Social Protection

This section presents the efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support citizens at various stages of their lives to ensure that they enjoy a decent life. Achieving these efforts is possible due to the integration of social welfare systems, and its services include providing orphan care, juvenile care, and elderly care. This section also sheds light on support and preventive funding programs for job seekers, social support and funding programs, financial aid for people with disabilities, marriage loan for orphans, social and family loan, residential and housing support programs, COVID-19 support programs, pension & social insurance services and family protection services.

Social Welfare Systems

Social protection system was developed according to carefully considered strategies to achieve a healthy and possible society. It is developed through MHRSD efforts; to stabilize the citizens, improve their quality of life, overcome the risks facing them, and work to maintain their economic, social, and psychological support. The Kingdom has also taken care of developing preventive programs to enhance support for individuals and society in all its categories to meet their various needs, and it has developed care and rehabilitation programs for those in need of permanent assistance, to reach a stable, balanced, and equal community building. For more details, please click here.

Related Services

Social Services

Beneficiaries of Social Welfare Program

  • Widows
  • Divorced women
  • People with disabilities (PWDs)
  • The Elderly
  • Orphans
  • Children of unknown parentage
  • Unemployed persons
  • The poor and the needy
  • Affected by disasters and pandemics

Social Protection programs

Pension and Social Insurances

Social support and protection

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