Abdulaziz Jassim Haji, Director of Customer Service Management at Qatar Charity
Doha: Abdulaziz Jassim Haji, Director of Customer Service Management at Qatar Charity, said that Qatar Charity is running its Ramadan campaign in more than 30 countries around the world including Qatar.
“The drive’s cost is more than QR120m and it includes Iftar meals, Eid aids and the distribution of Zakat Al Fitr. The number of those targeted people is about 2.4 million, depending on the donations of the people,” said Haji.
The drive this year is under the slogan “Calm Your Heart by Giving”, which is an invitation for compassion and giving that will enter happiness and joy to the affected people from coronavirus, and others who will benefit from these charitable programmes, he said.
Speaking to Qatar TV, he pointed out that “The campaign includes three important programmes, which are Iftar meals and distribution of food baskets, in addition to the Eid aids and the distribution of Zakat Al Fitr, in addition to aid for the people affected more by coronavirus crisis.
He also said that about 70 percent of Qatar’s social and health programmes are provided by volunteers, and that is why the role of volunteers during this crisis is very important. Volunteers are the ones who prepared 100,000 health bags that Qatar Charity distributed as part of the programmes to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Haji further said that “Qatar Charity has launched an electronic link in partnership with Al Meera to deliver food aid to needy families through easy app. People can register through Qatar Charity website to get aid quickly.
Qatar Charity has taken into consideration public safety and precautionary measures in the implementation of its Ramadan projects to fight the coronavirus, as it prepares and packs meals in the municipal kitchens to ensure that they will remain safe and clean, he said.
Qatar Charity recently also provided a consignment of food items to the Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania in Doha for about 200 households of Tanzanian community in Qatar.
The food items, provided by Qatar Charity (QC), included rice, flour, salt, sugar, milk, pasta, cooking oil and beans.
Besides the donations through the embassies, Qatar Charity is providing a food basket to workers also. It has distributed many food baskets during this crisis to workers, and until now over 45,000 food baskets have been distributed.
