Dar Al Atta’a praised for building houses of needy

Muscat: Dar Al Atta’a has been honoured by the Ministry of Housing for their sincere efforts and continued support for social housing programmes as part of ‘Arab Housing Day’ celebrations.
Since its commencement, Dar Al Atta’a association has managed to build a total of 88 houses and has maintained more than 500 houses of people in need in different places across the Sultanate.
Iman Wahaibi, vice president of Dar Al Atta’a said, “The association has a programme for building and maintenance of houses called ‘Safe Housing’ in the belief that the home is the primary safety pillar of the individual and the family.”
The programme, which aims to maintain and build houses, works according to an integrated system, starting with the selection of eligible families, through research and site visits, carried out by the family welfare department and the association’s engineers.
Ministry of Housing and Dar Al Atta’a Association celebrated Arab Housing Day — under the slogan ‘Social Responsibility of the Private Sector in Supporting Affordable Housing’ — under the patronage of Sheikh Saif bin Mohammed Al Shabibi, Minister of Housing and in the presence of a number of dignitaries.
During the ceremony, Dar Al Atta’a was honoured for its sincere efforts and continued support for social housing programmes within the framework of social responsibility. The association has continually sought to create better life opportunities for those in need.
As part of its social initiative Dar Al Atta’a will be celebrating ‘World Food Day’ by distributing food to more than 800 families.
The charity said in a statement: “On 16 October, World Food Day was celebrated globally and we participated by distributing food to more than 800 families in Muscat Governorate and different regions of the Sultanate.”
“As a part of the initiative, we aimed to collect stuff and gave them to needy families either from the families registered in the association or not in coordination with other charity teams.
“Thank you to all volunteers and institutions that participated to succeed the event such as future science school, Sohar University, Arab Oman Bank , Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dovecote Nursery, Muscat International School, Al Seeb International School, Qurum Private School, Little Fingers Nursery, Ibn Khaldun Private School, Oman Private School, Towell Group, Bank Nizwa , Nakheel Oman Development Company, Lulu Bosher, United Schools and Marriott Hotel Group, The Indian School in Al-Wadi Al-Kabir, in addition to a number of individuals.”