For the fifth year in a row, the Qatar Red Crescent (QRCS) is conducting a Ramadan Iftar project in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, during the holy month of Ramadan in co-operation with the Zakat Al-Quds Committee.
Every day, a group Ramadan Iftar banquet is held at the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, offering a total of 7,954 Iftar meals over the month, with funding from QRCS.
QRCS secretary-general Ali Hassan al-Hammadi said: “Well before the start of Ramadan, we began preparing for this project to promote the feelings of solidarity, share the Ramadan rituals with our brothers in Jerusalem and provide them with necessary food in these summer days.”
The director of the Zakat Al-Quds Committee stressed the importance of the project in ensuring that the Al-Aqsa Mosque keeps getting visited by people. He thanked QRCS and Qatar for their contributions for the Palestinian people in Jerusalem.
QRCS’s Ramadan Iftar project in Jerusalem is implemented by the Zakat Al-Quds Committee, which has since its establishment in 1988 conducted a number of similar projects in Ramadan. It has considerable experience, effective personnel and an accurate database about the beneficiaries such as families with widows, orphans and poor people, according to a press statement.
The project is part of QRCS’s Ramadan Campaign for 1438 AH, which involves QR85mn worth of humanitarian and development projects. It includes international projects in 15 countries at a total cost of QR65mn, as well as health, social, qualification and development projects in Qatar at a value exceeding QR19mn.
Every day, a group Ramadan Iftar banquet is being held at the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
