Students taking lessons in a facility provided by QRCS under its education support project in Afghanistan.
Doha: Under its development strategy in the underdeveloped countries, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) pays special attention to the socioeconomic empowerment of vulnerable people, such as widows, orphans, people with disabilities, and school/university students.
QRCS plans to implement six education and sponsorship projects in Afghanistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, and Gaza, for the benefit of 17,058 people, at a total cost of QR6,270,070.
The education projects include support of 10 Arabic teaching centres in Afghanistan, by providing textbooks, curricula, and incentives, for the benefit of 500 people, at an average cost of QR40,800 per centre, or QR408,000 in total, and support of 1,300 students from Syrian refugees and poor people in Jordan, by providing 1,300 kits of school bags and uniforms, at an average cost of QR280 per kit, or QR364,000 in total.
It also includes support of 3,250 students from Syrian refugees and poor people in Lebanon, by providing 3,250 school bags with stationery, at an average cost of QR115 per kit, or QR373,750 in total and sponsorship of eight medical students in different specialisations for three years, at an average cost of QR228,040 per student, or QR1,824,320 in total.
The projects also include sponsorship of 300 families with orphans and widows, totalling 1,500 beneficiaries, by securing the costs of food, education, housing, and clothing for six months, at an average cost of QR8,500 per family, or QR2,550,000 in total and sponsorship of 1,500 families, or 10,500 orphans and poor people.
