Tuesday June 14, 2022
Qatar Charity (QC) launched the Udhiyah campaign for this
year (1443 AH) aimed at providing about 50,000 sacrifices of sheep and cows in
39 countries around the world, including Qatar.
Under the slogan, "Delight them with your Udhiyah… for
a dignified life", the campaign is expected to benefit about 1mn people at
a total cost of more than QR29mn.
According to QC, the campaign focuses on distributing
Udhiyah within Qatar, countries in crisis and currently affected areas by
drought, particularly Somalia, as well as communities in a number of African,
Asian, and European countries.
Saud al-Maadeed, director of the Media Department; Abdullah
al-Dosari, director of the Social Welfare Department; and Yousef Abdullah
al-Khulaifi, head of Programmes and Rehabilitation Department, spoke at a press
conference to announce the campaign details.
They thanked and appreciated the benefactors for their
support of QC’s campaigns and projects throughout the year. The officials also
urged the donors in Qatar, on the occasion of the approaching blessed month of
Dhul-Hijjah, to take advantage of its double wages and hurry to donate to the
Udhiyah campaign for QC, in order to reach the largest number of people.
The launch of the campaign coincides with famine sweeping
many African countries, threatening the lives of more than 20mn people in
Africa alone due to drought and the significantly high prices.
The United Nations had recently warned that nearly half of
Somalia’s population (7.1mn people), by next September, will face food
insecurity due to an unprecedented drought in 40 years. Some 1.4mn Somali
children are also facing severe malnutrition.
The campaign in Qatar aims to provide 3,713 sacrifices,
benefiting nearly 30,000 people, at a cost of more than QR3mn, with the goal of
expanding on the target groups, in addition to 1,450 children benefiting from
Eid clothing at a cost of QR580,000.
The Udhiyah will be distributed to orphans and their
families who are sponsored by QC and families with low incomes in the outer
regions (the North - Al Khor - Al Wakra), in addition to workers across the
country, people with special needs, and students.
The campaign projects inside Qatar also include distributing
Eid clothes to 1,450 people, benefiting 450 orphans and 1,000 children from
low-income families, with the aim of drawing a smile on their faces on the
occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha.
The campaign also dedicated educational activities and
events in commercial malls accompanying the “Delight them with your Udhiyah”
slogan, including the “Haj Journey” event for children by designing models for
Haj rituals and distributing Ihram clothes for them. Furthermore, there is an information
challenge corner, a virtual reality corner, and a tour of the Grand Mosque and
the rituals of Haj, in addition to the "Hajjat Al-Eid" festival,
which targets orphans and their families.
With regards to outside Qatar, the campaign aims to distribute
approximately 46,255 sacrifices in 39 African, Asian, and European countries,
with 925,102 people expected to benefit at a cost of approximately QR25.6mn.
The campaign focuses on regions and countries that witness
exceptional events and circumstances such as the displaced inside Syria, Syrian
refugees in neighbouring countries and Palestine, those affected in Yemen and
affected by the drought, especially in Somalia, in addition to the poorest
groups in other targeted countries.
The countries in which the Udhiyah will be distributed
include: Palestine, Somalia, Tunisia, Lebanon, Sudan, Kenya, Mali, Togo, Nepal,
India, Bangladesh, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo,
Philippines, Albania, Bosnia, Ghana, Turkey, Jordan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Chad
and Yemen, in addition to Montenegro, Tanzania, South Africa, Morocco,
Djibouti, Mauritania, Burundi, Gambia, Niger, in addition to Malaysia and
Indonesia.
Benefactors and donors wishing to donate to the Udhiyah
campaign can do so easily and safely, through QC’s website (www.qch.qa/adha)
and application (www.qch.qa/app).
The "home collector" can also be requested through
the QC application qch.qa/App. The system automatically locates the donor on
the map and sends his/her request to the nearest "collector" and
receives his donations, or by calling the call center at: 44667711.
Donations can also be made through the headquarters office
of QC and its 26 branches. In addition, donation can be made through collection
points and funds spread across different regions across the country.