More than 250 volunteers have taken part in a number of initiatives as part of the third 7asanat Olympics, the annual Ramadan volunteer programme.
Together with Jaidah Automotive, the exclusive dealer of Chevrolet in Qatar, the initiative has been launched by The Youth Company (TYC), Qatar’s social youth enterprise.
The 7asanat Olympics serve as a platform for volunteering and engaging with the community during the holy month. The volunteers have taken part in activities such as distributing 3,000 Iftar boxes at traffic signals before and after Iftar and teaming up with Qatar Charity for the #Yestahloon initiative to clothe low-income workers, collecting clothing and household good donations from many residential compounds in Qatar.
Jaidah Automotive, title sponsor of this year’s 7asanat Olympics, has provided its Jaidah Square showroom as the #7asanat16 headquarters for the programme, allowing volunteers to prepare and launch all the activities from there. It has also provided several vehicles for use by the 7asanat team to transport and deliver charitable Iftar meals and donations.
As part of the programme, the volunteers have visited children at numerous Hamad Medical Corporation facilities and elderly citizens in their homes to entertain them and join them for Iftar meals courtesy of the
initiative’s sponsors.
Khalid Samir, director of operations at Jaidah Automotive, said: “We are delighted to be the title sponsor of The Youth Company’s 7asanat Olympics this year, a fantastic initiative led by the youth in Qatar with the aim of giving back to our communities. As a leading organisation in Qatar, CSR is at the forefront of our goals and encouraging a culture of giving back to our community is core and reflects our company’s values.”