The site will also include a section for orphans to get advice and read articles to help them deal with the social stigma they face in Saudi society.

Lawyers, doctors, academics and Islamic preachers are offering pro bono services to introduce those children to their rights and offer them medical services and legal consultancy.

“We have been trying to reach anyone who would be useful in this project,” said Dr. Salma Seibeih, a family psychologist and head of the organization. “Those kids are in desperate need for help and we have contacted everyone from the public and private sectors to convince them to join us. Now we have a well-knit team that can support our organization with its basic goal.”

Seibeih says that while shelters for orphans get adequate backing financially, they are lacking in support to help orphans with their education and psychological counseling. The organization will offer tutoring sessions on how to deal with other people and how to act in front of strangers.

“We want to be the parents that they never had,” said Seibeih, who is following in her father's footsteps by devoting her career to helping orphans, who are often treated poorly because of circumstances beyond their control.

“Last year a woman visited a public school to check on the students,” Seibeih recalled. “A small group of orphans were making loud noises and the woman said in a rude comment that these were noises from ‘Satan’s flutes.’ That’s when I thought of launching a campaign to help those hapless students.”

Orphans and children whose fathers are unknown are often ashamed of their status, said Seibeih. The social stigma that they face can push them to reclusive social behavior.

“One of our goals is to convince them that it’s not their fault that they were abandoned,” she said. “Society should learn to treat them as their own and not view them as odd members. It is also a call on the authorities to lend a helping hand to them.”

Seibeih said when a male orphan reaches the age of 30 he is expected to move out of the shelter and start a new life.

“These men face major issues after they leave the orphanage,” Seibeih pointed out. “A big percentage of them cannot get married or get decent jobs because they are not educated and are treated as illegitimate. They later get into bigger problems as they are forced to lead unhealthy lives, where they become terrorists, drug dealers or choose to end their misery by suicide.”