November 2012 – Qatar Building Company

Qatar Building Company (QBC) was an official Gold Sponsor as IEI celebrated the 45th Engineers’ Day; the event’s theme revolved around inclusive growth and sustainable development.

(Doha, Qatar) November 2012 – Qatar Building Company (QBC) showed its continued support for sustainable engineering and environmental stewardship by sponsoring the 45th Engineers Day held by the Qatar Chapter of the Institution of Engineers (IEI) India. The grand event, themed “Appropriate Climate,” was held at the Sheraton Doha Hotel, and was attended by more than 300 members.

The celebration hosted a remarkable group of speakers, including high-profile staff of the Indian embassy, a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient who is in the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change – India, the CEO of Doha Bank, and the Chairman of Qatar Society of Engineers, Mr. Ahmed Jassim Al-Jolo.

Qatar Building Company (QBC) is an official Gold Sponsor of the day-long Golf Tournament held by Standard Chartered Bank at the Doha Golf Club to raise money to help to tackle avoidable (preventable or treatable) blindness. It is a collaboration with International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and leading international eye-care NGOs, to help provide restorative eye surgeries (e.g. cataract operations), training of eye care doctors, and building of training facilities and vision centres.

Key Facts on Blindness*:

There are 45 million blind people in the world.

There are 314 million people who are seriously visually impaired.

80% of blindness is avoidable (preventable or treatable).

A person goes blind every five seconds.

A child goes blind every minute.

60% of children die within one year of going blind.

90% of avoidable blindness occurs in the developing world.

Two thirds of the world’s blind are women – with serious implications for childcare.

Without effective, major intervention, the number of blind people worldwide has been projected to increase to 76 million by 2020.

*SOURCE: Standard Chartered website November 2012.

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Qatar Building Company (QBC) is a Gold Sponsor of 2012 “Engineers Day” Celebration held by the Institution of Engineers (India) Qatar Chapter

Qatar Building Company (QBC) is a Gold Sponsor of 2012 “Seeing is Believing (SiB)” Golf Tournament held by Standard Chartered Bank at the Doha Gulf Club