s attention towards persons with disabilities in Palestine in general and in the Gaza Strip in particular.
Qatar Charity, through the implementation of such projects, seeks to provide an effective and sustainable social protection system that enables those with disabilities to meet their basic needs to live a dignified life.
Mr. Louay al-Madhoun, Commissioner-General of the Ministry of Social Development-Gaza, appreciated the support extended to the people with special needs in the Gaza Strip, praising the humanitarian role of the people of Qatar in supporting the Palestinian people.
He indicated that the humanitarian projects implemented by Qatar Charity for the benefit of people with disabilities is the result of strategic co-operation and a real partnership between Qatar Charity and the Ministry of Social Development. He also expressed his delight with this cooperation, underlining the importance of extending the continued support to the marginalized in the Gaza Strip.
At the end of the ceremony, implementation contracts were signed with the service providers, namely His Highness Sheikh Hamad Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Gaza and the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center - Gaza.
It is worth mentioning that Qatar Charity has provided, over the past two years, more than 80 four-wheels mobility scooters, more than 200 external digital hearing aids, and 300 medical air mattresses, in addition to implementing the prosthetic eye project.
Qatar Charity sponsors more than 18600 persons, including orphans, needy families and people with disabilities, who receive financial support periodically. Qatar Charity also implements projects in the fields of health, education, food security, livelihood, water and the child and family care.
Source: Qatar Charity