News Category: Relief Aid
January 15, 2018
Qatar donates over $26 million to UNHCR in 2017
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has received over $26 million contributions from the State of Qatar in year 2017, making Qatar the UNHCR's top donor in the Middle East and North Africa region. According to the UNHCR...
January 15, 2018
Qatar and OCHA sign a Four-Year Financing Agreement
Qatar announced un-earmarked funding of USD 40 million over four years – USD10 million annually from 2017 to 2020 – to support the core budget of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The signing ceremony...
January 9, 2018
Qatar donates $30 million to Hurricane Harvey Victims
Qatar has pledged $30 million to help people in Texas rebuild after Hurricane Harvey, according to Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United States on Thursday, reported by the Associated Press. The news agency reported that...
January 9, 2018
Qatar donates $ 20 million to Haiti to support Education, Health and Shelter
130 countries attended a conference held at the United Nations headquarters, New York entitled "Towards a New Future for Haiti” to urge donors to provide $11.5 billion over the next 10 years for the reconstruction of the Caribbean nation that...
January 7, 2018
QFFD donates $1 million to Costa Rica to rebuild the Infrastructure destructed by Hurricane Otto
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has supported Costa Rica with $1 million to help rebuild roads, bridges and water channels that were damaged by Hurricane Otto. In a statement on Friday, QFFD said the aid was announced at the...