Qatar Charity

Almost four decades later, Qatar Charity (QC) has grown to become one of the largest humanitarian and development organizations in the world, providing life-saving assistance to those hit by conflicts, persecution and natural disasters and creating durable solutions for poverty through sustainable development programmes in social welfare, water and sanitation, education, nutrition and economic empowerment.

Qatar Charity is an operational INGO that implements development and humanitarian projects, mobilizes support and resources, and builds effective partnerships to provide a decent life for all through the following objectives:

• Providing a decent life for children and their families
• Alleviating the suffering of crisis-affected communities
• Promoting inclusive and sustainable development
• Strengthening peace and social cohesion

Today, with field offices in 33 countries and implementing partners in 60 others, Qatar Charity is at the forefront of global response to emergencies, and on the foreground of development solutions that help vulnerable communities become more resilient and ultimately thrive and prosper. Qatar Charity has contributed more than USD$2.6 billion reaching approximately 218 million beneficiaries in 60 countries.

Qatar Charity has been a strategic partner to UNHCR since 2012 and a reliable donor with total contributions exceeding USD$58.9 million for IDPs in Myanmar, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and Libya and for refugees in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Lebanon, and Kenya and reaching more than 2.1 million beneficiaries. One of the breakthrough agreements signed with Qatar Charity is funding UNHCR’s Zakat programme for the provision of cash assistance for vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan of USD$10 million, the largest recorded contribution from an NGO to UNHCR’s Zakat programme in 2018.

In March 2023, Qatar Charity and UNHCR signed a Letter of Intent on an Islamic Philanthropy collaboration and three Zakat agreements totaling QAR 18,206,369 (USD 5,000,376) to help over 50,000 forcibly displaced families in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Yemen, with shelter and cooking energy, relief items, and cash assistance. In august, two more Zakat agreements were signed amounting to QAR 4,375,696 (US$ 1,200,136) to support more than 30,000 Sudanese refugees in Egypt and Chad for cash assistance and core relief items.

As part of Qatar Charity’s pledge at the Global Refugee Forum 2023, to address the humanitarian needs of one million refugees for three years, QC contributed QAR 9,132,111 (US$ 2,504,693) to UNHCR to support more than 125,000 forcibly displaced people in Kenya, Lebanon, and Libya. With this funding, UNHCR will provide Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) assistance to more than 116,000 refugees in Kenya, 1,871 Syrian refugees in Lebanon with secondary healthcare referrals, and provide cash assistance to 7,750 internally displaced Libyans and refugees affected by the floods in 2024.

Qatar Charity undertook several field missions with UNHCR, including to Zaatari and Azraq camps in Jordan, Rakhine State in Myanmar, Malaysia, Lebanon, and Dadaab camp in Kenya. Throughout the years, Qatar Charity has supported refugees and internally displaced persons with cash assistance, basic needs, shelter, health, and WASH, enabling them to live a more dignified life and continues to be a strategic partner for UNHCR through its mandate.