The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, met the Chairman of Qatar Charity (QC), Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassem Al Thani, at the presidential palace in Nouakchott.
They discussed about their opinions concerning the humanitarian and charitable work and means of development and support in order to benefit more needy people.
Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassem Al Thani expressed his deep thanks to the President of Mauritania for his government’s cooperation with charities and charitable organisations and facilitating their tasks to reach the largest number of beneficiaries from the most needy sectors.
During the meeting, he presented Qatar’s vision of humanitarian work in Mauritania and the efforts taken owing to the fraternal and religious duty towards the brotherly Mauritanian people.
The meeting was held on the second day of the field visit by the Qatari delegation to Mauritania, during which a number of large development projects were opened, such as a centre for the deaf in Mauritania costing QR1m and two large mosques that were built and fully equipped.
QC’s delegation and a delegation from the Mauritanian government headed by the Minister of Social Affairs, Maymunah bint Al Taqi, inaugurated the centre of Sheikh Nasser bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, who is the son of the Founder of Qatar, H H Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani.
This centre is the official headquarters of the Deaf Rehabilitation and Education Center in the capital Nouakchott. The cost of this project was about QR1m and it benefits nearly 500 deaf students.
The new centre is located in Arafat province, the most populous province in Nouakchott. Moreover, the centre is spread over 1,000 square metres and consists of several units: a kindergarten for deaf children, places for games, a hall for early diagnosis of hearing to know to what extent hearing is damaged, and a primary school consisting of six classrooms of 240 square metres enough for 240 students. Besides, the centre includes a vocational training institute of 190 square metres. That institute will enable more than 100 deaf students to learn and practise professions and crafts that will give them an opportunity to professionally compete in the labour market. It also has different clubs for computer, chess, and drawing; a library, and a 100 square metre separate building for the management comprising a manager’s office, a teachers’ room, and a library. The centre is going to be fully equipped in order to operate efficiently.
Qatar’s Embassy in Mauritania has donated a small bus to this centre of the Deaf to transport the students. The donation was made by the Chargé d’affaires of the embassy, Fahad Al Dosari, who attended the ceremony and presided over the opening on behalf of the Ambassador.
Meanwhile, QC opened Shaikha Wadha bint Jaber Al Henzab Mosque in Nouakchott. It is spread over 405 square metres and can accommodate 700 worshippers. It is fully furnished and includes a centre for teaching the Holy Quran, lodging for the Sheikh of the centre and the muezzin. Moreover, it has acoustics, bathrooms, and facilities for ablution.
The QC delegation accompanied by Mauritanian officials paid a visit to Al-Naim village, 120km from Nouakchott, to open Sheikh Nasser Bin Jassim Bin Mohammed Al Thani mosque.
