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Qatar Leads the Development Efforts in Comoros Republic
Doha (QNA) - Qatar leads the development efforts in the Republic of the Comoros, especially after the Donor Conference, hosted by Doha in March 2010, and the historic visit of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to Moroni.
That visit reflected the Qatari leadership's keenness to ensure the success of the decisions and commitments of the Donor Conference (Conference for the Support of Development and Investment in the Comoros) and to help this country in building its economic structure after the political stability.
At the end of the Donors' conference, Qatar pledged more than $200 million from various Qatari institutions, charities, humanitarian organizations and companies that launched development projects in the Comoros.
The Republic of the Comoros, which recently celebrated the victory of its president-elect Ikililou Dhoinine, become a workshop for Qatari institutions, charities and economic companies on various sectors of health, education, tourism and investment.
In a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Coordinator of the Arab Committee for Development and Investment in the Comoros Mohammad Al Laham said that the State of Qatar is the only country which started to work effectively in the Comoros through its various charity institutions in accordance with the decisions of the Donors Conference in Doha.
He said Qatari charities work in coordination and cooperation with the Committee to make all projects and initiatives fall in line with the five-year plan for development in the three Comorian islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli), which are supervised by the Arab Committee, chaired by HE Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow Up Affairs Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi.
Al Laham also added that the projects of the Qatari charity institutions include education and health projects as well as other social projects such as marriage, orphans' insurance and a project for disabled people.
He called on all donors to fulfill their pledges they had made during the Conference, adding that they have to move quickly to work in one direction and complete the agreed five-year plan. Qatar Charitable Society, Eid Charitable Foundation, Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al-Thani's Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF), Qatar Red Crescent Society, Sheikh Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani Charity Institution in addition to Qatari companies have implemented numerous investment projects aimed at extending assistance to the Comoros.
Early this month, Qatar Charitable Society started implementing a number of projects meant to maintain and equip various schools and hospitals with an estimated cost of over QR 2 million, which are scheduled to be completed before the end of 2011.
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs has earlier assigned Qatar Charitable Society to prepare the necessary studies for three restoration and construction projects of municipal building, a meeting room in addition to the construction and paving a road of 9-km length in Moheli .
The plan will also cover the restoration of 26 primary schools with an approximate cost of QR 1.5 million and the maintenance of four clinics in the island, which costs approximately QR 500 million.
During the regular meeting of the Arab Committee for Development and Investment in the Comoros, chaired by the State of Qatar and held in Moroni in February, 2011, Qatar Charitable Society announced the launching of QR10 million projects and pledged to implement QR 55 social health and education projects over five years.
For its part, Eid Charitable Foundation has allocated USD13 million for charitable and development projects in Comoros over the period 2010-2015, aimed at combatting poverty and promoting health, education and women development.
That visit reflected the Qatari leadership's keenness to ensure the success of the decisions and commitments of the Donor Conference (Conference for the Support of Development and Investment in the Comoros) and to help this country in building its economic structure after the political stability.
At the end of the Donors' conference, Qatar pledged more than $200 million from various Qatari institutions, charities, humanitarian organizations and companies that launched development projects in the Comoros.
The Republic of the Comoros, which recently celebrated the victory of its president-elect Ikililou Dhoinine, become a workshop for Qatari institutions, charities and economic companies on various sectors of health, education, tourism and investment.
In a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Coordinator of the Arab Committee for Development and Investment in the Comoros Mohammad Al Laham said that the State of Qatar is the only country which started to work effectively in the Comoros through its various charity institutions in accordance with the decisions of the Donors Conference in Doha.
He said Qatari charities work in coordination and cooperation with the Committee to make all projects and initiatives fall in line with the five-year plan for development in the three Comorian islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli), which are supervised by the Arab Committee, chaired by HE Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow Up Affairs Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi.
Al Laham also added that the projects of the Qatari charity institutions include education and health projects as well as other social projects such as marriage, orphans' insurance and a project for disabled people.
He called on all donors to fulfill their pledges they had made during the Conference, adding that they have to move quickly to work in one direction and complete the agreed five-year plan. Qatar Charitable Society, Eid Charitable Foundation, Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al-Thani's Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF), Qatar Red Crescent Society, Sheikh Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani Charity Institution in addition to Qatari companies have implemented numerous investment projects aimed at extending assistance to the Comoros.
Early this month, Qatar Charitable Society started implementing a number of projects meant to maintain and equip various schools and hospitals with an estimated cost of over QR 2 million, which are scheduled to be completed before the end of 2011.
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs has earlier assigned Qatar Charitable Society to prepare the necessary studies for three restoration and construction projects of municipal building, a meeting room in addition to the construction and paving a road of 9-km length in Moheli .
The plan will also cover the restoration of 26 primary schools with an approximate cost of QR 1.5 million and the maintenance of four clinics in the island, which costs approximately QR 500 million.
During the regular meeting of the Arab Committee for Development and Investment in the Comoros, chaired by the State of Qatar and held in Moroni in February, 2011, Qatar Charitable Society announced the launching of QR10 million projects and pledged to implement QR 55 social health and education projects over five years.
For its part, Eid Charitable Foundation has allocated USD13 million for charitable and development projects in Comoros over the period 2010-2015, aimed at combatting poverty and promoting health, education and women development.
