The Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation reviewed its annual harvest for the year 2017, which included the implementation of many projects internally and externally. At an estimated cost of 220 million riyals in various fields, The cost of internal projects is estimated at 25 million Qatari riyals, which consists of providing social assistance to needy and needy families and individuals. It consists of cash and food assistance, monthly guarantees, health care, and pay off debts, pay tuition fees, marriage assistance, In addition to supporting cultural, social and educational activities. While the cost of the external projects implemented by the Foundation exceeded 195 million Qatari riyals, which are development projects in various fields, most notably health and education on the continents of Asia and Africa. Thousands of Muslims in several countries benefited from it. It included the construction of housing units, hospitals, vocational training centers, and mosques. In addition to its contributions to supporting some projects in the medical, educational and humanitarian fields.

In this context, Mr. Saeed Mudakar Al-Hajri, CEO of the Foundation, explained: The Foundation seeks, through its various local activities at the health, educational and societal levels as a whole, to To emphasize its responsibilities towards the local community and support the various efforts made that would build a conscious, healthy and educated society. This is done by focusing on internal projects that seek in their goals to achieve comprehensive social and human development within Qatar.

National responsibility

Mr. Al-Hajri added: “We at the Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation believe that our projects contain national objectives, especially in light of the unjust blockade imposed on us by neighboring countries. Through our services and activities, we seek to support all efforts made at the national level that will make our Qatari society more stable and confident in the face of various circumstances. Based on this, the Jassim Charitable Foundation adopts all projects that will achieve social and human development.

Al-Hajri pointed out that the cash assistance provided by the Foundation amounted to 4 million and 500 thousand Qatari riyals, which was the largest value of the total value of internal aid distributed to needy families with limited income. Pointing out that he allocated one million and 500 thousand of them for in-kind assistance, which is a type of monthly aid that a special segment of needy families receive through coupons whose value varies from 600 riyals for Qataris to 400 riyals for residents, which are disbursed from one of the commercial complexes contracted with. Al-Hajri said that the Foundation helped 10 cases of debtors worth $1,500,000, which contributed to relieving their distress in order to return to their normal lives, work, and support their families.

Treatment expenses

He added that the institution gives priority to treating patients and performing surgical operations, and that it covers the expenses of all cases received from Hamad Hospital. It helped treat many medical conditions at a cost estimated at approximately 2,000,000 Qatari riyals. In addition to the home care program, which is one of the most important services provided by the Foundation in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation for elderly patients.

The Foundation makes an effective contribution to supporting and enhancing the health situation in the country through its partnerships with institutions and associations that provide direct and indirect health services, such as the Mental Health Association “Weyak,” to which the Foundation provided financial support worth 500,000 Qatari riyals for the telephone consultation program. As well as supporting the Qatar Diabetes Association, The Qatari Association for People with Special Needs, and others.

Learning support

In the field of education, In order to achieve its mission and implement its vision of creating a knowledge society that advances itself on the basis of science and knowledge, The Foundation pays great attention to the education sector, In this field, the Foundation spent 3 million Qatari riyals to pay educational expenses for a number of students at all levels of study. In addition to supplying furniture to the Pakistan International School in Doha.

In the same context, The Foundation provided financial support to many schools at their various stages, as it contributed to the training and qualification of students by supporting training courses to graduate students capable of meeting the requirements of the labor market and enrolling in international and local universities. Which contributes to achieving Qatar Vision 2030 in creating a generation capable of meeting its needs and the needs of future generations.

At the level of cultural and educational activities, The Foundation worked to support many initiatives, cultural and educational events, and various community activities, in which it spent 800,000 Qatari riyals, Including supporting and sponsoring the activities of the forty-second Arab Deaf Week, which was organized by the Hearing Education Academy, In addition to sponsoring the activities of the Ministry of Municipality in celebrating National Day in Darb Al Saai.

Seasonal projects

Among the Foundation’s seasonal projects, The Ramadan projects, whose total cost internally and externally amounted to more than 13 million Qatari riyals, witnessed… growth and expansion, It included the largest segment of those in need of this assistance at the local and external levels, and this is a consistent approach of the Foundation and a practical translation of its strategies in the medium and long term.

Outdoor activities

In terms of external activities, Through its external activities, the Foundation was keen to support and develop health care and education services in a number of countries, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Morocco, India and other countries. The Foundation’s projects are large in size and benefit the largest segment of those in need.

The CEO of the Jassim and Hamad bin Jassim Charitable Foundation added that the Foundation has laid the foundation for a group of development projects in the fields of health, education, and housing in the Kingdom of Morocco, including dialysis centers, a home for the elderly, and Sheikha Sharifa bint Ibrahim Al-Nasr Hospital, which began implementation in the city of Marrakesh at a cost of 70 million Qatari riyals. Its implementation is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019.

In Gaza City, the Foundation had laid the foundation stone for the Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Day Care Center in cooperation with the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza. At a cost of $5,000,000. The project aims, To provide specialized rehabilitation services for people with multiple and permanent disabilities, Providing the necessary care for them in terms of treatment, social, health and rehabilitation care. The center will provide Which is funded by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Care for 371 disabled people, including shelter, food, and health care.

Al-Hajri added that the Foundation also took it upon itself to equip and operate the Jassim Primary Health Care Clinic in the Azraq camp in the Kingdom of Jordan. At a total cost estimated at 2 million and 800 thousand Qatari riyals, Pointing out that the center provides free primary health care, For approximately 7,000 refugees per month.

In the same context, The Foundation has launched many medical camps, vaccination and inoculation campaigns, and health convoys in a number of African and Asian countries. At a cost estimated at two million Qatari riyals, It included camps to combat blindness and surgical camps. The camps that were established in Sri Lanka, Chad and Nigeria witnessed a large turnout from beneficiaries in these countries, including the poor and needy who did not have the ability to pay the costs of treatment.

The Corporation also opened the Hamad Bin Jassim Industrial Training Center in India to serve the residents of the Maharashtra region – in the Kokun province in India, at an estimated cost of 3 million Qatari riyals, in cooperation with government agencies there. The center gives the poor the opportunity to obtain specialized technical education.

Among the housing projects implemented by the Foundation in a number of countries are: The Foundation completed the Sheikh Jassim Residential City project in Sri Lanka, and during this year the Foundation delivered about 800 housing units. Sheikh Jassim City, with a total cost of 40 million Qatari riyals, is considered one of the pioneering projects implemented by the Foundation. It provides healthy and appropriate shelter for poor Muslims and their families.

As part of its partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Foundation signed an agreement to provide emergency health care for Yemeni refugees in Somalia, including financial support of 250,000 US dollars.

Out of its interest in developing the health sector in Pakistan, Early last year, it inaugurated Sheikh Jassim Hospital in Bakr Governorate, Punjab Province. This is at an estimated cost of 30 million Qatari riyals. The project includes the establishment of a hospital with a capacity of 50 beds in accordance with World Health Organization standards. It is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018