Saudi Elderly Support Organization (WAQAR)

Saudi Elderly Support Organization (WAQAR) is a non-profit organization. Waqar was established in 2015 in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Organization's main aim is to support the elderly people in Saudi Arabia.[1] WAQAR is an Arabic noun meaning dignity, and is usually associated with elderly people.[2]

Saudi Elderly Support Organization (WAQAR)
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Established 2015
Official website waqar.org.sa

Goals

The Saudi Elderly Support Organization (WAQAR) main aim is to support elderly people, create programs and initiations that suits their needs, improve the services provided to them, empowering elderlies and their role in the society, raise awareness towards their cases, and enhance the relevant research areas.[3]

Latest

In 2019, WAQAR launched "Honor our Elderly" campaign in Jeddah to raise awareness towards elderly physical, financial, health, and psychological abuse through shedding light on how to protect and care for them.[4]

See also

References
  1. "من نحن – الجمعية السعودية لمساندة كبار السن "وقار "" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  2. Team, Almaany. "تعريف و شرح و معنى وقار بالعربي في معاجم اللغة العربية معجم المعاني الجامع، المعجم الوسيط ،اللغة العربية المعاصرة ،الرائد ،لسان العرب ،القاموس المحيط - معجم عربي عربي صفحة 1". www.almaany.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  3. "اجتماعي / جمعية "وقار" تشارك في برنامجٍ لخدمات كبار السن وكالة الأنباء السعودية". www.spa.gov.sa. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  4. "Saudi campaign launched to protect elders from abuse". Arab News. 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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