Qatar Charity supports social integration in crises through model housing communities, youth and peacebuilding initiatives, and social protection centers for people affected by conflict and disaster.
In fulfilment of its commitment to advancing social development, Qatar Charity places community and psychosocial stability, together with social integration, at the forefront of its humanitarian interventions. In 2025, the organization implemented more than 391 humanitarian interventions across 45 countries affected by crises and disasters. These interventions reached approximately 10 million beneficiaries, with a total expenditure of QAR 597,982,097. Operations were concentrated in the Gaza Strip, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Morocco, and Rohingya communities, with particular emphasis on strengthening local capacities to promote empowerment and long-term sustainability.
Qatar Charity’s humanitarian portfolio in support of community stability and social integration encompasses shelter initiatives, including model residential communities for populations affected by crises and disasters, engagement in development and peacebuilding initiatives, and the establishment and operation of social protection centers.
A. High-Impact Shelter Projects for Displaced Persons and Refugees
The following are among the principal model communities completed or currently under development by Qatar Charity:
1. Hope City in Northern Syria
- Location: Suran, northern Aleppo countryside
- Area: 280,000 square metres
- Completion date: 2024
- Beneficiaries: 10,000 displaced people
- Facilities: 1,400 housing units and fully integrated services, including two schools for boys and girls, a kindergarten, vocational institute, medical center, mosque, commercial markets, playground, park, water and electricity infrastructure networks, sports complex, and multipurpose conference hall.
- Objective: To provide a safe and stable living environment that safeguards the dignity of displaced families and facilitates their transition from temporary tents to permanent housing.
2. Al-Khair Is Coming City, Yemen
The city constitutes a model of sustainable humanitarian action within Yemen’s largest settlement of internally displaced persons.
- Location: Marib Governorate
- Objective: To provide displaced families with safe and sustainable shelter and facilitate their transition from tents to prefabricated housing units.
- Beneficiaries: 250 displaced families (approximately 1,500 people).
- Housing units: 250 caravans
- Integrated facilities: A school, mosque, health unit, vocational training center, sports field, water and sanitation networks, and a solar energy system.
- Expected completion: End of 2025
3. Barwaqo Model Village, Somalia
- Location: Barwaqo Model Village, Baidoa, Somalia
- Foundation stone laid: October 2022
- Official opening: January 2025
- Facilities: 67 housing units, a health centre, two primary and intermediate schools, a mosque, a vocational training centre, an artesian well, and a Qur’an memorisation centre.
- Beneficiaries: More than 400 people directly and thousands indirectly each month. The school accommodates 1,200 students from the village and surrounding areas; the health center serves more than 1,000 beneficiaries per month from the village and neighboring communities; and the well provides clean water to 5,000 people in the village and nearby villages.
B. Youth Initiatives for Social Integration in Crises
The “Sport for Development and Peace” Initiative: A Model
Overview: This joint Qatari initiative brings together the Qatar Fund for Development, Qatar Charity, and other partners. It harnesses sport as an effective instrument for positive change, peacebuilding, human development, and the empowerment of young people and vulnerable communities in areas affected by conflict and crisis. The initiative equips participants to serve as agents of change within their communities and as sports coaches capable of advancing peace and development.
Field Implementation in Somalia: Under this initiative, Qatar Charity implemented a high-impact project in Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia, in partnership with the Qatar Fund for Development and in cooperation with the International Centre for Sport Security. Garowe was selected in view of its significance as an administrative centre and the challenges it faces, including internal displacement, limited infrastructure, and an urgent need for programmes that reinforce social cohesion and mitigate the risk of young people being drawn into conflict.
Launched in November 2022, the project targeted more than 10,000 young people, children, and members of their families. It delivered capacity-building programmes and targeted support to empower vulnerable groups. Key activities included an inter-school football tournament, sports clinics in displacement camps, and a training-of-trainers programme designed to build local expertise. Workshops were also conducted for 50 participants, including teachers and representatives of sports federations and municipalities. Sports equipment was provided to support the initiative’s long-term sustainability.
C. Social Protection Centers for Social Integration in Crises
One illustrative example is the center supported by Qatar Charity in Azaz Camp, near the Syrian Turkish border. The facility provides a safe and protective environment for children and families affected by crises and contributes to strengthening their psychosocial well-being.
Additional information on this center is provided in the reports on high-impact projects and success stories under the title “Our Children Are Our Responsibility Centre.”
Questions about Social Integration in Crises
How many humanitarian interventions did Qatar Charity carry out in 2025?
More than 391 humanitarian interventions across 45 countries affected by crises and disasters, reaching approximately 10 million beneficiaries.
What does Hope City in northern Syria offer?
Completed in 2024 in Suran, northern Aleppo countryside, it provides 1,400 housing units for 10,000 displaced people, with schools, a kindergarten, a vocational institute, a medical center and other services.
What is the Sport for Development and Peace initiative?
A joint Qatari initiative of the Qatar Fund for Development, Qatar Charity and other partners that uses sport for peacebuilding and youth empowerment; in Garowe, Somalia, it targeted more than 10,000 young people, children and family members.
