Qatar Charity (QC) said that its 'Alaqraboon' initiative delivered social assistance worth nearly QR 195 million to 4,102 cases, and implemented approximately 296 programs and initiatives through its community development centers in 2022.
The beneficiaries of humanitarian aid in Qatar included families with limited income, those in debt, the sick, widows, people with special needs, students, the elderly, families of prisoners, and divorced women, while sponsorships were provided to orphans, students, and families with special needs. The number of those sponsored by the QC reached 1,000.
Qatar Charity's cultural, social, and awareness programs targeted workers, families, expatriate communities, students, children, women, youth, people with special needs, and the elderly, in addition to orphans and widows.
As QC attaches significant attention to community services, it launched the 'Alaqraboon' initiative last month, which includes a bunch of community programs and initiatives and educational and awareness activities implemented within Qatar.
The initiative includes social assistance programs that work to receive and study requests for assistance for appropriate cases, and sponsorships for those most in need within the local community, empower families in Qatar through training, and support small business owners, in addition to developing new programs to raise financial awareness through workshops, lectures, consultations, and community initiatives.
The 'Alaqraboon' initiative also includes the expatriate communities fund program, which contributes to supporting their members and implementing various projects for them, and the worker support fund to help those who have problems with their companies and those who need to pay the treatment cost.
The initiative also includes awareness, educational, and health activities for them, in addition to providing in-kind materials to them. Besides, there are programs of partnership with local commercial entities for community service.
The QC is keen to recruit and involve volunteers in charitable and humanitarian work within and outside Qatar and raise awareness of voluntary work in the community. In this regard, Qatar Charity launched the Initiatives and Volunteering Incubator 'Ezdehar'.
Source: Qatar News Agency