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Qatar Charity (QC) has achieved another milestone in humanitarian and community service, as it has been ranked as one of Qatar’s top 10 most supportive brands that have participated in the country’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This was based on telephone interviews conducted by Ipsos, a global multinational market research firm and a consulting firm, with 500 respondents between 23 April and 12 May 2020.
In the interviews, Qatar Charity, Qatar Red Crescent, Al Meera, Qatar National Bank, Doha Bank, Qatar Airways, Qatar Foundation, Ministry of Public Health, Ooredoo and Qatar
Petroleum are perceived as the most supportive brands in Qatar.
It is worth noting that Qatar Charity has made significant efforts to help reduce the spread of coronavirus by distributing health and awareness bags, food baskets and other materials to recipients, including workers and volunteers across the country, in cooperation with a number of concerned authorities in the country.
The number of beneficiaries of food and food baskets as of 17 May was 552,743, while the total beneficiaries of all aid were 614,452 persons.
In the field of food aid, 58,000 food baskets were distributed across the country. The ‘Philanthropic Kitchen’ initiative has contributed to the provision of 11,000 ready-to-eat meals per day to workers in Mukaynis. The total number of ready-to- eat meals is 494,000 meals.
Some 10,700 food parcels have been distributed, benefiting approximately 42,800 people from various Asian, Arab and African communities, in cooperation with 20 embassies, including the Kenyan, Nepalese and Sudanese embassies.
The aid also included the distribution of health supplies and medical supplies. Some 60,000 personal hygiene kits have been distributed to workers. The kits included masks , gloves, sterile wipes and laundry soap, as well as multilingual awareness leaflets.
In the field of awareness, 90,000 copies of awareness leaflets have been distributed and 30 awareness videos have been published in four languages: Arabic, English , Hindi and Filipino. Qatar Charity continues to produce awareness videos in different languages and to post them on social media.
Qatar Charity has benefited from the efforts of many volunteers for this campaign, who numbered nearly 8,700 volunteers from nine different nationalities.
Qatar Charity launched the “Eid Together” initiative in cooperation with several ministries in the country and Ooredoo, during which 50,000 food baskets were distributed to expatriates affected by the coronavirus pandemic to share Eid’s joy with them.
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02/06/2020
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