In 2008, Qatar Airways donated USD 450,000 to Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), a charity founded in Qatar in 2005.
This donation has supported community development projects in Asia including providing quality primary education to underprivileged youth. Some of the key goals of ROTA are to ensure free primary education, improve adult literacy by 50%, and eliminate gender disparities—all by 2015.
Qatar Airways takes great pride in this charity, as more than 60% of Qatar's own expatriate community is from Asia, including many of our own staff.