Qatar launches Feed the Pilgrims, Udhiya campaigns for 2016

Source: Qatar Charity. Donations canvassed to feed Hajj pilgrims.

Qatar Charity has launched its Feed the Pilgrims campaign for 2016 (1437) for the fourth consecutive year, allocating QR500,000 to help achieve social integration between Muslims during the Hajj season. The agency seeks to provide 33,000 meals to feed pilgrims of all races and age groups, male and female, with each meal costing QR15.

Faisal Rashid Al Faheeda, Executive Director of the Executive Management of Operations at Qatar Charity, called on the people of Qatar to participate in the privilege of helping the pilgrims so that they are freed from worrying about their meals and can focus totally on worship. Through this project, Qatar Charity provides an opportunity to all benevolent people and well-doers to serve Hajj pilgrims. Donors can choose to feed as many pilgrims as they wish.


Qatar Charity has also launched the Udhiya (أضحية) campaign for 2016, through which it aims to provide 26,040 sacrifices (udhiyas) including cows and sheep to people of 37 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe for qurban. This year’s campaign is characterised by additional new projects, some to be implemented for the first time. The Sacraments and Commitments Project (worth QR3,600,000); Adahi Patrimony; the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah Charity; and the Pilgrim’s Gift (worth QR212,112,00). Repeat initiatives include Substitutionary Hajj (QR4,500,000); Eid clothing, both inside and outside of Qatar (QR1,100,000); and the Feed the Pilgrims project (QR500,000).

The Substitutionary Hajj campaign meets the desires of those unable to perform the Hajj obligation at a cost of QR3,000. Hajj is performed by shari'ah students, mosque imams and trusted teachers of the Quran on behalf of deceased people or those unable to carry out Hajj and the like. The donor receives a confirmation and promise that all the rituals were performed and a stamped and authenticated discharge confirming that the substitute has performed all the Hajj rituals.

Qatar Charity was able to distribute 17,825 meals last year to Hajj pilgrims at a cost of QR445,622. The funds came from the Feed the Pilgrims and Substitutionary Hajj projects.

Interested?

Donations can be submitted online, through Qatar Charity’s collection points and branches within the state, or through the hotline number: +974 4466 7711