 | Wedding expo brings top
fashion brands to Doha A BRIDAL gown worth QR55,000
by Hollywood designer Vera Wang
and another exquisitely-designed
gown by Pronovias worth more
than QR58,000 are among the
must-see items at the 5th
International Wedding Exhibition
and Fashion .
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| | Gulf Helicopters funds QA
school project in Sri Lanka |  THE Gulf Helicopters on Wednesday
donated QR10,000
to Qatar Academy (QA) for
the completion of its sister school
Eravur Educational Development
Institute´s building
project in Sri Lanka (EEDI).
The EEDI is a long-term
community school and service
project which is funded by
the Qatar Academy students.
More than 200 students in Sri
Lanka are attending English
and IT classes for free at a
rented facility as the EEDI
building is under construction.
The new EEDI building
is expected to be completed
by May. Eight Grade 11 Qatar
Academy students would be
travelling to Sri Lanka in May
to officially open the EEDI.
Speaking about their donation,
Nevien ... | | | 80 schools to take part in QC´s
student behaviour study event |  QATAR Charity (QC) has selected 80
schools to take part in its ´Ana Snafi´
(I´m Snafi) and ´Habbat Reeh´ (Gust
of Wind) programmes.
The programmes aim to promote
good behaviour and strong values
among the youth.
Executive Director of QC´s
Domestic Development Department
Mohammed Ali al Ghamdi said that
over 120 schools in the country had
participated in the last month´s edition
of the events, and some schools
were listed in all four categories.
Ghamdi said that the jury carefully
read through each entry before
announcing their decision.
After informing the winning
schools, the QC will organise field visits
to those schools in order to monitor
... | | | Cancer support group inspires ´positivity´ |  THE best way to come to grips
with cancer is to live your life
as normally as possible, and
that a positive attitude is better
than treatments at times. This
is the message that comes
from the Hayat Cancer
Support Group, which is now
becoming a movement across
Qatar, inspiring cancer patients
and their family members
to adopt a positive thinking,
along with medical treatment,
to cope up with cancer.
Amani Halawa, administrative
coordinator for the
group and herself a cancer
survivor said, "We always talk
about people dying of cancer.
It´s about time we hear about
people who survive cancer.
But nobody speaks out. We´re
having more cancer ... | |
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