DOHA: About 25,000 expatriate workers will benefit from a charitable programme of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) supported by Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar.
Chevron Phillips has donated QR930,000 to QRCS to launch the second annual ‘Together for Benevolence’ campaign, a charitable programme to support expatriate workers in the country.
Michael F Zeglin, President, Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar, and Ricardo Costa Almeida, Human Resources Specialist of the company, presented the cheque to QRCS Representatives Issa Al Ishaq, Head of Human Resources, Ahmed Al Khulaifi, Head of General Resource Mobilisation, and Hamid Moharar, Head of Corporate Resource Mobilisation.
The programme will expand to include 25,000 road, building and cleaning workers in several districts, on sites and in organisations, including Qatar Foundation, Qatar National Museum, the Industrial Area and Al Khor City. Expected to last two months, the programme has three phases: Distribution of 10,000 food meals (QR100,000), distribution of 10,000 water and juice bottles (QR30,000) and distribution of 5,000 hygiene kits (QR800,000).
Al Ishaq urged people in Qatar to contribute to the campaign, which directly serves the best interests of the needy segments of society.
Zeglin said, “We are pleased to work with QRCS to positively impact expatriate workers in the country.
“We value our relationship with QRCS and its vision of contributing to social and humanitarian services in Qatar.” The Peninsula
