Qatar has always been at the forefront when it comes to helping world community particularly in assisting those nations which are passing through difficult times due to various reasons like wars, natural calamities and pandemics.
Qatar through different national organisations like Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), Qatar Charity and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) and in coordination with international organisations especially different United Nations bodies is helping people across the world who are fighting against poverty, diseases, illiteracy and natural disasters.
In an implementation of the directives of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Qatar Fund for Development has now signed a Multi-Year Contribution Agreement with the Global Fund in the amount of $50m.
The partnership aims to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by 2030 thereby contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
The new Multi-Year Contribution Agreement will further strengthen the partnership established in 2017 between QFFD and the Global Fund where QFFD made a contribution of $10m for a first funding cycle. The Global Fund’s long-standing commitment to fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics is well aligned with the Qatar Fund for Development’s overarching goal of promoting health as a central component for sustainable development and empowering people to lead a healthy and prosperous life.
The State of Qatar, represented by Qatar Fund for Development, is also continuing support for development projects in the Federal Republic of Somalia as it started asphalt paving work on the MogadishuAfgoye road within Somalia Roads Project.
This project is part of the Somalia Roads Project, which is working on the construction of two roads, which are the Mogadishu-Jawhar Road and the MogadishuAfgoye Road, with a length of 112km. The length of the Mogadishu-Afgoye road is 22km. The project will contribute to providing an ideal infrastructure by establishing highways between the capital Mogadishu and the neighboring cities (Afgoye, Balad, and Jawhar).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Qatar Fund for Development is continuing to implement a project to support knowledge and reading activities for displaced Syrian children in camps in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, as part of the ‘QUEST’ fund initiative. QFFD’s support for the project amounted to QR7m, showing the deep commitment of the State of Qatar to support the humanitarian needs of the Syrian people, and affirming the role of education and knowledge in shaping the future of Syria, in partnership with international and regional organisations.
