Zakat Fund Provides over QR21 Million Assistance in June

Doha, July 11 (QNA) - The total assistance provided by the Zakat Fund at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs for needy families in the country last June amounted to QR 21,852,548, distributed over 19,000 files of cases that are legitimately owed to the Fund's assistance. The Zakat Fund said in a press release Tuesday that this amount comes within the framework of permanent assistance provided on a monthly basis and intermittent assistance which is provided for specific needs. According to the statement, these assistances are provided after taking the social and field research procedures necessary for the applicants for assistance and to verify the accuracy of their data and documents in order to ensure that the Zakat of the people of Qatar will reached actual beneficiaries. (QNA)