Qatar Charity organises summer camp for students
Qatar Charity (QC), in co-operation with Qatar University (QU) and Ajial Educational Centre, organised the ‘Wathiq’ summer camp aimed at providing children and youth with cultural knowledge and life and sports skills. This comes as a part of QC’s keenness to spend the summer vacation of students in enjoyable and useful activities.
The month-long summer camp, which kicked off on July 4, includes training, educational, recreational and sports activities. Some 40 male and female students aged 5-14 years have registered for the camp. The students have been divided into the age groups of 5-9 years and 10-14 years, taking into account the coronavirus precautionary measures.
“This camp is an extension and continuation of QC’s efforts to organise such activities for our students during the summer holidays,” said QC’s Programmes and Community Development Department director Fatima Jumah al-Mohannadi, indicating that this comes based on QC’s belief in nurturing and enhancing the talents and capabilities of the participants to build a pioneering generation seeking to develop the country.
She lauded the co-operation with Ajial Educational Centre, thanking QU which provided a training hall for activities. “The co-operation with QC is one of the important partnerships of Ajial Educational Centre, because QC is a leading organisation in its field, and this enhances the centre’s role towards community and the country,” said the camp supervisor, Abu Bakr Mousa. He added that this camp has a qualitative value for the participating students because it provides them with options to focus on the skills that they need to improve.
He said the activities offered through this camp are designed to promote a culture of optimal investment of time and utilise it to develop capabilities and mental talents and arrange life priorities. One of the students, Al-Jowhara al-Thani, said that she benefited greatly from this camp, which made her look at life with love and positivity, noting that she learned that the first stage of success is selfconfidence.
Another student, Mohamed alEmadi, said that it has become clear that the role of QC is not limited to its humanitarian projects implemented abroad, but it also attaches importance to the development of Qatari society by training and educating young people in Qatar. He added that he learned how to arrange his priorities and know his responsibilities towards himself, his society, and his country.
Khaled Ahmed al-Buainain,a student, said he learned that a person must be brought up in a culture of volunteering and giving to be useful for his society and country. QC, through its community development centres across Qatar, regularly launched activities and summer camps to organise workshops, lectures, and special events. Hundreds of boys and girls have benefited from QC’s activities and events in the past years.