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Qatar

QC to furnish schools, health centres in Darfur in development initiative

Published: 19 Jul 2018 - 09:15 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 02:48 pm

The Peninsula

DOHA: The Qatar Charity Association (QC)  is preparing to implement the project of furnishing 40 schools and 8 health centres in the Darfur states of Sudan, as part of the second phase of the State of Qatar’s Darfur Development Initiative, Which is implemented by the QC with funding from the Qatar Fund for Development.

The QC signed an agreement with a Qatari company to manufacture furniture according to the highest international quality standards.

Qatar Charity said in a press release yesterday that it will provide school furniture, laboratories and libraries to 40 schools with 14,400 students as well as eight health centres.

QC noted that it is establishing 8 service complexes in the states of South, North, East and Central Darfur, as  part of the second phase of the State of Qatar’s initiative for the development of Darfur, which includes the construction of 10 service complexes in the five Darfur states, funded by the Qatar Fund for Development to support development efforts and promote peace in the region.

Qatar Charity’s eight complexes include 40 primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, 120 housing units, a number of health centers, mosques, police stations, water plants and solar power, contributing 30 percent of the total cost of these compounds.