The Foundation has established two educational complexes in Pakistan with a value exceeding one million US dollars
The Hamad Bin Jassim Industrial Training Center in India reflects the qualitative impact of the organization’s projects
Saja School for Special Education in the Gaza Strip supports people with needs to achieve their ambitions
The Foundation supported community schools and educational and cultural initiatives in the State of Qatar
The Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation is building its strategy based on its mission, “Health and Education for a Better Life,” due to its deep awareness of the importance of the health and education sectors in improving the living reality of various peoples around the world, and therefore it wanted to leave its mark in this context by formulating and implementing many projects and initiatives that This humanitarian mission is dedicated to supporting the desire of the people of poor and remote areas to possess the knowledge tools that enable them to build a promising future that enhances their development participation in their countries and crystallizes ways to sustain them. The Foundation has been very active in the field of education at the local and international levels, through which it supports the educational sector by launching pioneering projects such as building educational complexes and supporting needy students by paying the costs of their university or school studies to alleviate the financial burdens incurred on them. Which would reflect positively on their level of academic and cultural achievement.
The map of educational projects and initiatives implemented by the Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation over the past four years includes a group of specific projects, the most important of which at the international level is the construction of two educational complexes in Pakistan and the Hamad bin Jassim Industrial Training Institute in India. While internal projects within the State of Qatar have witnessed remarkable diversity through building many partnerships with educational institutions in the State of Qatar, most notably a number of universities, as well as providing various forms of support to many private and community schools in an attempt on their part to unify efforts aimed at improving the educational process. , As well as supporting the efforts of associations with educational activities.
Diversity of support
Mr. Saeed Mudakar Al-Hajri, CEO of the Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation, noted: Supporting the aspirations of individuals in many countries to receive appropriate education that is in line with their ambition for a better future confirms the Foundation’s keenness to play an effective role in leaving a pioneering imprint by supporting the educational process in the areas most in need. This is based on the Foundation’s deep belief in the cultural and humanitarian value that its projects can create within these population centers and its role in achieving a comprehensive societal renaissance that is reflected in the social, economic and cultural reality. He explained that one of the Foundation’s most important projects internationally is the establishment of the Hamad Bin Jassim Institute for Industrial Training at a total cost of approximately 3 million Qatari riyals. Which was built in the state of Maharashtra in India in cooperation with the Kokun Foundation for Social Development and is recognized by the National Vocational Training Council and the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training in the state of Maharashtra, which is concerned with providing specialized vocational education in the fields of electricity, mechanics, welding, plumbing, and ship mechanics. These departments include 12 sub-units with a capacity of approximately About 300 students annually.
The Foundation also completed two educational complexes, one for boys and the other for girls, in Pakistan, at a cost of more than one million dollars, with a capacity of 1,200 male and female students. Each complex consists of 10 classrooms. And for science, A computer lab, a library, A dining hall in addition to service facilities.
The Saja School for Special Education, affiliated with the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for Integrated Rehabilitation Care in the Gaza Strip, provides female and male students with disabilities with special education services, as well as physical and occupational therapy services, speech therapy, and speech problems.
Education priority
At the local level, the CEO explained that the local projects and initiatives implemented by the Foundation in the State of Qatar to support the educational sector constitute a priority for it. The forms of this support vary by contributing to developing the infrastructure of many community schools and honoring their outstanding students. At the forefront of these projects is the expansion of the Pakistani International School in the capital, Doha, which cost 5 million Qatari riyals. The expansion included the construction and furnishing of 13 classrooms. In addition to two rooms for teachers, A laboratory room, a small theater and other facilities, It extends over an area of 2000 square meters, Capacity capacity of 325 students.
Another initiative of the educational institution is to pay tuition fees for needy students at various educational levels. Pointing out that the value of the support is during the first quarter of 2021 only, It exceeded 600 thousand Qatari riyals, distributed among the various educational levels. This support comes within the framework of concluding many understandings and partnerships with various educational institutions in Qatar, including Qatar University. Carnegie Mellon University – Qatar, University of the North Atlantic.
Regarding the formula and nature of cooperation with these institutions, He referred to the memorandum of understanding signed in 2018 between Qatar University and the Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation, under which the Foundation provides financial rewards to academically outstanding Qatari students, in addition to paying quarterly tuition fees for non-Qatari students with limited income. This is through the financial aid program for incapable students (university student support). This will alleviate the burden on students of various educational levels, which will necessarily be reflected in their level of academic achievement.
The highest standards
The support is not limited to the limits of supporting traditional educational institutions, as the Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation provided support for the programs of the Qatar Society of Certified Public Accountants, It aims to serve graduates of Qatari accountants and qualify them to obtain various internationally accredited professional certificates.
The Foundation also established the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for Computing Science Education in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. At a cost of 4 million Qatari riyals, this initiative came due to the institution’s awareness of the necessity of paying attention to technology to improve the quality of education. And spreading awareness among school students of the importance of the role of computer science in developing societies and encouraging them to study scientific disciplines, Contributing to building a knowledge-based national economy. The center also launched the Alice Middle East and Mindcraft projects to teach programming and computer science, based on the latest international educational curricula. The Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation supports the Qatar Scouts and Guides Association. As a contribution to the success of the “Messengers of Peace” initiative adopted by the association, Which aims to qualify and employ people with special needs and empower them socially to benefit from their energies in the development process. It also provided support for the “Future Radio” competition, which was launched across the State of Qatar with the participation of 20 preparatory schools, sponsored by the Educational Supervision Office of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Entrepreneurial models
Mr. Al-Hajri concluded his speech by saying: The Foundation continues to implement its pioneering projects that aim to increase the well-being, development and prosperity of societies and empower them with science and knowledge. By building and developing human capabilities everywhere based on stable values based on the principles of transparency – excellence – partnerships – flexibility and a serious desire to contribute to building an innovative educational system that supports the requirements of the renewable labor market and constitutes an important tributary of development for societies, and we are pleased at the Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Foundation. Charity wants to be part of those efforts.
