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‘Qatar Social Work’ continues World Cup, National Day events at Katara

Published: 14 Dec 2022 - 09:33 am | Last Updated: 14 Dec 2022 - 09:39 am

QNA

Doha: Qatar Social Work, an affiliate of the Ministry of Social Development and Family, continues its events in Katara that were launched on November 18 and will run until December 18 in celebration of the FIFA World Cup Qatar and Qatar National Day.

The events are intended to introduce Qatar Social Work to the public and highlight the services it offers for the community, and to propagate the culture of social work and raise the community’s awareness on the skills of dealing with various categories of the community.

Qatar Social Work Director of Communications, Noor Al Mohannadi lauded the great services offered by the supporters, including the Damaan Islamic Insurance Company (Beema) and Qatar Navigation Q.P.S.C. (Milaha), which provided big support to the foundation in the organisation of these events, adding that such support will indubitably be beneficial for all segments served by the centers affiliated with Qatar Social Work.

She extended her thanks and appreciation to the partners in the National Service Academy (Miqdam) for the great cooperation in organising the events and receiving the masses and those participating in the competitions; hailing the efforts made by the Cultural Village Foundation, Katara and its great cooperation during the whole period of the events.

She added that the foundation received roughly 15,000 visitors and has distributed over 400 prizes daily to the masses participating in the events and competitions in Katara.

Milaha Vice-President and Corporate Communications, Muna Al Bader said that Milaha is extremely happy to support a joint social cooperation project with Qatar Social Work to further highlight this social aspect which is vital for the life of every single person, and is essential for any community on earth; pointing out that Milaha prioritises the social work, which is considered a robust foundation within its social responsibility system that aims to consolidate the culture of social work and human development in the Qatari community in pursuit of preserving its supreme values and traditions inherited from the ancestors.

Academy Captain Director of Public Relations, Jassim Mohammed Al Jaber clarified that within the framework of the existing cooperation between the two institutions, the National Service Academy offers an array of events and activities associated with the events of the national day in Katara.

This is along with the events held in Katara stage presented by specialists from the Nutrition Department of Miqdam with the objective of raising the awareness on the problems of Individual and group diet, and ways to solve them, in addition to a variety of cultural and religious competitions aimed at increasing the cultural and religious credit of the attendees.

He noted that several sports and kinetic sports competitions were held under the supervision of the physical development department, including self-defence that aim to upgrade the core skills of self-defence, where a special corner of electronic marksmanship was added with the objective of educating the attendees on the basics of marksmanship.