The General Administration of Endowments at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs has allocated QR757,850 for the welfare of specially abled students. This was announced during a press conference Saturday, attended by General Administration of Endowments director-general Dr Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Ghanem al-Thani and Al Tamakon for Comprehensive Education School director Dr Nidal Ata Abdel Qader.
The above-mentioned amount will be spent on welfare initiatives in co-operation with Al Tamakon. Dr Sheikh Khalid, who praised the close relationship between Awqaf and Al Tamakon, said a number of students will be sponsored with the allocated sum while helping them make contributions to the society.
“Societies are based on empowering all their groups by providing a suitable environment for the growth of their ideas and experiences. This creates opportunities for creativity. The General Administration of Endowments at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, through the Endowment Bank for Scientific and Cultural Development, is keen to achieve this environment for people with disabilities with our partners in the community," he said.
Dr Abdel Qader expressed his appreciation for the endowment support and extended thanks to the General Administration of Endowments leadership and its staff. “We are proud to be partners of the endowment in order to achieve its goals and noble mission in society and in a way that serves the interests of children and relieves them of any kind of stubbornness," he said, adding that the institution is keen to direct the proceeds of the endowments towards the benefit of the sick and needy in all categories in order to create more endowments through which needy families can be supported in raising and rehabilitating children with autism and people with disabilities.
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