BIsB joins efforts with primary healthcare team against child abuse

As part of its corporate citizenship, national, religious and human obligations, the Bahrain Islamic Bank (BIsB), the first Islamic bank in Bahrain and the third of its kind in the Arabian Gulf Region, has announced that it will sponsor a specialized workshop aiming at protecting children against abuse and neglect.

Mr. Khalid Alkhayat, BIsB's Manager Corporate Communications said

"The Bank is proud to sponsor this workshop organized by the Child Protection Committee against Abuse and Neglect to discuss the prevention of children's abuse and neglect".

"The Bank's sponsorship of this workshop is intended to share knowledge between doctors and paramedics in this particular issue" he added.

"Our sponsorship of this workshop is to join efforts and to combat this phenomenon, in an attempt to play our role as the first Islamic Bank to provide not only Sharia'a complaint banking services over the past 25 years, but also humanitarian aid to those abused children", he explained.

Head of Noaim Health Centre and Chairperson of the Child Protection Committee, Dr. Somaya Al-Jawder, has commended the role of the BIsB and said that, as always in such situations, the Bahrain Islamic Bank, headed by Mr. Yousif Saleh Khalaf the Bank CEO, emphasizesd its humanitarian attitude and national sense by promptly responding to the request for the sponsorship.

"The Bahrain Islamic bank has taken a leading role not only in Sharia'a compliant banking, but also in caring for people. It is a pacesetter for other banks and companies in Bahrain", she pointed out.

The Child Protection Committee against Abuse and Neglect was established in 1992 to function though Government Health Centres. The Committee has educated staff and people on the protection of children and on training children to defend themselves against abuse and neglect. Field studies to ascertain the volume of such abuse has been conducted and recommendations made by the Committee.

Dr. Al-Jawder explained that the purpose of the workshop is to highlight the functions of the Committee and to provide staff and family members with skills and knowledge to defend children and to identify those children who are subject to, or have suffered from, abuse and neglect.

Mr. Alkhayat of the BIsB wished the Committee every success and pointed out that the co-operation between the Bank and the Committee in this particular issue is an example where joint efforts are more fruitful than individual endeavours.

Over the years, the Bahrain Islamic Bank has supported a variety of social and other activities, with more than one million Bahraini Dinars donated to such purposes.