DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) sponsored the first conference to support development in Syria, held in Istanbul on Friday in coordination with Al Sham Islamic Association.
QC announced a donation of QR5m for implementation of development projects in the country.
The conference aimed to support the shift towards humanitarian development in the country, allow communities to become self-sufficient, and enhance their cohesion and steadfastness in the face of humanitarian challenges.
A QC delegation included Sheikh Abdullah Al Saada, Director, Food Security Programmes, Mohammed Adrdor, Director, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Abdul Rabi bin Sahraa, Associate Director, Planning and International Cooperation, and Mohammed Komni, Coordinator for Syrian Relief, based in Rihaniyya on the Syrian-Turkish border.
The forum was attended by 120 representatives of 60 international organisations, donors and experts in development work, and organisations and associations working in the field of humanitarian action.
Al Saada said QC had so far spent over QR47m to provide relief for the Syrian people, benefitting more than two million, more than any other humanitarian organisation in the period up until 2013-end, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs .
Papers by organisations such as the Islamic Development Bank and Gulf and Syrian relief organisations, including one by QC’s Planning and International Cooperation Director, entitled ‘The transition from relief to development: between reality and expectations’, and another on QC’s efforts in the development field were presented.
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