“The Hope Institute represents all that is good in our Kingdom. Throughout its history it provided care and much needed education for children and persons of special needs, who are an important part of our society,” commented Dr. Faiza Ghabrial, the Rotary Club of Adliya’s community projects chairperson, and a long time and valued member of the Club who instigated and coordinated the donation drive for the Hope Institute. “We at the Rotary Club of Adliya are humbled by what the Hope Institute has achieved and are thrilled to be able to provide them with much needed equipment to further their successes,” Dr. Ghabrial continued.

The President of the Rotary Club of Adliya, Mr. Hassan Al-Balooshi together with Dr. Faiza Ghabrial and members of the Hope Institute were at the presentation of equipment this morning.

Recognising the Institute’s further need for four attached printers in the new lab, President Al-Balooshi committed to immediately deliver these printers as a further donation from the Rotary Club of Adliya. The Club will also donate some window blinds for some of the Institute’s classrooms which will be sourced and paid for by Bahrain Blinds Manufacturers, a company owned by the President.

“The Rotary Club of Adliya is no stranger to the Hope Institute,” Ms. Badriya Yousif Slais, the director of the Hope Institute said, “they have become our much valued and generous partners over the years catering to the needs of the Institute, from painting the building to this latest donation and many more in between,” she continued. “In the name our 150 children we currently have in the Institute as well as the 50 staff taking care of them, we thank the Rotary Club of Adliya for their generosity and continued support. Centres like this do not achieve success without proper community involvement, and the Rotary Club of Adliya has demonstrated time and again its leadership among the social organisations by not only responding to our needs, but also anticipating and satisfying them as well,” said Ms Slais.

“We can’t do enough for active charitable organisations like the Hope Institute in particular. They fill a much needed service in educating persons of special needs from our community to provide them with better future prospects,” commented President Al-Balooshi. “Enabling organisations like the Hope Institute is a core feature of the Rotary Club of Adliya which has demonstrated its will and capabilities since inception. We are happy to have been able to arrange for the donation of much needed modern technology to the Institute and hope that this will translate to better chances of integration in the Bahraini workforce for the graduates of this noble institution,” President Al-Balooshi concluded.

About the Hope Institute:
The Hope Institute For Special Education is part of the Mothers and Children Welfare Society and is a charity organisation established in 1977 to fill the dire need for education for persons of special needs which is an important part of the community. The Hope Institute currently caters for 28 children of between 3 – 6 years old and 117 between 6 – 15 years old. The curriculum is composed of self-developed vocational material based on internationally recognised curricula. The Institute’s main goal is to provide better opportunities for integration for persons of special needs within the community, a goal that continues to be satisfied through their efforts as well as those of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education. For more information, please link to alamalinst.com.

About the Rotary Club of Adliya:
The Rotary Club of Adliya was chartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain in July 1994 as the third Rotary club under the umbrella of the Rotary International. The Rotary Club of Adliya has been active along with its sisters clubs in projects undertaken since its inception in 1994 which include holding the renowned annual Model United Nation Assembly for Youth, Assisting the Ministry of Labour of the Kingdom of Bahrain in establishing Career Expo – a career Fair for Young Job Seekers; organizing outings and activities for the elderly and less privileged families; arranging events where the funds raised were donated in support of variety of social humanitarian projects; raising BD 40,000 from the annual Bahrain Golf Invitational that was donated to Al Wafa Center, a project initiated and developed by the Club; raising funds for the purchase of various medical equipments and the highly successful Earth Day Art Competition (http://earthdaybahrain.org) through which BD20,000 was donated to the Ministry of Social Development toward its building an art workshop for persons of special needs. Some of those paintings created at the Competition are available for sale on a specially created website at http://earthdaybahrain.org. The proceeds of their sales will go toward the various club activities and endeavours within the community.