JEDDAH: For many people around the world, the gift of giving is one of the most profound charitable acts one can perform to help those who are less privileged. It is an inbuilt desire to help others, and in today’s modern, high-tech and digitally driven world, many choose to “pay it forward” with a simple click of a button. Since the launch of Saudi Arabia’s digital
DUBAI: The creation of a joint development fund with France to assist Lebanon is the latest in a string of announcements signaling a ramp-up in Saudi aid to Middle East and North African countries being pushed deeper into debt by conflict and crisis. The fund, unveiled in April, made an initial $30 million pledge to support food security in Lebanon and the country’s crippled
DUBAI: The creation of a joint development fund with France to assist Lebanon is the latest in a string of announcements signaling a ramp-up in Saudi aid to Middle East and North African countries being pushed deeper into debt by conflict and crisis. The fund, unveiled in April, made an initial $30 million pledge to support food security in Lebanon and the country’s crippled
DUBAI: The culture of charitable giving in Saudi Arabia has been highlighted as a noteworthy example of “strategic philanthropy” by a new report from the Center for Strategic Philanthropy at the UK’s University of Cambridge Judge Business School. The report, titled System Change in Philanthropy for Development: A Research Framework for Global Growth Markets, recommends
RIYADH: The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) will establish “five model units” for the elderly in the main regions of the Kingdom, according to HRSD Minister Ahmed Al-Rajhi. This announcement came during a virtual meeting recently held by Al-Rajhi with social affairs experts, journalists who specialize in social development, and a group of ministry