Qatar Charity launches Alaqraboon platform

Qatar Charity (QC) has launched Alaqraboon as part of its continuous efforts to serve the local community and contribute to its development. This is a platform that includes a bunch of community programmes and initiatives implemented within Qatar.

The inaugural ceremony of the platform was attended by Minister of State and Chairman of Qatar Charity HE Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassim Al Thani and Minister of Social Development and Family HE Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad.

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Social Development and Family HE Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad expressed her happiness at the launch of Qatar Charity’s Alaqroboon platform. She praised the upgraded version of the Alaqraboon app and said that it is important to deliver aid to the deserving people in a quick and dignified manner.

She also thanked those in charge of this platform, Qatar Charity, and all the humanitarian workers.
Qatar Charity’s CEO Yousuf bin Ahmed Al Kuwari said,“Since the early years of its founding, Qatar Charity has been keen to contribute to the efforts of social, economic, and cultural development within Qatar by delivering assistance and implementing programs that serve the different sections of the community,”

He added that this is in parallel with the projects implemented outside Qatar for the benefit of crisis-affected people and poverty-stricken communities.

He noted that Qatar Charity delivered projects and social assistance worth more than QR233 million last year within Qatar, including nearly QR195 million aid for low-income families, divorced and widowed women, those in debt, and other humanitarian cases. He mentioned that the volume of this assistance during the past three years amounted to approximately QR470 million, of which QR300 million for those in debt.