Minister of Social Development inspects a number of centers, associations and families in Jerash

Bani Mustafa also visited the Darb Al-Safsaf Charitable Association, where she reviewed the project to establish a multi-purpose hall affiliated with the association, directing those concerned in the Associations Support Fund affiliated with the Ministry to study the possibility of supporting the association and the project within the available capabilities.

The President of the Association, Muhammad Aiasrah, reviewed the most prominent programs, services and activities implemented by the Association to serve the local community and its role in supporting families and targeted groups.

The tour also included a visit to the Jerash Gate Charitable Association for People with Disabilities, where the Minister reviewed the reality of the services provided by the Association and its programs for people with disabilities, while the President of the Association, Muhammad Abdullah, reviewed the most prominent activities and needs, where she directed those concerned to study the support for the operation of the productive project that was previously supported by the Associations Support Fund to contribute to providing financial income for the Association to continue providing its services, and announced the preparation of an educational and training hall, and the rehabilitation of the Association's entrance to be friendly to people with disabilities.

Bani Mustafa also visited the Jerash Ladies Charitable Association, and listened to a presentation by the President of the Association, Heba Zariqat, on the programs and activities implemented by the Association to serve the ladies and families of the local community, which include projects represented by a sewing and embroidery workshop and kindergartens, and a training hall for the sons and daughters of the local community and girls with disabilities to train them on many skills that help them to integrate into the labor market.

Bani Mustafa directed those concerned in the Associations Support Fund to update the equipment related to kindergartens, provide raw materials related to the products of the sewing and embroidery workshop and handicrafts, in addition to providing an opportunity to market the Association's products.

During the tour, the Minister inspected a number of needy families and families of people with disabilities in Jerash Governorate, reviewed their conditions and needs, where cash assistance was provided to them, and directed those concerned in the Ministry to study the needs of these families and work to meet them within the available capabilities.

Bani Mustafa also handed over two houses to two families within the Poor Families Program implemented by the Ministry, with the aim of providing suitable housing for the targeted families and improving their living conditions, and directed to purchase a house for one of the poor families she visited.

The Minister was accompanied on the tour by the Director General of the National Aid Fund, Khutam Shinikat, the Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Development, Ali Abdel Hafeez, the Governor of Al-Murays District, Sattam Al-Majali, the Director of the Associations Support Fund, Mahmoud Al-Harout, the President of the Jerash Governorate Charitable Associations Union, Zaid Al-Zoubi, and a number of officials in Jerash Governorate.

Bani Mustafa inaugurated on Tuesday morning the Al-Murays Center for Inclusive Day Services for People with Disabilities in Al-Murays District, which provides its services through an early intervention unit targeting children from birth until the age of six, and a center for inclusive day services for people with disabilities from the age of six and above, with a total capacity of about 120 beneficiaries distributed between the unit and the center.

The comprehensive center, in addition to care and rehabilitation services, includes an office for the Ministry of Social Development in Al-Murays District and an office for the National Aid Fund, which allows the provision of a package of social and developmental services to the children of the district near their places of residence.