Zakat Fund Provides QR 7.5 Mln for 'Basket of Goodness' Ramadan Project

Doha, May 27 (QNA) - The total cost of the "Basket of Goodness" project, which Zakat Fund is implementing in Ramadan, amounted to more than QR 7.5 million and benefited 2,781 eligible families. In a statement, the fund said that the annual project was executed ahead of Ramadan in order to help eligible families secure their needs early. Through the project, the statement added, Zakat Fund deposits financial sums in the bank accounts of beneficiaries of monthly aid so as to help them in buying their basic needs for Ramadan. This mechanism in deciding the aids is flexible in implementation, copes with the social development and does not contradict with the religious rules of zakat, the statement added. Basket of Goodness is one of the seasonal projects of Zakat Fund and adds to other projects related to the aid the fund provides around the year. (QNA)