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Doha
Around 50,000 Qatar residents from 17 countries benefitted from the second edition of the state-sponsored "Our Eid is One" initiative that saw 25,000 food coupons being distributed to people in need during this Eid Al Adha.
While the initiative seeks to help people in Qatar celebrate Eid, this year it also highlights the importance of celebrating the festival at home to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The food coupons were distributed on the first day of Eid at a function held in the headquarters of the Qatar Charity in Lusail in the presence of 40 officials representing embassies and community organizations.
Jointly initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the Ministry of Interior (MoI), the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MDLSA), Qatar Charity and Ooredoo, ‘Our Eid is One Initiative' has come as another step that strengthens the bond between Qatar and members of expatriate communities in Qatar and also as a support and care by the Qatar governmenttowards ensuring the welfare of its expatriate communities during the tough time of the Covid-19.
The embassies of Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Kenya and expat community organizations such as the Bangladeshi Community Organization, the Indian Community Benevolent Forum, the Indian Cultural Centre, the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre, the Cultural Forum, the Indonesian Community Association – Permica, the Indian Community Center, the Helping Hands - Al Khor, the Filipino Community in Qatar, the Non Resident Nepalese Association, the Thrissur Dt. Souhruda Vedi, the Kerala Cultural Center and the Sri Lankan Community Development Forum will benefit mainly from the “Our Eid is One Initiative – 2”. The coupons received by the community representatives will be distributed among the needy members of the community including the families, individuals and workers.
To convey the joy of happiness on the occasion of Eid Al Adha, as part of the initiative, a total of 25000 Eid greeting cards also were distributed among the community members along with food coupons and to spread the joy among the children of the needy families from the communities, 3000gifts were also distributed. In addition to this, 4000 gifts will be distributed among the residents of Covid -19 quarantine facility in Umm Sulal and several gifts and Ooredoo recharge coupons among the workers.
For ensuring the reach of the benefit of this initiative, the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with Ministry of Labour set up a Google registration link and shared that link with leaders of all community organizations who were part of this initiative, while Qatar Charity coordinated with Al Meera for the delivery of the food kits through Al Meera branches in different parts of Qatar.
After closing the registration deadline, the data of each community and organizations were handed over to the community leaders and then, the community leaders were asked to deliver the coupons to those who registered in order to collect the food kits from various branches of Al Meera supermarkets.
Doha
Around 50,000 Qatar residents from 17 countries benefitted from the second edition of the state-sponsored "Our Eid is One" initiative that saw 25,000 food coupons being distributed to people in need during this Eid Al Adha.
While the initiative seeks to help people in Qatar celebrate Eid, this year it also highlights the importance of celebrating the festival at home to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The food coupons were distributed on the first day of Eid at a function held in the headquarters of the Qatar Charity in Lusail in the presence of 40 officials representing embassies and community organizations.
Jointly initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the Ministry of Interior (MoI), the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MDLSA), Qatar Charity and Ooredoo, ‘Our Eid is One Initiative' has come as another step that strengthens the bond between Qatar and members of expatriate communities in Qatar and also as a support and care by the Qatar governmenttowards ensuring the welfare of its expatriate communities during the tough time of the Covid-19.
The embassies of Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Kenya and expat community organizations such as the Bangladeshi Community Organization, the Indian Community Benevolent Forum, the Indian Cultural Centre, the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre, the Cultural Forum, the Indonesian Community Association – Permica, the Indian Community Center, the Helping Hands - Al Khor, the Filipino Community in Qatar, the Non Resident Nepalese Association, the Thrissur Dt. Souhruda Vedi, the Kerala Cultural Center and the Sri Lankan Community Development Forum will benefit mainly from the “Our Eid is One Initiative – 2”. The coupons received by the community representatives will be distributed among the needy members of the community including the families, individuals and workers.
To convey the joy of happiness on the occasion of Eid Al Adha, as part of the initiative, a total of 25000 Eid greeting cards also were distributed among the community members along with food coupons and to spread the joy among the children of the needy families from the communities, 3000gifts were also distributed. In addition to this, 4000 gifts will be distributed among the residents of Covid -19 quarantine facility in Umm Sulal and several gifts and Ooredoo recharge coupons among the workers.
For ensuring the reach of the benefit of this initiative, the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with Ministry of Labour set up a Google registration link and shared that link with leaders of all community organizations who were part of this initiative, while Qatar Charity coordinated with Al Meera for the delivery of the food kits through Al Meera branches in different parts of Qatar.
After closing the registration deadline, the data of each community and organizations were handed over to the community leaders and then, the community leaders were asked to deliver the coupons to those who registered in order to collect the food kits from various branches of Al Meera supermarkets.
