Stressing on the importance of community service, humanitarian relief and respect for human rights, Bahrain Polytechnic aims to continue making community service an essential part of its educational programs.
In order to achieve this, Bahrain Polytechnic invited members of the Migrant Workers Protection Society recently, where both the Chairpersons, Ms. Marietta Diaz and General Secretary Ms. Beverly Hamada, gave a lecture on the situation of migrant workers in the Kingdom, indicating that the role lies on the Bahraini Community and the Bahraini Citizen on the application of noble humanitarian principles that prevent the suffering of migrant workers and contribute to the continuous improvement of their situation.
The Polytechnic’s School of Humanities facilitates this program, which addresses a variety of topics designed to provide students with information that would contribute to strengthening the culture of community service and volunteerism in support for the growth and development of the society.
The lecture helped to educate the students and staff of the activities and objectives of the association, which aims to safeguard human rights, the right to improve and provide a safe and healthy environment for workers in the place of residence and work through awareness campaigns that aim to highlight and ensure a safe working environment and to educate the workers on a continues basis to raise awareness, including meeting health and safety standards and others relating matters.
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Polytechnic, Dr. Mohamed Ebrahim Al Aseeri, praised the cooperation of the Society and its members of which returns in benefit to the students and staff of the Polytechnic and contributes to educate them in the humanitarian field, stressing on the importance of integrating community service in education because of its active role in the advancement of communities, encouraging all employees of the Polytechnic to take the initiative to participate in community service at every opportunity available.
The society is a non-profit charity, licensed by the Ministry of Social Development and managed by a group of volunteers since its inception in 2005, which work on four main committees: Action Committee, Shelter Committee, Labour Saftey & Welfare Committee and the Fundraising Committee.
