Qatar Charity has opened an office in Djibouti as part of its policy aimed at achieving direct supervision of its construction, development and relief projects.
Qatar Charity Chief Executive Officer Youssuf Ahmed al-Kuwari said the office aims at providing humanitarian and developmental assistance to the people of Djibouti with a view to enhancing the bonds of amity and fraternity between the peoples of Qatar and Djibouti on the basis of co-operation and strategic planning to meet the needs of the development plan “ Djibouti  2035”.
During the office’s inaugural ceremony, which was attended by government officials and representatives of local and international humanitarian organisations, al-Kuwari said Qatar Charity office has effectively started its activity during the past months with a number of relief and development projects in Djibouti and for Yemeni refugees in the country. He noted that the value of the implemented projects totaled QR8mn.
Al-Kuwari announced that Qatar Charity Office in Djibouti drew up a plan for implementing projects during the year 2016 worth QR20mn in the field of development and relief.
For his part, Charge d’Affaires at Qatar’s embassy in Djibouti Nasser bin Khamis al-Mansouri praised the role of Qatar Charity in the field of humanitarian activities worldwide and in Djibouti in particular.
In a similar speech, al-Mansouri also noted that Qatar Charity is one of the pioneering societies in humanitarian activities in Qatar, adding that its presence in Qatar constituted a quantum addition to the humanitarian work.
Meanwhile, Djibouti’s Minister for Employment and National Solidarity Zahra Yusuf Kayad praised the efforts of Qatar Charity in serving the needy in Djibouti, underlining that Djibouti’s government would help Qatar Charity and provide all necessary facilities to help it carry out its humanitarian mission in serving the needy and in contributing to communal development.
With the opening of Qatar Charity Office in Djibouti, the number of the society’s offices around the world, covering Europe, Asia and Africa, totals 20.