Qatar Charity has concluded its support and rehabilitation program for productive Somali women.
A special concert was held in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somalia Land), to mark the end of the program which benefited over 40 poor families.
The ceremony was attended by the Director General of the Ministry of Social Affairs in the government of Somalia Land, Bashi Yusuf Ahmed, the QC team in Somalia, a number of notables of the city, heads of interested institutions, local partner associations, officials of the local association (Jdon), which implemented the program and the beneficiaries.
The program aimed to empower widows, mothers of orphans and other poor families, enabling them to reach self-sufficiency in order to improve the economic situation of them and their families.
The program was carried out in collaboration with the “Jdon” association for Women and Child Development and involved the participants taking part in a six month sewing and embroidery and public awareness training course.
The attendees were presented with certificates of attendance as well as a new sewing machine each.
In a speech of the acting director of QC’s Somalia office, Mohammed Hussein Omar, pointed out that QC is always seeking to create better living conditions for the most needy of the Somali community, particularly orphans, widows and poor families, and specifically through income-generating projects.
Residents of the city of Hargeisa are affected by rampant unemployment and income-generating projects such as this help save lives and encourage women to take up employment.
The beneficiaries of the program offered their sincere thanks to QC.
“We thank Qatar Charity very much for its unique development of female producers in Hargeisa, encouraging them to develop and ultimately gain,” said beneficiary Fatima Ali.
“A lot of these women could not find a way to make money for their families due to a lack of jobs. This is a good initiative that reminds us that good people are always with us; sponsoring orphans, disabled and poor families, offering my sisters and I support and assistance to find and create ways to earn a living while staying in our homes with our children without resorting to working abroad and the loss that would cause to our families,” Fatima added.
QC has carried out significant work in Somaliland over the past year, particularly in terms of construction projects, which included the construction of 15 mosques in different parts of Somaliland, two elementary schools and three Quran memorization centers, in addition to drilling six boreholes and 150 shallow wells in light of the organization’s interest in water and sanitation projects.
QC currently sponsors 5,000 Somali orphans, preachers, teachers, students, disabled people and needy families.
The charity provides monthly cash allowances for those sponsored; helping ease their financial burden in light of the difficult living conditions, covering the costs of study and training, as well as the implementation of cultural programs, educational activities and various entertainment events.
