Qatari woman donates QR5.4 million to charity

A Qatari woman has donated QR5.4m to Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) to build a big house for orphans in Sukajaya, Indonesia.

The project ‘Sheikha Umm Khalid for Orphans’ Care’ is being developed in an area of 10,000 square metres with a capacity to accommodate 350 orphan children. 

The Peninsula reports that the project is being executed by RAF in collaboration with a local partner Al Sila Charity Organisation in Sukajaya village of Prakerta province at West Java.

The foundation stone for the project was laid last week. RAF tweeted about it in its official twitter account as follows-

#راف تضع حجر الأساس "لدار الشيخة أم خالد لرعاية الأيتام" في #إندونيسيا بتكلفة(5.4)مليون ريال لتؤوي الأيتام الفقراء pic.twitter.com/SESiEUQM1y

— مؤسسة راف (@RAFfoundation) March 20, 2016

The house will comprise nine buildings, including a 14-classroom  school, a big library, a computer room and 16 fully-furnished residential rooms. 

The facility will also have a mosque, a health clinic, a big kitchen with dining hall. Three buses will be provided to serve the orphan children. The house will provide complete services like education, health, social and entertainment facilities, said Dr Al Qahtani. 

It is not the first project if its kind, as RAF has built several houses for orphans in parts of Indonesia, he added. The project is expected to be completed in 18 months, said Ali bin Hussain Al Sadi, President, Al Sila Charity Organisation.

It will accommodate 350 orphans from the village of Sukajaya and neighbouring areas.