Doha: Qatar Charity said that those benefited from economic empowerment projects over the past year have reached more than 43,000 beneficiaries in the countries where it is working.
The charity said that these projects developed the capabilities of the beneficiaries and provided employment opportunities in many areas, noting that the focus was on the families of orphans and Syrian refugees.
Head of Project Management in Qatar Charity, Khalid Al Yafei, said that these projects are part of the charity’s strategy to combat poverty and support capacities in a sustainable manner for individuals and communities in needy countries. He said that the charity was able to implement 4,886 projects in the field of economic empowerment for 43,000 beneficiaries. He added that Qatar Charity attaches great importance to economic empowerment projects because of its great benefit and positive return to individuals and communities, taking into account the quality of projects and the specificity of the countries, regions and target groups.
He said that the charity also allocated an important part of its income-generating projects to enable the Syrian refugees in Turkey through its humanitarian development initiative to contribute to the development of their capacities, providing them with employment opportunities in many fields and supporting or implementing innovative and sustainable projects in their favor given the long-standing crisis facing their country.
