Qatar Charity Blog
Emergency Relief and Development: What Is the Difference?
What is the difference between emergency relief and development? A comparison table, examples from winter in Gaza and Syria and the wheat project, and how to support both this year.
Sharing Warmth with Children of Affected Families
What winter clothing do children in camps need? What Qatar Charity distributed and what UNICEF provides to families, and how you can donate winter clothing.
The Best 7 Ways to Support the Displaced and Refugees in Winter
How do you support the displaced in winter? Seven practical ways with global need figures, what makes the biggest difference, and how to donate today.
How Much Humanitarian Support Does the World Need in 2026?
How much humanitarian support does the world need in 2026? The figures of the UN appeal and the largest crises, the effect of underfunding in winter, and how you can…
Emergency Relief and Development: What Is the Difference?
What is the difference between emergency relief and development? A comparison table, examples from winter in Gaza and Syria and the wheat project, and how to support both this year.
Kaffarah for Fasting: When It Is Due and How Much
Kaffarah for fasting is two months of fasting or feeding sixty people for intercourse, and one mudd daily for delay. See the amount and fidyah.
Sharing Warmth with Children of Affected Families
What winter clothing do children in camps need? What Qatar Charity distributed and what UNICEF provides to families, and how you can donate winter clothing.
The Reward for Sponsoring an Orphan in Islam
The reward for sponsoring an orphan is closeness to the Prophet in Paradise, great virtue and a softer heart. See the evidence and how to begin.
Emergency Relief and Development: What Is the Difference?
What is the difference between emergency relief and development? A comparison table, examples from winter in Gaza and Syria and the wheat project, and how to support both this year.
Kaffarah for Fasting: When It Is Due and How Much
Kaffarah for fasting is two months of fasting or feeding sixty people for intercourse, and one mudd daily for delay. See the amount and fidyah.
Sharing Warmth with Children of Affected Families
What winter clothing do children in camps need? What Qatar Charity distributed and what UNICEF provides to families, and how you can donate winter clothing.
The Reward for Sponsoring an Orphan in Islam
The reward for sponsoring an orphan is closeness to the Prophet in Paradise, great virtue and a softer heart. See the evidence and how to begin.
Emergency Relief and Development: What Is the Difference?
What is the difference between emergency relief and development? A comparison table, examples from winter in Gaza and Syria and the wheat project, and how to support both this year.
Sharing Warmth with Millions Around the World
What is the winter campaign by Qatar Charity? Learn its aims, the food, clothing and shelter it provides, where it works, and how to take part in the current campaign.
The Winter Season: Goodness, Giving and Support for Those Affected
The winter campaign in Qatar season by season: beneficiaries, countries and costs from 2018 to 2025, the 'How Long?' campaign, and how to take part.
Why Do Winter Campaigns Return Every Year?
Why do winter campaigns return every year? Recent displacement figures, what the campaigns provide, and how Qatar Charity helps ease the cold for those affected.
Zakat on Monthly Salary: When It Is Due and How to Calculate It
Zakat is not due on your salary itself, but on what you save from it once it reaches the nisab and a lunar year passes. Conditions and a worked example.
Delaying Zakat: The Ruling and the Valid Excuses
Delaying zakat after it is due is not allowed without a valid excuse. Learn which excuses count, and the rulings on installments, travel and waiting for Ramadan.
When to Pay Zakat: When It Is Due, Paying Early and Delay
When to pay Zakat? It is due when a full lunar year passes on wealth that reached the Nisab. You may pay early, but may not delay it without an excuse, even for Ramadan.
Is banknotes Nisab equivalent to gold or silver value?
One should pay Zakat on banknotes once nisab is reached, and a whole lunar year has passed on it. The rate of Zakat is 2.5%, one quarter of one-tenth. Zakat nisab on banknotes and the like is the same as on trade goods, which is the equivalent of approximately 85 grams of gold or 595 grams…
A Scholarship That Saved Her University Path
She nearly lost her seat as a university teaching assistant over late fees. The story of Riham Darwish and how a scholarship that arrived in time decided her professional future.
How Does Qatar Charity Support Education in Deprived Areas?
273 million children are out of school today. A look at the size of the global education gap, and at Qatar Charity's role in closing it within the most deprived communities.
Nasma: The First Blind Woman to Earn a Doctorate in Gaza
The first blind woman to earn a doctorate in the Gaza Strip. Nasma's story, and how continuous sponsorship turned visual impairment from an obstacle into a detail.
University Housing for Bosnian Female Students
Four floors near four universities in the heart of Sarajevo. What university housing means for a student from a distant city, and why it decides whether she finishes her studies.
Sadaqah Before Paying Debt: When Is It Allowed?
Sadaqah before paying debt is not allowed if the debt is due or repayment would suffer. If it is deferred and unaffected, there is no harm.
Helping Low-Income Families: 10 Practical Ways to Make a Difference
Helping low-income families does not take a large organization. Here are 10 practical ways anyone can start, from regular giving and zakat to volunteering and teaching skills.
Sadaqah for Healing from Illness: The Ruling and How to Give
Can you give sadaqah for healing from illness? The ruling from Islamweb, whether it replaces treatment, and how to give for a sick relative.
7 Sadaqah Jariyah Projects Whose Reward Continues After Death
The best sadaqah jariyah projects: mosques, wells, schools, hospitals, homes and endowments, with rulings from Islamweb and how to give via Qatar Charity.
How Can a Breakfast Meal Limit School Dropout?
School dropout is rarely an educational decision. The story of a Sudanese school whose pupils returned after a breakfast meal, with global figures on who enters school and who completes it.
When the Rain Returns: Why Donor Fatigue Threatens Recurrent Disasters
Recurring floods in Pakistan face declining donor support. Long-term aid is vital for recovery.
The Essential Role of Qatar Charity in Providing Food Aid to Gaza
Qatar Charity provides vital food aid to Gaza, helping families in crisis by addressing hunger and supporting recovery efforts.
Relief Web Publishes Qatar Charity’s Rapid Needs Assessment Report in Syria
Relief Web, the platform of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), published the "Multi-Sectoral Rapid Needs Assessment in Syria" report in both Arabic and English. This report was prepared by a highly experienced team from Qatar Charity, which includes representatives from all recognized humanitarian sectors. The report holds significant importance…
Winter Warmth
Sustainability
Technology and Its Role in Education
How technology strengthens education in disadvantaged communities and conflict zones, and its limits when electricity, connectivity and a qualified teacher are missing.
Caught Between Conflict and Politics: The Rising Perils Facing Humanitarian Organizations
Humanitarian organizations today operate in some of the most dangerous environments in modern history. In 2024, attacks on humanitarian workers reached unprecedented levels.
How Did Qatar Charity Confront Smear Campaigns and False Accusations Against It?
How Did Qatar Charity Face Smear Campaigns? Legal Actions, Strict Governance, and International Partnerships to Protect Humanitarian Neutrality.
Lawfare and the Battle Against Humanitarian Action
Qatar Charity’s U.S. legal win exposes how law is misused to target humanitarian aid and highlights the need to protect aid neutrality.
Strengthening Charities’ Role in Social Development
How charities advance social development through education, health, and empowerment, with strategies to boost impact.
“Human Partner”: Four Years of Success
Qatar Charity’s “Human Partner” unites businesses and humanitarian efforts, redefining Corporate Social Responsibility in Qatar.
Qatar Charity’s Bread Production Initiative in Northern Syria
In a bid to bolster food security and promote self-sufficiency in northern Syria, Qatar Charity (QC) continues its steadfast commitment to the region through its ‘Support the Wheat Value Chain’…
Orphans and Social Care
The Reward for Sponsoring an Orphan in Islam
Children Resisting the Cold with Frail Bodies
How Do Orphans Face Winter Without Family Warmth?
Six Practical Ways to Support Orphans
Iman Abu Wakad’s Remarkable Journey: Championing Children’s Rights
Growing up in the Gaza Strip in Palestine, her orphanhood did not prevent her from developing her talents to become a spokesperson for the children of Palestine, defending their rights…
From Orphanhood to a Doctoral Ambition
From the tragedy of Mostar to a doctoral ambition: the story of Sumayya Kasbovich, and how university education turns an orphan’s path when support arrives on time.
The Blind Couple Who Won the Battle of Life
Many individuals face challenges in life due to physical disabilities that hinder them from achieving their aspirations and participating actively in society. However, some individuals choose not to give up…
Orphans Who Defied Their Reality and Excelled in Their Studies
Four stories of orphans from Bosnia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kenya who reached a doctorate, world-class training and the practice of medicine, with one point in common: timely sponsorship changed the…
From Tragedy to Triumph: How Sponsorship Empowers Success Stories
Discover how sponsorship transforms orphans’ lives from tragedy to triumph. Inspiring stories of resilience, education, and success highlight the power of support.
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