LIVELIHOOD PROJECT FOR THE POOR IN OMAN

Abstract

Livelihood Resource Projects is part of social security support program that is established by the Ministry of Social Development, MSD, in Oman under the name “Mawarid Al-Rizq”. This is a targeted program to create essential work for the needy families to become productive on their own. The objective is to make those families depend on their own capabilities and experience in different regions in the country. The program will gradually turn them into self-reliance families who can generate dependently their monthly income (Manpower, 2014). This initiative will make them slowly graduate out of social security benefits that are freely granted to them due to their difficult conditions. This program will help the authorities to combat the begging phenomenon which is harmful and has its negative consequences on the society which appears due to illiteracy, few jobs, bad living conditions and emigrating from one area to another. Furthermore, livelihood projects aim at creating a source of income for the beneficiaries to raise their standard of living. The study is conceptual in nature and analytical method is used based on the secondary documentations. It was found that the project will promote a sense of the importance for this category of people so they can earn their own living and to deepen the thought of self-employment among such social groups in order to create productive families. Finally, this step will have its positive effect on the economy and will enhance the economic development in different regions in the country.