The Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Social Development launch the summer program “Maa'n”

10-06-2024

The Ministry of Interior, in coordination with the Ministry of Social Development, launched the summer program “Maa'n”, which is the first model program of its kind in partnership and cooperation with the Anti-Violence and Addiction Program (Maa'n), targeting children under the age of 18 who are members of the Child Protection Center of the Ministry of Social Development. This program comes within the framework of strengthening the principles of community partnership and achieving the best interest of the child in accordance with the purposes of the Law on Restorative Justice for Children and their Protection from Abuse. On this occasion, Ms. Zainab Salman Al-Awainati, Assistant Undersecretary for Welfare and Social Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Social Development, explained the importance of this program in achieving the desired strategic goals of the Child Protection Center and its role in enhancing the behavioral and skill development of children by relying on educational content that has proven its positive impact on children and its contributions to refining knowledge and skills. To face various challenges. Pointing that the “Maa'n” summer program comes within the strategic plan of the Committee to Combat Violence and Addiction, and it is one of the initiatives emanating from the committee and includes a group of interactive workshops and lectures in which children participated, in addition to the “Maa'n” awareness exhibition accompanying the program, which includes a number of educational departments. Which is based on the lessons of the Together Awareness Curricula. The inauguration of the program was attended by Ms. Zainab Salman Al-Awainati, Assistant Undersecretary for Welfare and Social Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Social Development, Major General Mona Ali Abdul Rahim, Director General of the General Administration of Women’s Police, Colonel Maryam Al-Bardoli, Head of the Juvenile Welfare Center, Mr. Ali Ahmed Amini, Director of the Anti-Violence and Addiction Program “Maa'n,” and Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Fadala, Social Welfare Director at the Ministry of Social Development.