Jood receives over 2 million donations, over 115,000 donors
Published: 10:07 AM,Jul 02,2024 | EDITED : 02:07 PM,Jul 02,2024
Muscat: The Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) has revealed that the total financial donations received by the 'Jood' digital platform for charitable donations since its activation in October 2023 and until the end of last June amounted to more than OMR 2,1 millions. The number of donors through this platform reached 115,533 donors.
The number of 'charities, charitable teams, and endowment institutions registered on the 'Jood' platform reached 30 associations, 63 teams, and 3 endowment institutions.
The total number of initiatives and programmes on the platform is about 597 initiatives and 181 programmes.
This comes as part of the media campaign launched by MoSD for the 'Jood' platform last June and continues during the current July in cooperation with a number of partner entities, namely: the Royal Oman Police, the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Information, the Follow-up Unit for the Implementation of Oman Vision 2040, the Public Prosecution, and the Government Communication Centre, in addition to charitable teams and associations; to achieve a number of objectives, such as strengthening the culture of giving in society, organizing donation operations by directing the public to donate through this platform, and encouraging the transition to the digital use of donations.
The 'Jood' platform for charitable donations is concerned with receiving donations and providing assistance to those who deserve it.
It brings together all voluntary charitable associations and teams in the Sultanate of Oman.
It enables individuals and institutions to donate electronically through secure payment channels. It is one of the goals and indicators of 'Oman Vision 2040', within the priority of social welfare and protection.
The platform aims to create a unified database to include the data of beneficiaries of charitable assistance and aid, reduce the time and effort required to study cases, deliver assistance to those who deserve it with ease, and ensure the security of beneficiary information and donations. The 'Jood' platform consists of four types of donations: donation according to the initiative, which means the initiatives submitted by charitable associations and teams in order to collect donations from the public, and examples of this include: general donations, orphan sponsorship, school meals, Eid clothing, ongoing charity, sacrifices, zakat, housing assistance, relief and disasters, and others, as well as donating according to the charity or charitable team, donating to a specific case, in addition to in-kind donations.
The number of 'charities, charitable teams, and endowment institutions registered on the 'Jood' platform reached 30 associations, 63 teams, and 3 endowment institutions.
The total number of initiatives and programmes on the platform is about 597 initiatives and 181 programmes.
This comes as part of the media campaign launched by MoSD for the 'Jood' platform last June and continues during the current July in cooperation with a number of partner entities, namely: the Royal Oman Police, the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Information, the Follow-up Unit for the Implementation of Oman Vision 2040, the Public Prosecution, and the Government Communication Centre, in addition to charitable teams and associations; to achieve a number of objectives, such as strengthening the culture of giving in society, organizing donation operations by directing the public to donate through this platform, and encouraging the transition to the digital use of donations.
The 'Jood' platform for charitable donations is concerned with receiving donations and providing assistance to those who deserve it.
It brings together all voluntary charitable associations and teams in the Sultanate of Oman.
It enables individuals and institutions to donate electronically through secure payment channels. It is one of the goals and indicators of 'Oman Vision 2040', within the priority of social welfare and protection.
The platform aims to create a unified database to include the data of beneficiaries of charitable assistance and aid, reduce the time and effort required to study cases, deliver assistance to those who deserve it with ease, and ensure the security of beneficiary information and donations. The 'Jood' platform consists of four types of donations: donation according to the initiative, which means the initiatives submitted by charitable associations and teams in order to collect donations from the public, and examples of this include: general donations, orphan sponsorship, school meals, Eid clothing, ongoing charity, sacrifices, zakat, housing assistance, relief and disasters, and others, as well as donating according to the charity or charitable team, donating to a specific case, in addition to in-kind donations.