Nation Sunday, May 10, 2020 03 MADLSA, Philippine Embassy, POLO strive to meet needs of Filipino expats

Tribune News Network has received requests for as- agencies to enhance awareness hygiene, using sanitisers, and sistance regarding salaries and about COVID-19 and to follow wearing masks and gloves dur- living expenses, MADLSA has the adopted instructions, and ing work. The Embassy and The Philippine Embassy and ensured that employers adhere provide protective equipment POLO also support the circu- Philippine Overseas Labor Of- to their legal obligations. POLO (gloves, cleaning and sterilisa- lar issued by the Central fice (POLO) in Doha are con- also coordinates with some tion and others) Bank and calls from ADLSA tinuing to coordinate closely Filipino community organisa-  Preparing a list of names and for employers to open bank ac- with the Ministry of Adminis- tions who give food assistance numbers of household service counts for household service trative Development, Labour to their members, while being workers, cleaning companies workers as part of the country’s and Social Affairs (MADSLA) mindful of the health and safety and nursing home care compa- efforts to provide banking ser- in attending to the needs of measures introduced by the nies, along with the names of the vices to all sectors of society. in Qatar during the Qatari authorities. Mohammed Hassan al Obaidly, Philippine Ambassador to Qatar Philippine Labor Attache to Qatar heads of households, their ad- MADLSA has a 24-hour COVID-19 pandemic. In April, the Philippine assistant undersecretary for HE Alan Timbayan David Des Dicang dresses and their contact num- hotline service to receive com- During this period, POLO Embassy and POLO facilitated Labour Affairs at MADLSA bers to communicate with them plaints and remarks from work- has supported all requests for the repatriation of 128 Filipino members have been diagnosed, salaries and provide the food for the purpose of awareness and ers including domestic workers assistance from Filipino work- workers to the in co- household service workers, appear infected, or came into needed for those in quarantine. proper information. on the numbers 40280661 and ers to file employment com- ordination with the Search and homecare nurses and cleaners close contact with persons who  Requiring employers of  Sending SMSs to employ- 16008. Work complaints can plaints and queries through Follow Up Department (SAFD) in light of the pandemic. The are infected with COVID-19, cleaning companies and nursing ers including heads of house- also be sent via SMS to 92727 MADLSA’s Amerni Online of the Ministry of Interior, ministry has informed the em- especially those who came homecare companies and heads holds, to instruct them of the by entering number 5 then QID application, email accounts which processed their exit clear- bassy and POLO that it is also from Europe, in cooperation of household to provide protec- need to raise awareness among number or visa number. Work and hotlines. These requests ances and provided the workers’ currently undertaking the fol- with the Ministry of Public tive equipment (masks, gloves, their employees about, and to complaints can also be sent to are promptly reviewed and re- airline tickets free of charge. lowing measures: Health, while providing the cleaning and sterilisation sup- abide by, the precautionary the ministry’s email: lbr-com- solved by MADLSA. MADLSA gives special at-  Keeping track of the num- necessary health care to them, plies, and others). measures for the prevention of [email protected]@ In cases where the embassy tention to the conditions of bers of workers whose family and requiring employers to pay  Requiring recruitment COVID-19, through personal adlsa.gov.qa. Vodafone donates QR140,000 for QC’s QC to donate QR1.1mn test kits, equipment, Ramadan initiatives food packets to support Kosovo’s virus fight Tribune News Network assistance they have provid- Tribune News Network Doha ed and are about to provide, Doha and applauded Qatar Char- Qatar Charity (QC) is pre- ity for providing assistance Vodafone Qatar has donat- paring a batch of equipment on time without delay, es- ed QR140,000 to Qatar Char- that will be provided to the pecially in the face of crises ity as part of its Ramadan Ministry of Health of Kosovo and hazards. donation drive, which will go to help it meet its needs in The total cost of the towards its food baskets initi- the fight against coronavi- projects implemented by ative to support those in need rus (COVID-19). The aid will Qatar Charity during the during Ramadan. generous contribution from be delivered in coordination blessed month of Ramadan By participating in daily Vodafone Qatar, we will be with Qatar’s Ambassador to in Kosovo is more than 1.8 challenges and quizzes on able to reach more low-in- Albania and Kosovo HE Ali million riyals. These projects its new online engagement come families and workers bin Hamad al Marri. also cover the distribution platform ‘Sawa’, hundreds of who cannot meet their daily In addition to food pack- of Eid clothing to orphans people participated in Voda- nutritional needs during the ages and safety goods for sponsored by Qatar Charity fone Qatar’s Ramadan give holy month, especially in vulnerable people, the as- and Zakat al-Fitr to needy campaign. Every 100 points light of the coronavirus pan- sistance worth QR1.1 million families. earned through Vodafone’s demic that has affected their ($300,000) will include six It is worth mentioning ‘Sawa’ are equal to a QR1 do- living conditions.” ventilators and 6,500 coro- In addition to food packages and safety goods for vulnerable people, the assistance would include six that Qatar Charity, with the nation that funds every week Vodafone Qatar will do- navirus test kits. ventilators and 6,500 coronavirus test kits. support of benefactors in Qa- a local charity initiative. nate to various charitable During the holy month of tar, aims to provide health, Khames al Naimi, Chief initiatives throughout the Ramadan, Qatar Charity dis- uted by Qatar Charity which families in need who were assistance was provided to preventive and food assis- Human Resources Officer, month of Ramadan and the tributed 2,800 food baskets include sterilization materi- economically affected by the the recipients’ homes in or- tance to 380,000 people af- Vodafone Qatar said: “As part Qatar Red Crescent Society through its office in Pristina, als, hand sanitizers, cloth outbreak of the coronavirus der to prevent collection. fected by coronavirus inside of our social responsibility, will be the beneficiary next each containing the basic detergents, floor cleaners, pandemic. Mayors and beneficiar- and outside Qatar at a cost of it’s important for us to sup- week. The company uses its food supplies enough for a gloves and masks. The food During the delivery of ies thanked the benefactors up to 60 million riyals, with port charitable work, espe- digital expertise to make it family for a whole month. and protective baskets ben- the aid, all necessary precau- in Qatar for their symbiotic 250,000 recipients outside cially during this holy month. part of the public support for In addition, 500 protective efited 3,300 households, tionary measures were taken humanitarian gesture and Qatar at an estimated cost of This comes through support- these charitable initiatives. baskets have been distrib- easing the suffering of many to protect public safety and for the food and preventive 40 million riyals. ing our long-term partner The more points earned Qatar Charity, and to be there by playing Sawa, the faster for people in need this Rama- Vodafone reaches its charity dan, a time for giving and to- donation goal every week. getherness. We thank every- Each participant will also one who participated on our have the chance to win priz- Katara celebrates Garangao night with fervour “Sawa” platform to help us es, with the top three weekly reach our goal this week. We winners selected and award- QNA (COVID-19). ity by organising a tour that still have more chances to do ed at the end of the month of Doha Katara’s celebration of covered various parts of Qatar good together, and we hope Ramadan. A final winner with Garangao night was charac- and distributed gifts to chil- more people will join in and the highest score at the end The Cultural Village Foun- terised by a range of activities dren. The children also lis- be part of our campaign.” of the competition will win dation (Katara) marked Ga- and events that contributed tened to their beloved Garan- Mohamed Rashid al the QR25, 000 Grand Prize, rangao as it celebrated the to the enjoyment of children gao songs through the drones Kaabi, assistant to the CEO which will also be announced traditional night in a new way of the occasion in accordance launched by Katara in a tour of the Qatar Charity’s Com- at the end of Ramadan. by preserving the health and with the current health con- that also covered various re- munication and Resource Anyone can join the Voda- safety of children and prevent- ditions required them to stay gions. Development, thanked Voda- fone Sawa platform via the ing gatherings in line with at homes and keep social dis- Katara wrapped children fone Qatar for supporting web and mobile devices via the precautionary measures tancing. gifts and distributed them the Qatar Charity’s Ramadan the www.sawa.vf.qa link and taken by Katara to prevent Immediately after Iftar while by applying all health, campaign, saying: “With this via the My Vodafone app. the spread of the coronavirus time, Katara started its festiv- safety and security measures.

SOHOM members laud Qatar’s Argentina envoy thanks QA measures to contain COVID-19 for support amid COVID-19 Tribune News Network sia, Singapore, South Korea, Ashraf Siddiqui authorities, Doha Thailand and also Qatar,” Doha especially the ambassador added. for staying THE Ambassador of Argen- “Currently, we are in talks Members of the Spouses of at home. tina to Qatar HE Carlos Her- with our national authorities Head of Missions (SOHOM) Sari ap- nandez has thanked Qatar and Qatar Airways, with the Group have lauded the health- preciated Airways (QA) for its support support of the Embassy of care system in Qatar and appre- SOHOM during the ongoing COVID-19 Qatar in Argentina, to explore ciated the measures taken by Judi Sari Vice Group crisis in evacuating stranded the possibility of rescuing all the country to fight the spread President Sohom members Argentinian citizens from dif- the remaining Argentinians of the coronavirus (COVID-19). for their ferent parts of the world. stranded in the region and Talking to Qatar Tribune, contribution to raising aware- In a statement released Argentina’s Ambassador to taking them to Buenos Aires. Judi Sari, SOHOM Group ness of combating the pan- on Saturday, the ambassa- Qatar HE Carlos Hernandez “This clearly shows the vice-president and the wife of demic in line with the direc- dor said that Qatar Airways strong, solid bilateral ties the Ambassador of Hungary tives of the local authorities. helped in rescuing more than tinian citizens were able to and deep friendship between HE Barnabas Fodor, said the She thanked Venus Rincon, the 3,000 Argentinians who fly with Qatar Airways, from Argentina and Qatar,” the healthcare system in Qatar is wife of HE Giuseppe Angelo were stranded in South Asia Doha to Sao Paulo in Brazil, ambassador said, adding one of the best in the world. “All Yoffreda Yorio, the ambassa- and Australasia regions. and from there to the final that Argentina decided to patients can rely on the exper- dor of Venezuela, for produc- “When things started destination Buenos Aires, impose a lockdown an March tise of the doctors in Qatar,” she ing a short video and a flyer for getting difficult due to the connecting with our national 27, following which all the said, expressing the group’s ap- creating awareness among the spread of COVID-19 global- airline.” borders and airports were preciation of Qatar’s efforts to SOHOM families and the expa- ly, Qatar Airways’ commer- “It meant an important immediately closed. fight COVID-19. triates. cial flights flew most of our change and gave hope to He said over 35,000 She expressed her gratitude She hoped and wished that nationals from these regions the thousands of remaining Argentinian citizens were to the Qatari authorities, who the number of positive COV- home,” he remarked. Argentinians in the region. stranded abroad. Many have spared no efforts, under ID-19 cases would start declin- Hernandez added: I would like to express my Argentinian citizens were the visionary leadership of the ing soon. “Things had suddenly deep gratitude to the CEO facing different types of Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin “We are having an oppor- changed after the 27th of of the Qatar Airways Group problems, including lack of Hamad al Thani, and spent tunity to witness the outstand- March when flights to Bue- Akbar al Baker and to the money to pay for their ac- generously to create hundreds ing job being done by the au- nos Aires had to be tempo- Senior VP Fathi Atti for their commodation and food and of new beds and ICU units in the majority of large airlines She urged the members of thorities, and the dedication rarily suspended. An action understanding and imme- the national airline of Ar- hospitals. stopped operations, contrib- SOHOM and their families, as of HE Lolwa al Khater and the to start modifying it took diate collaboration. Qatar gentina managed to evacuate She said the international uting to the repatriation of well as members of expatriate Supreme Committee for Crisis place towards the end of last Airways also evacuated Ar- most citizens stuck in differ- community also greatly ap- thousands of foreign nationals communities, to seriously fol- Management, in handling the week on the 7th of May, when gentinians stranded in Indo- ent parts of the world, the preciates Qatar Airways which stranded in different parts of low the measures and recom- challenges of the COVID-19 a relevant number of Argen- nesia, Japan, Kuwait, Malay- ambassador pointed out. has kept its aircraft flying while the world. mendations issued by local pandemic,” she noted.