DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has provided QR2m to create educational opportunities for 500 children from displaced families who dropped out or could not attend schools due to poverty in Al Ramadi city of Iraq.
The project was financed by the Endowment Fund of Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani. It is being implemented in the areas housing poor displaced families in Al Ramadi and Kirkuk. The beneficiary areas are Banja Ali, Maskar Khalid and Al Wasti.
The initiative is part of the ongoing project ‘Al Ghaza W Al Nur (Food and Light)’ being executed by RAF, in collaboration with Unicef and UN World Food Program (WFP). The local partner of RAF in Ramadi is Help the Needy Charitable Trust (AAN).
The plan is to provide basic food items to needy families on monthly basis so that they could send their children to school.
RAF provided food baskets, school supplies including bags, stationeries and uniforms to beneficiary children and their families. More than 400 displaced families were provided basic foodstuffs so they could let their children go to schools.
The project also aims to build two primary schools in Al Ramadi comprising 12 classrooms with a capacity of 50 students per classroom. The project will meet the growing demands of seats in schools. There is severe shortage of school facilities because almost all primary schools were destroyed in this area.
Most displaced people are fighting for survival. They do not have the basic needs so it is hard for them to send their children to school. In addition, most of the schools were destroyed and those left behind needed support for running classes.
“Food & Light” initiative provides needy families with basic food items on a monthly basis for one year so they could send their children to school.
Hundreds of small development projects will also be launched to provide livelihood for needy families.
RAF had allocated QR60m from its Endowment Fund of Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani for its “Food & Light” initiative. The project would contribute to the education of 45,000 children in 15,000 families from 20 of the poorest countries.
