The Alrajhi Endowment put in mind and on top of its agenda the service of the needy and the
destitute, be they orphans, widows or poor persons. It has provided them with many programs to help them cope with the difficulties of life as much as possible and provide them with their basic needs of food, drink and clothing, in addition to financial aid.
It implements its diverse programs for such vulnerable people in coordination with charities across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to ensure the delivery of its aid to the people in need and to avoid duplication.
In doing so, the Alrajhi Endowment tries to achieve the following objectives:
Emphasizing the principle of social solidarity through having empathy towards the needy families.
Supporting the needy families, alleviating their troubles and providing them with aid.
Emphasizing the role of the Alrajhi Endowment in community service.
Active participation of the Alrajhi Endowment in backing the efforts of state institutions and charities in their social role for supporting and assisting the needy families.
The Alrajhi Endowment undertakes these activities through the following means:
Coordinating with charities to identify the needy persons in each region.
Providing of direct financial assistance to those needy persons
Issuing direct checks of aid to the names of the beneficiaries.
Concluding contracts with companies and specialized institutions to provide varied food and materials.
Providing dates produced in the farms of the Alrajhi Endowment and distributing it through charities to beneficiaries in various regions of the Kingdom.
Distributing sacrificial meat according to the instruction of the person who made waqf in the three cities of the Kingdom annually.
The Alrajhi Endowment implemented these activities in the following ways :
First: Financial support :
Programs to support charities to perform its diverse duties in the community.
Programs run by the Saleh Abdulaziz Alrajhi Endowment Management to support poor families in coordination with charities in the kingdom.
The annual program to support Prince Salman Project for Charitable Housing since 1420 AH.
The annual program to support Orphans Association in Riyadh (INSAN) since 1425 AH.
Second: In-kind support :
This support is divided into two main sections:
Providing dates produced in the farms of the Alrajhi Endowment and distributing it through charities to beneficiaries in various regions of the Kingdom.
The Alrajhi Endowment during the last period of time distributed large quantities of dates within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The total value of the distributed dates was SAR 47900851 (forty-seven million, nine hundred thousand and eight hundred and fifty-one Saudi Riyals).
Table (12) shows the distributed quantities of dates and costs :
Providing food baskets :
In winter or during crises, clothing, blankets and relief campaigns are administered for the needy. The Alrajhi Endowment takes into account that these food baskets must be comprehensive and meet the needs of family members. These programs entitled “Dif’ wa ghidha’” i.e. “Warmth and food” took place, praise be to Allah, providing baskets of food to each family. Each basket consists of eight items: rice, sugar, oil, pasta, flour, and baby powder, in addition to electric heater and five blankets) to be handed over to charities that, in turn, distribute them among the people in need .
In Table (13) we can find the distributed quantities of food baskets plus the cost.
The distribution of sacrificial meat according to the instruction of the person who made waqf in three cities in the Kingdom annually. Animals are sacrificed on behalf of the person who made waqf, his parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts (maternal and paternal), brothers and sisters. This is implemented through coordination with charities to organize the process of slaughtering sacrificial animals and distributing the meat among the poor and the needy in Mecca, Riyadh and Bukayriyah in Alqasseem.