Aspire Zone Foundation and QFSW sign new partnership

DOHA: Over eight hundred people from Qatar Foundation for Social Work (QFSW) to benefit from the partnership signed yesterday with Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF).

This partnership aims to support and strengthen their social and community-focused initiatives.Through this agreement, AZF also seeks to promote community activities and enhance cooperation with government institutions, which stems from its belief in the importance of social responsibility towards the community.

The agreement was signed by Amal Abdullatif Al Mannai, CEO of QFSW and Mohammad bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi, CEO of AZF.

Speaking to The Peninsula after signing the agreement, Amal Al Mannai said: “Qatar Foundation for Social Work signs such partnerships which support the entire entities come under the umbrella of QFSW. We arrange different activities for people with special needs, orphans and elderly people. More than two thousand staff members from Aspire Zone are ready to volunteer for our entities.”

“This partnership is three years long. Whereas they will continue to support us throughout Ramadan Kareem as they always do every year. Now we are able to arrange many outdoor activities within the premises of Aspire Zone Foundation, especially in Aspire Park which will help our members to adopt healthy lifestyle,” she added.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Khalifa Al Suwaidi, CEO of AZF, praised this new partnership and confirmed the organisation’s growing role in providing support to all local public and private organisations to benefit the society, saying: “This new agreement builds on our existing partnership with the Qatar Social Work, which extends beyond the agreement we signed today. This collaboration has been ongoing for the past couple of years, and we have organised several joint initiatives and social programmes for Qatar Social Work’s member organisations such as the Orphans Care Centre (Dreama), the Centre for Empowerment and Elderly Care (Ehsan), and Shafallah Centre. This partnership will combine our ongoing collaboration together under one umbrella.”

 Al Suwaidi added: “AZF and Qatar Social Work share similar foundations and both our visions seek to help Qatar realise its National Vision 2030. For that purpose, we have already established yearly CSR programmes to improve the physical and mental health of the local society and encourage them to have an active and healthy lifestyle. Some of our ongoing initiatives include the ‘Life in Aspire’ smartphone app, the ‘Step into Health’ campaign and the ‘Keep Aspire Green’ eco-friendly campaign.”