14 Facts About Qatar Charity

Once known as Qatar Charitable Society, Qatar Charity is a humanitarian and development non-governmental organization in the Middle East.

In some of the world's most conflict-affected countries such as Yemen and Syria, Qatar Charity ranked among the top contributors to humanitarian activities according to the OCHA-monitored Financial Tracking Service.

Qatar Charity has been criticized to support Muslim Brotherhood and spread the political Islam worldwide.

Recently, Qatar Charity has launched a website to attract participation in charitable work.

Qatar Charity is at the forefront of relief work in the face of major natural disasters.

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In Niger, Qatar Charity supported local efforts to combat drought and improve the overall desperate conditions in the villages of Sowna and Aichign by funding the installation of modern solar-powered artesian wells.

Qatar Charity promotes engagement, employment and enterprise development for young people in the Arab world.

On January 13,2022, Qatar Charity signed a memorandum with the international blindness prevention organization, Orbis in support of the IAPB's “2030 In Sight” initiative to promote global eye care and rehabilitation facilities are available to everyone who needs them, wherever they are in the world.

Qatar Charity signed a partnership agreement with Vodafone in August 2010 to create and implement charitable and socially beneficial initiatives.

Qatar Charity operates according to a set of internally developed standards but is fully compliant with international codes of conduct and security.

Qatar Charity is a signatory of the code of conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs for disaster relief.

Qatar Charity uses the Sphere Project Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response and ensures their implementation in its operations.

Cables leaked through WikiLeaks show that Qatar Charity was an organization of concern to the US Government for “its suspect activities abroad and reported links with extremists” and its “intent and willingness to provide financial support to terrorist organizations willing to attack US persons or interests.

In May 2016, Hamad bin Nasser al-Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family, and Yusuf Ahmed Al-Kuwari traveled to Italy, where Qatar Charity reportedly donated 25 million euros over three years for the construction of mosques and Islamic centers.