In all the social service programs, there is an emphasis on helping people to help themselves, wherever possible. The Government’s objectives are:
- to extend the scope of integrated social development activities with other service providers and citizen groups in order to meet the basic needs of disadvantaged groups and individuals;
- to emphasize the social responsibility of the population for improving the standards of local communities and poor districts within cities through private sector activities;
- to assist the population in improving their real standard of living by their own efforts and without reducing incentives to work;
- to extend social service programs to all parts of the Kingdom and to all eligible persons;
- to encourage family solidarity and support the desired socialization of children;
- to provide care for clients requiring institutionalization if it is impossible to deliver sufficient care in the family setting.
