His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Prince of the Eastern Province, praised the services provided by charitable societies to their beneficiaries to enable them to rely on themselves, move from pastoralism to development, and make them able to find diverse sources of income that provide them with good job opportunities and a decent life by investing in the available opportunities and exploiting the support provided to them by the associations to improve their lives to achieve sufficiency by starting their own projects, even if they are simple at the beginning.
His Highness said: “We are happy when we see needy families looking for opportunities to improve their income, to live a decent life, develop and empower their children, and ensure they continue their education, which reflects positively on their lives in general, and we see models that have succeeded, praise be to God, achieved their goals and excelled in many aspects.”
This came during the inauguration at the Diwan of the Emirate of the second phase of the “Taxi” initiative project to empower the beneficiaries of the Bena Association for Orphan Care in the Eastern Province, which aims to improve the lives of the orphan and his family and empower them by providing an appropriate means of transportation, generating additional income for the family, and owning a car with the support and participation of private sector companies.
His Highness handed over the car keys to the beneficiaries of the orphans and widows, and then, “may God protect him,” honored the supporters and sponsors.They are:
Mr. Abdul Rahman Al-Muqbel, Director General of the Branch of the Ministry of Human Resources in the Eastern Region, Mr. Abdul Salam Al-Jabr for Al-Jabr Company, Mr. Turki Al-Breik for Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company, Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Omran for the Jahez application, Mr. Yazid bin Busays for the Nana application, and Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Mousa for the Shgardi application.
Engineer Khaled Al-Zamil, Vice President of the Bena Association for Orphan Care, indicated in a speech he delivered, “The general goal of the initiative is to purchase a car for each beneficiary to be a source of income and a means of transportation by working on vehicle routing and order delivery applications in partnership with the private sector and supporting partners in order to improve the lives of the orphan and his family and empower them.”
Al-Zamil added, “The taxi initiative is in line with Vision 2030, as the association works effectively within the non-profit sector system in order toContributing to achieving the goals and programs of the vision by empowering the category of orphans, male and female, and mothers in the social services system, increasing women’s participation in the labor market, enabling corporate social responsibility and their social contribution to achieving sustainable development goals, while increasing youth’s social participation in the labor market and contributing to reducing unemployment and creating job opportunities.
Al-Zamil stated that the initiative will achieve an economic return for the beneficiary of purchasing a car within the initiative through a discount on its value with the support of partners and the association, at competitive prices and comfortable installments, indicating that a number of standards and conditions have been set in the initiative to achieve transparency.And ensuring the success of the initiative, God willing.
Al-Zamil thanked His Royal Highness, Prince of the Eastern Province, for his support of the initiative and the association’s activities. He also appreciated the role of the private sector in supporting this initiative, as well as the response of the beneficiary families, which interacted remarkably with this initiative in an effort to improve their source of income.
It is noteworthy that His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Province, sponsored about two years ago the first phase of the taxi initiative and the delivery of cars to orphans, and the initiative achieved success.It was a great success and had a direct impact on the lives of the beneficiaries of the initiative.
