The Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) in the Makkah Region honored Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance, “pioneer in social affairs and orphan care,” during the Arab Orphan Day.

The event was organized by the ministry with the support of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Makkah governor, at the King Faisal Convention Center in King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.

On behalf of the governor, Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi, deputy governor of Makkah Province for security affairs, presented the honorary shield to Tal Hisham Nazer, CEO of Bupa Arabia, in the presence of Ali Sheneamer, CCO at Bupa Arabia, officials from the ministry and other orphan care supporters in the Kingdom.

Nazer said this honor reaffirms the major role of Bupa Arabia in presenting top-of-the-line health care services to orphans that hold a special place in the hearts of the whole community.

Nazer said this honor has come in the framework of a series of awards and accomplishments that have been achieved by Bupa Arabia in the field of social responsibility, including the Best CSR Impact Initiative in 2014.

Bupa Arabia also gained ground for two consecutive years — 2013 and 2014 — by being awarded Best CSR Initiative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for free coverage of orphans that was announced by International Finance magazine, in addition to more successes such as signing with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) to provide health insurance services to orphans alongside raising the rate of special needs employed at Bupa Arabia by 250 percent in 2015.

Nazer added: “Since 2011, Bupa Arabia designed specialized programs that are catered to serve the whole community, especially when we began developing a program to cover approximately 3,000 orphans registered with the MoSA.”