A Tanzanian community member receives food items, which were provided by the Qatar Charity, from Fatma Mohammed Rajab, Ambassador of Tanzania to Qatar.
Doha: The Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania in Doha has received a consignment of food items for about 200 households of Tanzanian community in Qatar.
The food items, provided by Qatar Charity (QC), include rice, flour, salt, sugar, milk, pasta, cooking oil and beans.
The items were received by Fatma Mohammed Rajab, Ambassador of Tanzania to Qatar, and handed over to representatives of the Tanzanian community in Qatar.
In a statement to The Peninsula, she said, “The embassy is working closely with its community to identify those who are in need of food in this time of COVID-19 pandemic. The Embassy try our level best to educate workers and ask them to adhere and abide to the rules and regulations that the Government of Qatar is emphasizing everyday in order to protect themselves and others. We also provide leaflets in our national language.”
The Ambassador also expressed her gratitude to Qatar Charity for its support of providing food items during this time of crisis, adding: “As the ambassador of Tanzania, I am very honoured to receive this support for my community.”
Regarding the number of Tanzanian community in Qatar, Rajab said that “Currently we have approximately around 3,000 Tanzanian working and living in Qatar.” They are working in many fields such as banking, police, defence and construction. She further said that Qatar charity will continue to provide food basket to those who are in need through their official link to be distributed to the ones who are needed it.
Qatar Charity has also initiated the process of opening its branch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This will help us strengthen our relationship with Qatar Charity as well as the Government of Qatar, she said.
The Ambassador pointed out that “During this ongoing pandemic, that will surely end by the grace of God, we highly commend the Government of Qatar for their continued efforts in ensuring the health and safety of its citizens and all nationalities living in Qatar.”
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. Also it has distributed more than 30,000 personal hygiene packages among workers.
With the support from the people in Qatar, Qatar Charity has initiated the implementation of its Ramadan campaign “Calm You Heart by Giving” by implementing the “Feed a Fasting Person” project in 30 countries worldwide, including Turkey, Sudan, Kyrgyzstan and others.
The ‘Feed a Fasting Person’ project, implemented outside Qatar, is valued at QR16m, and aims to benefit 424,396 persons by distributing food baskets and Iftar meals to them.
