Zakat Office in Dhamar organizes media meeting to launch economic empowerment program
The office of the General Authority for Zakat in Dhamar Governorate organized a meeting for media representatives, writers and activists to prepare for the launch of the economic empowerment program "Vocational integration into the labor market and disbursement of vocational bags" scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday.
The meeting reviewed the programs of the economic empowerment project implemented by the Authority and its stages in building capacities and providing capabilities for the target groups of the project according to the Zakat banks, in addition to its importance in combating poverty, supplying the labor market with qualified professional cadres in various specialties, as well as its role in forming small income-generating projects.
In the meeting, the director of the Zakat Commission office in the governorate, Ibrahim Al-Mutawakel, referred to the efforts of the commission and the projects it implements in various fields, and the successes achieved in the zakat banks compared to the previous situation.
He stressed that the distribution of vocational bags for 430 beneficiaries who completed the theoretical and practical training phase will be launched tomorrow, Sunday, in 13 training programs within the framework of the economic empowerment project implemented in cooperation with the technical and vocational training sector.
Al-Mutawakel called on traders to take the initiative to pay their zakat and to help the Authority's branch in reviving the obligation of zakat.
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