Qatar's RAF opens orphanage in Indonesia

Source: RAF. Hajj pilgrims finance 3,000 sq m orphanage complex.

The Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has opened an orphanage at a cost of QR1.2 million in Saraghin Governorate, Indonesia. Some 36 orphan children are enrolled at the facility.

Al Bayan House for Orphan Care was financed by Hajj pilgrims' donations, and was completed within a year. The orphanage has been named after the Al Bayan Haj and Omra Tour Operator who organised the trip.

The 3,000 sq m facility  comprises three classrooms, three living rooms, a mosque, a health clinic, a library with a study hall, a computer room, a guesthouse, a kitchen and a surface water well. Commercial shops have also been built so that rents can be used to cover operation costs of the orphanage. A bus has also been provided to ferry students.

“We support RAF’s development projects in our country,” said Qusdinar Sukawati, Governor of Saraghin.

“RAF has implemented several social, educational, development, humanitarian projects to support orphans throughout the country,” said Ali Sadi, Head, Al Sela Organisation, a partner of RAF in Indonesia. “Orphan care is an important social work and the initiative will help grow and educate orphan children. It is not new project for RAF. It opened an orphanage with the capacity of hundreds of children in Sumatra last year and built another with the capacity of 360 orphans in Java.”