QC’s Rofaqa sponsorship exceeds 190,000 orphans
In conjunction with the upcoming 9th anniversary of the ‘Rofaqa’ initiative, which coincides with International Children’s Day observed on November 20, Qatar Charity (QC) continues its efforts in the field of social care and sponsorship of orphans around the world, with the number of those sponsored exceeding 190,000.
The number of sponsored persons in 2013 (before the establishment of the Rofaqa initiative) was 28,500 orphans, but now this number has increased under the initiative to 190,243.
Orphans benefit from the training activities such as workshops, lectures, and entertainment, trips, camps, competitions, and sports matches organised by supervisors or of- ficials of orphanages centres.
Orphans and sponsored families also benefit from seasonal projects and campaigns such as Eid clothing, Zakat alFitr, aid for winter campaigns, and school bags, as the number of beneficiaries in 2019-2022 reached about 8,297,218 people, and the families of orphans and sponsored families also benefited from as many as 45,336 income-generating projects. The wishes of 245,902 orphaned and poor children has been fulfilled through the ‘My Wish’ initiative.
QC attaches great impor- tance to orphans and children of low-income families inside Qatar, as it currently sponsors 870 orphans (through the ‘Fu- ture Leaders’ programme), 11 students, 28 families, and two people with special needs as well. It also provides them food and periodic educational assistance.
The number of projects implemented by the Rofaqa initiative reached 71, to build, operate and support orphan centres, in addition to 232 multi-service centres that include multiple facilities targeting orphan families with various activities.
QC has also established mod- el cities for orphans and poor students, including two cities in Sudan.
The first is the model city of Sheikha Aisha bint Hamad bin Abdullah al-Attiyah in Sudan, an integrated city for the care of orphans and their families, with 200 homes for orphan families, two secondary schools, a kindergarten, a mosque, a vocational training centre, and artesian wells.
Taiba Educational City was built on an area of 9,000sq m and includes several facilities, the most important of which are a basic education school, a secondary school, and a health centre equipped to serve stu- dents and their families and the surrounding areas, in addition to various administrative facili- ties, dining halls, activities, and facilities for sports activities and housing for 500 orphans.
QC won four regional awards for excellence in social care between 2014-2022, and it is also proud of the many success stories that have been achieved through Rofaqa initiative, where many of its sponsors have become ministers, members of parliament or officials, academics, company directors, businessmen, doctors, engineers and sports champions.
Through the Rofaqa initiative, donations can be made to the “Your Sponsorship Makes a Hero” campaign through the QC website QCH.QA/champion, or through the QC app QCH.QA/APP, as well as by requesting the home collection service through the application, or by calling the hotline at 44290000 or via 27 branches spread across the country and through 97 collection points in commercial complexes.