DOHA: Sheikh Eid Bin Muhammad Al Thani Charitable Association will launch a fresh charity drive to collect QR100m to support Gaza.
A three-day campaign titled “Gaza, ihna laha” (Gaza, we are for it) will start on August 28, 2014. The drive is being launched in collaboration with local TV channels, radio stations, newspapers and commercial centres, QNA reported yesterday.
“The Association pledged to provide QR100m aide to Gaza people in three phases,” said Ali Khalid Al Hajari, who is in charge of foreign projects at the charity. “The first phase includes an urgent relief package worth QR30m,” he added.
So far, the Association has spent QR81.5m on a relief package for Gaza people.
Of this, QR11.5m was allocated to buy food and medicines, treatment of the wounded and shelters for the displaced in the first phase. In the second phase, the foundation spent QR40m to repair and rebuild houses and other facilities that were destroyed. In the third phase, QR30m was earmarked to provide a source of income to families affected by the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
The group has been providing humanitarian aid to people in Gaza for several years, including food and medical services and building mosques, Islamic centres and schools, said Al Hajari.
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