+ A
A -
QNA
Doha
the Islamic Dawah Organisation has distributed QR1.6 million worth aid to 2,465 orphans in Yemen. It is being sponsored by Qatari philanthropists within the framework of the 'Orphan Sponsorship' project and is being implemented in Arab and African countries.
Director-General of the Islamic Dawah Organization office in Qatar, Hammad Abdul-Qader al Sheikh, said:"In collaboration with the Yemeni Al Ferdaws Foundation and its branch 'House of Qatar for the Orphans', the organisation has distributed donation to orphans every four months."
He pointed out that the"sponsorships range from partial to comprehensive, which covers all the orphans' needs with an annual cost exceeding QR12 million".
"The donation is provided by a group of people from Qatar who believe in the rights of these orphans to live in dignity as granted by Islam," he elaborated.
He also praised the philanthropists who sponsored these orphans and spared no effort to support them in various Arab and African countries. The sponsorships have helped orphans and their families to meet the essential needs, he added.
Hammad highlighted the organisation's ongoing projects and initiatives aimed at helping these orphans, targeting the productive families, construction of family homes for orphans, orphans empowerment, Eid clothes and school bags, calling on everyone to continue to support these projects and sponsor more orphans and poor families in Yemen and other countries.
