MUSCAT: Ministry of Social Development (MOSD) has distributed more than OMR 300,000 to over 2,600 people in Al Buraimi Governorate as part of social security until the end of August 2021.

Sultan bin Saif Al Alawi, Assistant Director of the Social Development Department in Al Buraimi Governorate said OMR 311,792 were distributed to 2689 cases. “The social care is divided into two parts. The first is social security that includes categories such as orphans, widows, divorced women, families of prisoners, and unmarried women. In addition to disability and old aged people. The second section is represented in social assistance through the disbursement of sums of money provided to groups not benefiting from social security and divided into monthly financial assistance. Until August end, we have distributed OMR 26,806 to 168 cases,” Al Alawi added.