RAF officials with Syrian students who received the textbooks.
Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has supplied four million textbooks at a cost of QR8.2m to Syrian students sheltering in Turkey.
More than 314,000 students benefited from the project in 22 governorates of Turkey.
The initiative is part of the massive educational projects launched by RAF for Syrian refugees. It is aimed at providing educational opportunities to Syrian students who dropped out of schools due to displacement and those seeking asylum abroad, said Dr Ayed bin Dabssan Al Qahtani, Chairman, Board of Trustees, and General Director, RAF.
The project was financed by the endowment fund of Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani for charity works, he added.
Al Qahtani was speaking at a ceremony held in Turkey to mark the achievement of the project. The event was attended by Mehmet Gormez, Head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate.
The project was implemented by RAF’ office in Turkey in collaboration with Turkish religious endowment under the supervision of Turkish Education Ministry.
The textbooks covered all types of syllabus required for 314,000 students of Syrian refugees for all school grades including primary, preparatory and secondary. The books covered subjects like Arabic language, science, mathematics, chemistry, and physics, among others.
The beneficiary students received the books on time before the classes started. The textbooks were necessary for them because they know only Arabic language.
The RAF has implemented 23 projects at a cost of QR18.4m to provide educational opportunities to Syrian students during the past six years. More than 413,000 Syrian students displaced inside the country and those taking shelter in neighboring countries benefited from the projects.
