Addressing the gathering, the secretary general of the foundation said today's event is a dedication of phase one of Aldaihama project, describing it as the biggest charitable project implemented by the foundation. He recalled that King Abdullah has paid great attention to the right of citizens in obtaining private homes, noting that he ordered the increase of appropriations for popular housing to SR10 billion in the budget surplus this year.
He said the housing project's phase one includes 372 houses at a cost of SR100 million including primary utilities like mosques, schools, health care centers, social and cultural centers, training centers and basic services like water, electricity, telephone, drainage system, roads and electrification.
He said these houses are completely furnished, describing Aldaihama developmental housing project a nuclear of a modern city.
Then King Abdullah inaugurated the project's phase one, handing over ownership documents and home keys to a sample of beneficiaries. Then the foundation's deputy Secretary General Iyad bin Ameen Madani gave away a gift to the king to mark the occasion.
The attendees then had lunch with the king.
The reception and the documents handing over ceremony were attended by Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General; Prince Mit'eb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs; Prince Bandar bin Mohammed bin Abdulrahman; Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud; Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior; Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; Prince Bandar bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz; Prince Abdulah bin Abdulaziz; Prince Abdullah bin Musaed bin Abdulrahman; Prince Khalid bin Fahd bin khalid; Prince Miqren bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence; Prince Mohammed bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jazan region, other princes and ministers.
