The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs' Department of Zakat Affairs Director, Saad Omran al-Kuwari, said Wednesday that the department provided QR174mn aid to eligible families in Qatar in 2022.
At the conclusion of the 5th joint training forum for the Zakat agencies in Gulf Co-operation Council states held in Doha, al-Kuwari said that the Zakat Affairs Department provided aid worth more than QR24mn last September alone, which was distributed to well-known Zakat banks and to those working in the Zakat sector, pointing out that there are 30,000 Qatar and non-Qatari family cases registered in the department's database.
Under the patronage of HE the Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem al-Ghanem, the forum was organised by the Department of Zakat Affairs in co-operation with the GCC Secretariat General.
He added that the participants are keen on putting the training they received into action, particularly creativity in Zakat project marketing.
The Head of the Zakat Services Division and chairperson of the forum's organising committee, Mohamed Jaber al-Baridi, said that 26 trainees from GCC member Zakat agencies took part in the forum, benefiting from its training, which should reflect positively on the work of the Zakat agencies.
Prominent trainer and consultant in charitable work and Director-General of the Insan Charity Association in Kuwait, Dr Mubarak Salem al-Azmi delivered lectures at the forum, during which strategic marketing, tactical marketing, marketing theories, marketing structures, and marketing case studies were discussed, among others.
Saad Omran al-Kuwari
