MLSD Minister iscusses aspects of cooperation with the Bahrain Motivators Association for People with Disabilities

01-02-2020

His Excellency the Minister of Labour and Social Development, Mr Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, met with the Chairman of the Bahraini Catalysts Disabilities Association, Mr Riyadh Al Marzouq, and a number of the association’s members yesterday, Wednesday, at his office at the Ministry. During the meeting, areas of cooperation between the two parties were discussed, as well as a review of the most important initiatives implemented by the Bahraini Catalysts Disabilities Association to achieve its goals of supporting People of Determination, discovering their energies and creativity, motivating them, and creating a healthy environment for developing their talents and abilities, in cooperation with various official and civil entities. During the meeting, Mr Riyadh Al Marzouq presented a proposal for a project called “Economic Support and Empowerment of Women with Disabilities,” which aims to integrate them into society and build their capacity to acquire the necessary skills in planning, management, communication and creative thinking, while also assisting them in obtaining facilities that will ensure they achieve their goals and implement their own economic projects. In this context, Humaidan praised the role of the Bahraini Catalysts Disabilities Association in embracing talents among Persons with Disabilities, enhancing their skills, and encouraging them to integrate and participate in various community activities. He noted that the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, based on the principle of community partnership with NGOs concerned with Persons with Disabilities, pays great attention to caring for them and providing them with various types of social, health and cultural care, in addition to training and qualifying them to integrate them into the labour market. Humaidan affirmed the Ministry of Labour and Social Development’s support for the association’s proposal, by providing all the services and rehabilitation needs required by Persons with Disabilities, whether by providing prosthetic devices or by involving them in the Ministry’s programmes, such as Khatwa for Productive Families Projects, to qualify and train them to enter the labour market, or by employing them in jobs that match their abilities and academic qualifications. For his part, Al Marzouq praised the support of His Excellency the Minister of Labour and Social Development for Persons with Disabilities, commending the services provided by the Ministry to improve the living conditions of this segment of society, which has made numerous contributions and achieved successes. He stressed that the most important challenges facing Persons with Disabilities are enhancing their presence in the labour market and their participation in the production and development process. In this regard, he praised the specialised employment fairs organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development for Persons with Disabilities, as these fairs have contributed to increasing their employment.