Community partnership projects with the government sector:
Managing and operating driving training program for persons with disabilities:
According to the provisions of Law No. 74 of 2006 on the care and rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities, and Law No. 23 of 2014 on traffic law, and Resolution No. 154 of 2015 on the executive regulations of traffic law, and a desire to enhance cooperation and coordination and application of the provisions of the law for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities and to facilitate Services provided to them, the Ministry of Social Development signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Interior to implement a training program for persons with disabilities to qualify them to obtain a special driver's license.
The memorandum also included the time-plan for the training program for the trainee and the duration of the training, which will be intensified over a period of three weeks, with a minimum of 22 training hours and a maximum of 34 training hours. This is according to the number of hours the trainee needs, provided that it is two hours per day, divided between theoretical and practical training, at the headquarters of the Driving Education Department throughout the week (from Sunday to Thursday), except for official holidays. The necessary additional training hours will be added in case the first exam is not passed, which is a maximum of 12 hour.
A Request must be submitted to the driving training school in the General Directorate of Traffic of the Ministry of Interior.
Community partnership projects with NGOs working in the field of disability:
Academic qualification grant program in partnership with community centers working in the field of disability:
Since 2011, an academic qualification grant program has been implemented between the Ministry of Social Development and the heads of 12 centers for the boards of directors of NGOs responsible for civil centers working in the field of disability, based on Cabinet Resolution No. (01-2058). This disbursement is based on a set of approved criteria according to the type of disability and the number of beneficiaries from each center. Below is a list of 16 community centers working in the field of disability, which include the centers for mobile units.
Managing and Operating the Mobile Units:
The Ministry seeks to provide many free services by supporting mobile units through the community partnership program with civil society by joining efforts and promoting social responsibility, so contracts are made with civil society institutions or the private sector in managing these units, which are:
- The mobile unit for people with disabilities in partnership with the Bahraini Society for Intellectual Disability and Autism, which was established in 2007 and aims at early intervention for persons with disabilities through the "Portage" system for rehabilitation with the provision of physiotherapy services, academic integration programs and behavior modification programs.
- The Home Care Center for Persons with Disabilities in partnership with the Bahrain Society for Parents of People with Disabilities and their Friends, which was established in 2008 and aims to provide various types of social, psychological and health services that a person with disabilities needs in his/her home.
Community partnership projects with the private sector
Managing Al Matrook Conductive Rehabilitation Center
Program to support specific privileges for holders of the new national identity card
Takaful initiative for Disabled
Takaful 1 "On Rehabilitating Children with Disabilities"
This Initiative aims to provide contributions to the private sector and individuals for the purpose of paying rehabilitation fees for a low-income child or a number of children with disabilities enrolled in special rehabilitation centers. This, in turn, contributes to overcoming the difficulties that prevent those children from receiving their needed rehabilitation or from continuing receiving such rehabilitation. By this, it has become possible to reach all groups of children who need early rehabilitation and intervention, thus granting them the chance to realize their self-sufficiency and social and vocational integration. In fact, the rehabilitation of 10 persons with different disabilities in the private centers throughout the 2019 / 2020 academic year has been guaranteed by a number of philanthropists and well-off companies.
Takaful 2 "On Providing Devices and Aids for Persons with Disabilities"
This Initiative aims to provide contributions to the private sector and individuals by virtue of making all necessary devices and aids available so as to facilitate the lives of persons with mobility disability without imposing strict requirements and standards that would preclude them from fulfilling their needs. This is undertaken by means of providing the latest modern technology devices to the disabled who deserve them, such as wheelchairs with special specifications, medical beds, car hoists, and electric lifts for those who are sure of their actual needs. About 80 devices with special specifications have been supplied since the start of the initiative in 2019 until today.