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Qatar Airways Hope School opens in Sichuan Province
Posted:2010-6-18|Source:internet|No. of Views:
CHINA/QATAR. Qatar Airways, in partnership with the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF), has helped rebuild a school in Sichuan Province, China, which was hit by a massive earthquake in 2008.
The Qatar Airways Hope School, which houses 500 students, was opened this week at a ceremony attended by Qatar Airways¡¯ senior executives, local officials, CYDF members and students.
In the weeks following the 8.0 magnitude earthquake which wiped out villages and towns throughout Sichuan Province, Qatar Airways announced a partnership with CYDF to support its Project Hope programme aimed at building schools across rural China.
The airline pledged to donate funds to build a school in Guangyuan in the north of the province, as well as erect temporary structures for interim learning centres during the construction of the permanent school. In total, over 7,000 school buildings were destroyed in the earthquake, and almost 5,000 lives were lost in Guangyuan alone.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said that the school in Guangyuan represented a new beginning for hundreds of children who had suffered great loss.
¡°We are humbled to be a part of the rebuilding process in Sichuan Province, and Qatar Airways wishes that all children who are educated at this new school enjoy a bright and prosperous future,¡± he said.
Qatar Airways staff, local officials, school faculty members and school children at the opening ceremony
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¡°The earthquake created devastation on a massive scale and moved many to action. Qatar Airways wanted to contribute something substantial and long lasting to help those most vulnerable and most in need. We decided to support the building of the Qatar Airways Hope School as a means to alleviate the suffering of the children and assist in the rebuilding of their lives.
¡°The Project Hope School will be a lasting monument to Qatar Airways¡¯ commitment to China and the Chinese people,¡± added Al Baker.
The school opening ceremony was attended by Qatar Airways¡¯ Singapore-based Senior Vice President Commercial East Asia & South West Pacific Marwan Koleilat and Qatar Airways Country Manager Greater China Woo Yew Seong. The two had travelled specially to celebrate with the school¡¯s new pupils.
Receiving artwork from the schoolchildren, Koleilat said: ¡°Being able to see children study in these new classrooms is an extremely gratifying moment for me. This is what Qatar Airways set out to achieve two years ago when we committed to Project Hope, and now these kids will have the opportunity to learn as well as follow their dreams and become valued members of this community.
¡°Our greatest reward is seeing that our efforts could make a worthwhile contribution to these children and to education in China,¡± added Koleilat.
Qatar Airways currently operates 23 scheduled flights from across four cities ¨C Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong every week to the airline¡¯s operational hub at Doha International Airport in Qatar. The airline recently introduced its flagship Boeing 777 aircraft on the Guangzhou and Shanghai routes and has also boosted its Shanghai services to daily non-stop flights.
The Qatar Airways Hope School, which houses 500 students, was opened this week at a ceremony attended by Qatar Airways¡¯ senior executives, local officials, CYDF members and students.
In the weeks following the 8.0 magnitude earthquake which wiped out villages and towns throughout Sichuan Province, Qatar Airways announced a partnership with CYDF to support its Project Hope programme aimed at building schools across rural China.
The airline pledged to donate funds to build a school in Guangyuan in the north of the province, as well as erect temporary structures for interim learning centres during the construction of the permanent school. In total, over 7,000 school buildings were destroyed in the earthquake, and almost 5,000 lives were lost in Guangyuan alone.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said that the school in Guangyuan represented a new beginning for hundreds of children who had suffered great loss.
¡°We are humbled to be a part of the rebuilding process in Sichuan Province, and Qatar Airways wishes that all children who are educated at this new school enjoy a bright and prosperous future,¡± he said.
Qatar Airways staff, local officials, school faculty members and school children at the opening ceremony
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¡°The earthquake created devastation on a massive scale and moved many to action. Qatar Airways wanted to contribute something substantial and long lasting to help those most vulnerable and most in need. We decided to support the building of the Qatar Airways Hope School as a means to alleviate the suffering of the children and assist in the rebuilding of their lives.
¡°The Project Hope School will be a lasting monument to Qatar Airways¡¯ commitment to China and the Chinese people,¡± added Al Baker.
The school opening ceremony was attended by Qatar Airways¡¯ Singapore-based Senior Vice President Commercial East Asia & South West Pacific Marwan Koleilat and Qatar Airways Country Manager Greater China Woo Yew Seong. The two had travelled specially to celebrate with the school¡¯s new pupils.
Receiving artwork from the schoolchildren, Koleilat said: ¡°Being able to see children study in these new classrooms is an extremely gratifying moment for me. This is what Qatar Airways set out to achieve two years ago when we committed to Project Hope, and now these kids will have the opportunity to learn as well as follow their dreams and become valued members of this community.
¡°Our greatest reward is seeing that our efforts could make a worthwhile contribution to these children and to education in China,¡± added Koleilat.
Qatar Airways currently operates 23 scheduled flights from across four cities ¨C Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong every week to the airline¡¯s operational hub at Doha International Airport in Qatar. The airline recently introduced its flagship Boeing 777 aircraft on the Guangzhou and Shanghai routes and has also boosted its Shanghai services to daily non-stop flights.
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