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Qatar Charity provides food assistance to university students in Sudan

Published: 20 May 2020 - 09:01 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 01:54 pm
A worker unloading a truck filled with food aid provided by Qatar Charity as part of ‘Feed a Fasting Person’ project in Sudan.

A worker unloading a truck filled with food aid provided by Qatar Charity as part of ‘Feed a Fasting Person’ project in Sudan.

The Peninsula

Doha: Some 5,000 students at the International University of Africa in Sudan benefited from the food aid provided by Qatar Charity as part its ‘Feed a Fasting Person’ project. 

The students, who are living at the university’s housing due to the closure of airports caused by the coronavirus outbreak, expressed their appreciation and thanks to the benefactors and donors from the State of Qatar for providing them with the food baskets, which help them meet their food needs, especially in light of challenging current situations.

The director of Qatar Charity’s office in Sudan, Hussein Karmash, said the “Feed a Fasting Person” is one of the very important projects of Qatar Charity to benefit the needy such as the orphans, persons with special needs, and students. 

This Ramadan, Qatar Charity targeted 24,475 beneficiaries at a cost of QR660,793.

Kermash revealed that some 172,234 persons benefited from the “Feed a Fasting Person” project implemented by Qatar Charity’s office in Sudan at a cost of QR2,390,432 during the past five years.