ILQ’s Labour day

5 Jul, 2009  Random

For around a year and a half now ILQ’s been running a bit of a ‘charity’, where we wanted to show thanks to those labourers who’ve worked so hard to build Qatar.

It started when a bunch of us wanted to show our appreciation by doing something small.
So we took donations (link on the left side of the site) and we took 25% of any profit generated on ILQ and decided to buy shirts, wet towels, pocket radios, and some cold drinks.

So once a month, we pick a random work site and head off with our coolers. It’s great to see their satisfaction.

We also took it a step further with calling cards. These people make such low salaries that we decided to give them some calling cards so that they could call their families back home and let them know their fine.

If you’d like to donate, use the button on the left of the site to help them out!

So thanks to all those hard-working blue collar workers for making my country a country of the future.

Remember! If you don’t have the time or the means, just give them a smile! It’s nice to see a friendly face.

1 Comment so far »

  1. vince said,

    Wrote on July 25, 2009 @ 12:43 pm

    Damn it! (excuse the language) reading your article MR. Q in gulf times got me watery eyes but reading this broke me into a crying frenzy…guess im just homesick :D It does feel great when some stranger in this country nods and smile at you most especially when it comes from a Qatari.

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