Qatar Charity (QC) has started implementing the Kamal Al O’hood (Fulfilling Pledges) School project in the Gaza Strip.
Under this initiative, the school is to be established - towards the east of Jabalia Camp in the northern area - and equipped.
Around 600 male and female students from the northern area are expected to benefit from the project, which is being implemented at a cost of QR2.2mn. It is financed by philanthropists from Qatar and executed by QC in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Dr Ziad Thabit, undersecretary in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the Gaza Strip, thanked the government and people of Qatar and commended QC’s efforts in the service of the Palestinian people in general and the education sector in particular.
The education sector suffers from a shortage of schools and teachers. Around 200 schools are needed for the sector’s requirements to be met, QC has said in a statement.
On behalf of the ministry, Thabit expressed happiness at the implementation of the project. “I hope support for this vital sector continues because of the great impact it has on improving the quality of education in Gaza,” he said.
Mohamed Abu Halloub, QC’s office director in the Gaza Strip, said: “This project aims to provide primary education to students living on the eastern side of Jabalia, mainly the Ezbit Abd Rabu territory, which is considered relatively remote due to the multiple Israeli assaults that have hit the area during the past three wars on the Gaza Strip.”
QC had earlier implemented a project to supply public schools with science laboratories. It had also carried out a project through which it provided 60 schools with alternative energy to overcome the problem of powercuts in the Gaza Strip.
Further, QC is implementing the Ibhath project that is financed by the GCC through Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah. The funds offered for the project, which aims to encourage scientific research in the Gaza Strip, amount to over QR7,000,000.
In May, QC also announced the initiation of the second stage of the “Cycling for Education” initiative, which was launched last year in co-operation with Qatar Cyclists. The initiative aims to collect QR5,000,000 to rebuild a girls’ school in Gaza with a capacity of 1,000 students.  
The initiative’s first stage resulted in the collection of more than QR2,000,000.