JEDDAH: Bab Rizq Jameel (BRJ), a program of Abdul Latif Jameel Community Services Programs (ALJCSP), plans to create 500,000 jobs through its Middle East and North Africa branches by 2015. It made the announcement after the successful creation of 41,000 jobs in Saudi Arabia during 2009. It created 8,323 jobs through its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) branches in 2009.
In Egypt, the first International BRJ center was launched in Cairo after official approval from the Ministry of Social Security to start BRJ operations was received. The BRJ Cairo branch created 6,910 job opportunities through financing small projects and productive household programs. Approximately, 254 small projects and 6,656 women have been supported through these two programs.
In Syria, BRJ started financing small projects and productive household programs in Tartoos city, and created 1,413 job opportunities in 2009.
Maaz Al-Faramawi, managing director of the first international BRJ center, said the first BRJ center in Egypt had been established as a center for job creation through several programs, such as taxi ownership, truck ownership, direct employment, small projects or other programs. During 2009, BRJ center in Egypt started financing small projects and productive household programs, while other programs will be launched soon, including land reclamation and animal resources development.
