Doha: Qatar Charity conducted 50 training courses for fishermen in cooperation with Gaza’s Fishermen Association in the Palestinian enclave. This comes as part of Qatar Charity’s urgent project that targets the fishing sector as well as fisheries recovery with a total cost of QR20,000.
The project aims at developing the capacity of the fishing sector in the Gaza Strip as well as the abilities of the fishermen and their organisations. This was undertaken by providing training to 1,000 fishermen to improve their fishing skills by raising awareness in areas like first aid, firefighting, environmental awareness, fish trade and preservation, use of electronic devices, improving administrative and logistics capabilities of the association, and renovating the training halls of the General Fisheries Management Department at the Ministry of Agriculture to make them suitable for training.
Several fishermen were happy to participate in the training that helped raise their awareness and improved capabilities. “This,” they said, “will boost their fishing skills and help them avoid unexpected fires or fish spoilage.” The overwhelming participation of fishermen in the training shows their enthusiasm.
The project is part of the Food Security Protection and Enhancement Program in Palestine with a budget of more than QR30m. The programme is being implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture through the General Fisheries Management and had an immense impact on improving the work and living conditions of fishermen.
The project also helped empower poor fishermen’s families by providing equal and sustainable means of living and enhancing the food security of the Gaza Strip by increasing fish production, distribution, and marketing.
The project also included several vital activities like restoring the fishing sector, providing fishermen with essential fishing equipment, remodelling fishing ports, building small storage units, improving fishermen’s homes, providing fishermen with income-generating projects after fishing season, and finally improving the capabilities of the representative, corporate, and grassroots fishing associations.
Prior to this, QC implemented a project to improve the skills of the sons of fishermen through “academic and vocational training”.
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