Doha: The total assistance provided by the Zakat Fund at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs for needy families in the country last March amounted to more than QR19.4m.
Director of Zakat Fund, Jassim Mohammed Al Kubaisi, said in a press statement that this amount comes within the framework of permanent and in-kind assistance to those eligible for assistance in Qatar.
The aid was disbursed in accordance with the Fund's policy, which takes into account the applicable requirements governing the Zakat Fund and beneficiaries should be among those stipulated in the Holy Quran, he said.
Al-Kubaisi stressed that the Fund distributes the aid to the beneficiaries after conducting a social and field research during which the real need of aid seekers is assessed.
