Doha is the largest supporter and contributor to the reconstruction of the sector Construction and Real Estate

Doha is the largest supporter and contributor to the reconstruction of the sector

In the coming days, Qatar is preparing to launch the temporary "cash for work" project for the benefit of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, in full coordination with the National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Qatar recently signed two memoranda, the first with UNRWA, worth $ 13 million, for the operation of ten thousand graduates and workers, in addition to A similar program with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of $ 8 million, similar to the employment of workers and targeting the poor in the Gaza Strip. These grants are part of the recent grant to His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who has allocated $ 150 million as a new relief grant Urgent to the residents of Gaza. According to Palestinian economists, these $ 20 million grants would revive the economic and trade movement, which fell sharply from 6.3 months as the siege and aggression on the Gaza Strip intensified. According to official statistics, To the Gaza Strip since the year 2012 to date exceeded the 700 million US dollars, thus becoming Qatar's largest supporter and contributor to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. What distinguishes the Qatari projects in Gaza, these projects are sustainable and vital and chosen very carefully, they are distributed in all areas, most notably the network of modern roads that changed the image of Gaza after more than 3 devastating wars, especially Salah al-Din Street, which is the lung breathing by the population of the Gaza Strip From the north to the south of the Gaza Strip, Al-Rasheed Street and other vital projects in the construction sector. The largest residential city in the Gaza Strip, the residential city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, has more than 2,300 units And the Sheikh Hamad Rehabilitation and Industrial Hospital, the first specialized hospital in Palestine and the Middle East, and other projects in education, health, agriculture, youth and sports. Qatar since 2012, especially since the historic visit of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to the Gaza Strip has not stopped supporting the sector. This visit resulted in the allocation of $ 407 million for vital and strategic projects. Roads, Hamad Residential City, Sheikh Hamad Rehabilitation Hospital, Artificial limbs and other projects. Qatar implemented a grant of $ 5 million for the 2013 Alexa Airline, $ 30 million for the 2014 war grant, $ 50 million for reconstruction in 2015 1000 housing units were completely destroyed. In 2016 Qatar provided a new grant of $ 34 million to the Gaza Strip. In 2017, Qatar returned $ 12 million to support electricity. In 2018, Qatar provided $ 9 million, an emergency relief grant and a $ 13.7 million Which is also a similar grant for the people of Gaza. At the beginning of this year, His Highness continued with the people of Gaza and announced the second largest grant of 150 million dollars. This grant was allocated to support electricity, rewards for the employees of Gaza and also to operate through temporary employment programs. This is Qatar. Continues to support the steadfastness of the people of Gaza in the face of the most difficult and prolonged siege of the population of the Gaza Strip since 2007 until now.