Introduction

Sustainable Development Goal1 (SDG 1or Global Goal 1) refers to “No poverty” , the number of people living in extreme poverty declined from 36 per cent in 1990 to 10 per cent in 2015. But the pace of change is decelerating and the COVID-19 crisis risks reversing decades of progress in the fight against poverty. New research published by the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990.

In terms of social protection KSA offers an income guarantee program for low income households and people with disabilities, as well as the Citizen Account Programme, which compensates Saudi households on a monthly basis for higher living costs, such as energy prices and VAT. Over 12 million Saudi households take part in this program (which represents around 60% of the total Saudi population). However, the program does not include non-Saudi population, which could be a significant determinant of inequalities, given the large non-Saudi representation in KSA.

The maximum cut-off for eligibility to the Citizens Account Programme is SAR 18,511 (USD 4,932), implying a relatively generous program. For reference, the support for a family of six3 (four kids aged 18 year or less and a wife) earning up to SAR 5,000 (USD 1,330) is SAR 980, which represents about 20% of their income. Still, there is little differentiation in benefits according to income. The current design can be improved to better address inequalities by further splitting benefits for lower income levels. In addition, KSA has reduced the number of beneficiaries by over 1 million to the program after an overhaul in April 2020, with changes in eligibility rules, upper limits for pay-outs and the suspension of new applications. This change, coupled with the new tax increases in 2020 could significantly impact families as well as single beneficiaries, potentially broadening income inequalities.

Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University strives to improve people's quality of life, it is always generating charity events, there is a policy within the university to motivate people to do community work, on the other hand the university supports research projects who can contribute to the community, support small and medium-scale ventures, strives to provide support to their students and the community in general.

The Director of Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, Dr. Suleiman bin Abdullah Abba al-Khayyal, welcomed the sponsorship of the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed al-Ankari for the launch of the educational charitable fund targeting grant students, and said: The establishment of Imam University for the Educational Charitable Fund confirms its responsibility towards its leading role in the educational process in the community at the local and international levels, according to a vision that helps to educate grant students, and qualify them to contribute to the advancement of their communities and achieve their development goals, and to achieve their qualification to play the development role of During the facilitation of their admission to the university, and providing financial assistance to them, his Excellency explained that the university did the decision of the Council of Ministers No. 94 on 29 March 1431, which includes the admission of students scholarships, which emphasizes the creation of charitable funds in educational institutions to support grant programs, and is based on subsidies, donations, donations, wills and endowments, and the institution's budget in accordance with the rules approved by the University Council.

Abba al-Khail stressed that the university responded to the aspirations of the guardians and decided to establish the Educational Charitable Fund, which works independently to organize scholarship programs and enable scholarship students to attend university, and to help them and help them, and the Fund also works to collect resources and financial flows from subsidies, donations, wills and endowments, and work on managing them and directing them to support scholarship programs funded by the charitable fund, which is characterized by the presence of financial resources that help to educate and rehabilitate grant students. To contribute to the advancement of their communities and achieve their development goals, pointing out that the Fund provides educational opportunities for non-Saudi scholarship students in order to achieve their qualification to play their development role, by facilitating their admission to the university and providing them with financial assistance.

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He added that the fund's main tasks are to establish channels that attract financial resources, to publicize what the Fund offers its importance and development role, in addition to building an integrated administrative and accounting organization, attracting appropriate competencies, identifying educational programmes and enabling grant students to join them, and organizing the fund's disbursements in accordance with the regulations.

Abba al-Khayal when he received scholarship students earlier

Abba al-Khail pointed out that Imam University has formed a board of directors for the Educational Charitable Fund to take over the task of strategic planning of the Fund and general supervision of its performance, and all matters related to the affairs of the Fund and in a manner that does not conflict with the general regulations of the university, including: the approval of strategic and operational policies and plans and others that will achieve the objectives of the Fund, as well as the adoption of the internal rules of the Fund, the establishment or modification of administrative units based on the requirements of the Labor Department, in addition to the formation of the advisory body of the Fund and the adoption of its members, and the proposal to conclude agreements on the establishment of administrative units or amendments based on the requirements of the Labor Department, in addition to the formation of the advisory body of the Fund and the adoption of its members, as well as the proposal to conclude agreements. Scientific and charitable cooperation with similar bodies in the Kingdom, as well as recommending the acceptance of donations and wills in a manner that does not conflict with the basic purpose of the Fund and with the regulations in force in Saudi Arabia, in addition to appointing three national figures with full know-how in charitable work and the educational field, pointing out that the Council holds its regular meetings twice every semester to see the work of the Fund and submit proposals for the development of the Fund for the better, stressing the commitment to relevant policies and procedures.

Abba Al-Khail: The Fund is one of the first initiatives in scholarship programs for the children of the Muslim world

Abba al-Khayal said the fund will be managed by a faculty member who specializes in the field of the Fund and is experienced and administratively competent, implements the strategy adopted by the Board of Directors and is accountable to the Board of Directors and the University.

As for what the Fund aims to do, Abba Al Khayal said the fund aims to provide financial resources, through the tracks that attract financial resources and introduce the fund and its importance and development role, build an integrated administrative and accounting organization, attract appropriate competencies, organize the fund's disbursements in accordance with the regulations, and is considered one of the first initiatives to organize scholarship programs for the children of the Islamic world to study at the university, and provide all support and care for their educational and living conditions through the fund's resources. Verified donations, commandments and endowments directed to support the education of the children of the Muslim world.

The kingdom's message.

The Director of Imam University stressed that the kingdom's message is the message of Islam, which calls for mercy, goodness, justice, tolerance and cooperation on righteousness and piety, and the Kingdom is making great efforts in the service of Islam and Muslims around the globe at various levels and for the general Muslims in support, assistance and support, and said: From the time of its late founder King Abdul Aziz Al Saud, may God rest his soul until the reign of the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, god bless him, it provides services to the Islamic nation states, peoples and minorities. Muslim in non-Muslim countries and societies, including: 

University from 1405 to 1431 Ah more than (200,000) 200,000 graduates from different levels of study distributed across the world, and have been achieved by these graduates a lot of good for Muslims where they spread all over the world working with the useful knowledge and belief correct and what they have experienced from calling to God for vision and a correct understanding of the teachings of Islam, which has had an impact on it. 

In their success during their scientific and practical career, whether in the field of advocacy or teaching, all this has been achieved thanks to God bless and exaltation and then thanks to the care, care and strong support continued from the leader of the nation, the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, his Crown Prince Al-Amin, and the second deputy, and the guidance of His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education, pointing out that the great efforts and achievements achieved by the Kingdom in the service of Islam and Muslims in general, and in the education of Muslim children in particular, is difficult to limit and perhaps recognize the role that The Kingdom's work in the development of the Muslim world through educational and educational grants for various stages of education, including higher education, gives a clear example and a living model of the Kingdom's efforts in this field, and to demonstrate the role and impact of these graduates in spreading the correct Islamic call and serving Islam and Muslims in the regions of the earth and its Maghreb, and shows the importance of the study in its focus on identifying the number of scholarship students by study stages, countries or regions.

"Perhaps it is appropriate when we talk about the kingdom's efforts to educate the children of Muslims through scholarships provided by Saudi universities, led by Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University, to shed light on some of the kingdom's concrete efforts to promote the Word of God, and what matters to Muslims and the interests of Islam and Muslims in various parts of the world, and because these efforts are diverse, multiple and comprehensive , so that they are difficult to explore in their entirety," he said. In this report, we will limit ourselves to mentioning images and examples of some of the kingdom's efforts to serve Islam and Muslims in the regions and regions of the earth, including: Teaching the children of the Muslim world the Holy Quran, expanding the Two Holy Mosques, and Islamic centers).

Reference to the Saudi Cabinet resolution No 94 dated 29/03/1431 H, which stipulates the rules and regulations for the non-Saudi scholarship students, that clearly codifies the creation of charitable funds within the educational institutions. And as article (9-E) specifying that: “Establishing a charitable fund at every educational institution to support scholarship programs, that financing by donations, contributions, gifts, wills and endowments as well as allocated funds within budgets”.

To underscore the university responsibility to discharge its pioneering role within the educational process in the community, it was proposed the founding of the educational charitable fund with separate powers to regulate the scholarship programs and help scholarship students to enroll at the specified academic programs. The fund will work on collecting resources and financial mounts generated from donations, contributions, gifts, wills and endowments, and administer and direct them towards backing scholarship programs.

Student fund was founded during the academic year of 1397/1398 H when the deanship of student affairs has considered it’s important to found a service to serve students whom their social conditions requires support or others whom emergency circumstances facing them. With a view to let necessitous student feel a spirit of Islamic social solidarity and then help him/her to more academic and study efforts as the university officials are always keenness to provide a stability for them.

The first cornerstone of the fund was the issuance of the university supreme council’s decision No 18 during the second regular meeting in 18/03/1397 H that approved the establishment of the fund. The said decision was clearly crafted the fund and its objectives as it for the charitable student purposes which not covered by the university annual budget as well as supporting needy students. The financing of the fund would be from the contributions of the students themselves and donations. Additional rules for the perfect works of the fund have also been identified by the decision.

A series of decisions issued by the university council had been followed for the rearrangement of the student’s contributions rate and the fund allocated for each college and Sharia institute, the undergraduate student contribution mounted-up from two Saudi Riyals to ten and the contribution of the Sharia institute’s student also increased from two Saudi Riyals to five.

Riyadh, 17 Ramadan 1442 AH corresponding to April 29, 2021 AD, Al-Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, represented by the College of Information and Communication, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sanad Charitable Association to support children with cancer.

The memorandum aims to use the media and communication expertise that the college possesses within the framework of social responsibility, and to support charitable and humanitarian institutions, as Sanad Association is one of the first providers of charitable work.

The memorandum was signed by His Highness Prince Dr. Saad bin Saud bin Muhammad, Dean of the College of Media and Communication at the university, and Her Royal Highness Princess Adela bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Sanad Charitable Society. 

On the occasion of the International Orphan Day, the Department of Sociology and Social Service at the College hosted on Thursday 28/8/1443 a group of orphaned children in cooperation with the Charitable Society for Orphans Care (Insan Association)

During this event, a number of activities and events were carried out #جامعة_الإمام

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​The student activity team at the institute joined an exhibition entitled (Make it with your own hands) as part of the activities and programs of the student activities for the seventh week under the slogan (A craft in the hand is safety from poverty), where a number of students participated in the exhibition by bringing a variety of goods and popular foods and displaying them to the attendance of students and the educational staff and administrative.

And then took souvenir photos for this event. 

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The delegation of scholarship students with #جامعة_الإمام Muhammad bin Saud Islamic, participating in the project to benefit from the meat of the sacrifice and sacrifice, in coordination with the Islamic Development Bank, on the Hajj of 1443 AH on the morning of the blessed Eid al-Adha, sorting the sheep that are legally divided into the sacrifice and the implementation of the work and the establishment of a greeting meeting for the delegation.

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Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Health Charity Society for Patient Care (INA) on Tuesday afternoon in the office of His Excellency the Director of the University Sheikh Dr. Suleiman bin Abdullah Abba al-Khail represented in the deanship of the Center for Volunteer Work Studies a memorandum of cooperation with the Health Charity Society for TheCare of Patients (Inaya), and signed the agreement by the University and its agent for knowledge exchange and international communication Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Yousef and the Health Charity Society for the Care of Patients Chairman H.E. Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Suwaylem.

His Excellency said that the Prophet (pbuh) is a living model, a role model and a beacon that illuminates the way for those working in the field of good and helping the needy, and the evidence, examples and facts are many incalculable and followed by his companions and those who followed them with charity to this day and this Sunni Salafist state Saudi Arabia stands dear and strikes a wonderful example in all that serves the groups of society, whether they are healthy or sick and our leader in that and the example that follows is the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and His Highness the Secretary, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may God save them, then came that strategic vision of the national scientific, socio-economic scientific and economic strategy launched by the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and was its pioneer, activator, builder and worker for its realization on the ground is His Highness the Crown Prince- May God save him.

His Excellency stressed that cooperation between institutions in their public and private sectors, government and civil has become an important demand, especially with the goals and vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030 and the national transformation program 2020 and that one of the most important things that this vision has worked with is volunteerism and touch all safety that will support, push and strengthen its features, work and activities.

For his part, His Excellency Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Suwailem, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association, expressed their happiness and pride in signing the cooperation agreement between Imam University and the Health Charity Society for Patient Care (Inaya), stressing that Al-Imam University is an ancient university with a scientific and social status and we are proud to cooperate with it.

His Excellency pointed out that the signing of this agreement strengthens the partnership that the association has with important sectors of society, pointing out that the association is concerned with the treatment of patients poor and needy and extends its work on many issues of volunteering and confirmed their efforts to conclude partnerships with various institutions of society, pointing out that institutional work does not depend on individuals, everyone works and initiates.

Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Yousef, the university's undersecretary for knowledge exchange and international communication, also confirmed that the university offers all its expertise and staff in the service of the association and pointed out that the agreement includes cooperation in the field of rehabilitation and training, and cooperation in the field of health volunteering.

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​The Dean of Student Affairs at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University D. Ahmad Al-Ahmad sent more than 1,200 ATM cards to the post office before the Eid holiday for male and female students, despite precautionary circumstances.

Dr. Al-Ahmed indicated that a new batch of student cards was received yesterday evening from the bank accredited at the university, and a total of (1500) cards will be sent this week according to the practice through the Saudi Post to deliver them to their owners according to the updated addresses of male and female students.

Stressing that when these envelopes are not received or received by their owners, please contact the deanship through the communication system.

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His Excellency the President of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Dr. Ahmed bin Salem Al-Amiri, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Specialized Sub-Council of Orphan Societies in the Kingdom, His Excellency Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem at the University on Sunday, February 27, 2022, signed a memorandum of understanding between the College of Social Sciences at the university and the Council, in the presence of A number of officials on both sides. 

His Excellency the President of the University affirmed that the University is happy to sign such a memorandum that serves a precious group in society, indicating that it will contribute to serving both sides and for the benefit and benefit of this country. and humane. 

For his part, His Excellency Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem thanked the university’s response and cooperation in order to sign the memorandum of understanding, noting that the university is a prominent pride teacher in this country and a source of pride for this country, noting that the specialized sub-council of orphan associations in the Kingdom needs many of the disciplines that the university contains, expressing His aspiration for this memorandum to be a nucleus for future partnerships with the university, and for the benefit of the university’s employees, including faculty, students, and employees, and for the whole country, and to invest the best investment in the fields of research, studies and others.

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Bank Albilad has signed a cooperation agreement to provide multiple financial services with Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). The agreement is aimed at providing innovative and facilitated financial services including providing financing for post-graduate and outstanding students. The agreement was signed by Mr. Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al-Onaizan, the CEO of Bank Albilad, on the part of Bank Albilad, and Prof. Ahmad bin Salem Al-Ameri, rector of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, on the part of the university.

Mr. Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al-Onaizan, the CEO of Bank Albilad, stated, “The relationship with Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) is a strategic one, as this agreement includes new means of support with the aim of contributing to the development of national cadres and providing opportunities for students through offering innovative and facilitated financing programs and products to fit with the income of both male and female students.

On his part, prof. Ahmad bin Salem Al-Ameri, rector of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, stated, “The university is one of the educational institutions that has superior status in the Kingdom. I hope that this memorandum will benefit male and female students, as the university is keen on facilitating the process of applying for its programs for all male and female students.”

Prof. Ahmad Al-Ameri concluded his speech, saying, "We hope that Bank Albilad will be a strategic partner for the university in its various activities, regarding various areas of investment, and providing community services and community partnership in a way that benefits both the university and the bank.”

The agreement contributes to finding financing solutions offered to university students wishing to complete their paid postgraduate studies, such as (diploma, master’s, and doctoral programs) in return for easy installments, and with a profit margin of 0%. This is in addition to granting financial and banking facilities to outstanding students, as Bank Albilad believes in his responsibility towards its community with regard to supporting the ideas and future plans of outstanding students and to motivate and encourage them. Bank Albilad is keen on providing diversified financing solutions that suit all income levels, which helps to create a distinguished generation capable of assuming management and responsibility.

It is worth mentioning that Bank Albilad pays great attention to the education sector, as Bank Albilad has supported many research chairs in a number of Saudi universities as well as many community initiatives and programs that contribute to providing support, investing in society and rehabilitating an environment that is conducive to creativity and innovation, through the Social Responsibility Program #Albilad_Initiative.

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