DOHA: In the past seven years, Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has financed the wedding of 1,000 Qatari youth, achieving its target.
For the seventh year in a row and as part of the concluding phase of its community marriage initiative, called “AFAF”, 140 youth were selected to tie the knot.
The beneficiaries were provided with financial support and encouraged to attend mandatory pre-marriage counselling to help them have a stable marriage and curb the rising divorce rate in the country.
Registration for the last and final edition of the programme was held between October 25 and December 24, 2015.
The requirements for registration were that the couple had to be Qataris and had to get married within six months.
An additional condition was that the man was getting married for the first time.
The man’s salary certificate for the past six months supported by a bank statement was also required.
The programme aimed to facilitate Qatari youth to get married.
Experts are being approached to educate the beneficiaries about how to lead a happy and stable married life.
A week-long awareness programme will be held for the youth selected for the wedding programme.
Experts will deliver lectures on psychological, health and religious and other issues.
AFAF is one of the successful initiatives launched by RAF in the country, said Ahmad bin Mohammad Al Bu Aynain, Head of the project.
This is a national programme in which Qatari youth are targeted as beneficiaries as they are key elements of the community, he added.
The community develops with the youth, he added.
The seventh addition of the community marriage programme will achieve the goal set by RAF at the launch ceremony seven years ago, said Al Bu Aynain.
In past six editions, 860 youth were supported to get married. ]
Efforts were made to ensure that the initiative was successful by enabling Qatari youth to make a family and lead a prosperous social life with mutual understanding and contribute to the development of the Qatari community in its various aspects, said Al Bu Aynain.
The Peninsula
