Community Jameel

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Tackling Global Water Scarcity and Food Shortages

By engaging experts in climate, biology, water sciences, politics, and economics we address critical issues related to global food and water resources and help convert the results to practical and beneficial outcomes.

Designing and Implementing Worldclass Healthcare Projects

We aim to change the lives of the least fortunate by providing at-risk communities with quality healthcare programmes and facilities. We are working hard to elevate standards of living and improve the quality of life across our region and beyond.

Helping young people achieve their ambitions

A diverse range of initiatives which helps in creating jobs for men and women, such as interest-free loans for budding small-business entrepreneurs and training programmes that enable them to own and operate trucks and taxis.

Breaking the Cycle of Extreme Poverty

A multifaceted programme provides ultra-poor households with practical support and advice to empower them to create livelihoods, boost income, and inspire permanent and positive change.

Exposing Arabian Art and Culture to the world

A diverse range of initiatives creates jobs for men and women, such as interest-free loans for budding small-business entrepreneurs and training programmes that enable them to own and operate trucks and taxis.

Our Inception

Community Jameel was formally established in 2003 as a social enterprise organisation, operating a wide range of initiatives that promote and contribute towards positive societal change and economic sustainability.

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Our Purpose

Working with our international partners, we provide social programmes to address and research solutions for challenges affecting communities around the world, such as hunger, poverty, unemployment, and food and water security. In this way we hope to give everyone the chance to build a better world.

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Making an Impact

Through our initiatives we aspire to give everybody the chance to help to build a better world, by giving people the power to improve their lives and the lives of those around them.

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Changing Lives

We do not define people by their problems but by their potential. That’s why we invest in training, job creation, and businesses aimed at helping communities transform themselves. It’s also why we support and showcase art and artists to inspire and nurture people worldwide.

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Job Creation

900k job opportunities in 18 years

At Bab Rizq Jameel, we support promising young men and women throughout the Arab world to find brighter futures and advance their potential. To date, we have helped to create more than 720,000 jobs in a wide variety of industries across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, and Turkey. *Unverified

Arts and Culture

400+ pieces on display at the Jameel Art Gallery for Islamic Art

We launched Art Jameel, our dedicated arts and culture programme, in 2010 to establish a regional platform to nurture the development of creativity and to directly support the arts scene and stimulate the creative industry throughout the Middle East.

Global Development

400 million people positively impacted by initiatives implemented

A better life for more than 400 million people
Our enthusiasm for alleviating global poverty for all those concerned goes beyond reducing the effects of poverty by creating opportunities for sustainable communities.

Arts and Culture

400+ pieces on display at the Jameel Art Gallery for Islamic Art

Global Development

400 million people positively impacted by initiatives implemented

Education

96k students benefited through INJAZ Saudi Arabia

Through Education Jameel, we champion education for people of all ages to empower them to lead better lives and enable them to positively contribute a better world. We create sustainable personal and professional development and promote global awareness of the emerging talent across the Arab world and beyond.

Global Development

400 million people positively impacted by initiatives implemented

Education

96k students benefited through INJAZ Saudi Arabia

Health and Society

60k patients rehabilitated since 1995

We’re committed to improving the health and wellbeing of Saudi Arabia’s vulnerable citizens. We built and funded the Abdul Latif Jameel Hospital, the first non-profit rehabilitation hospital in Saudi Arabia providing comprehensive rehabilitation and care for adults and children.

Bab Rizq Jameel and Kafalah join forces to help SME start-ups get off the ground

Bab Rizq Jameel Microfinance Company has teamed up with Kafalah, the Saudi government’s SME financing programme

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News & Events

Stay up to date with our latest news stories and events to find out more about our social initiatives and programmes.

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Rapid response research centre to predict and prevent global health crises

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J-PAL co-founders awarded the Noble Prize in Economics

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