Education and training initiatives within the local communities:

• Offering scholarships to students at Buraimi College

• Providing training courses to individuals within local communities

• Awarding top 10 high school students within the Shinas region valuable gifts such as laptops

• Specific women’s training initiatives including training of a local community in computers, tailoring and beautician courses

Sustainable development projects within local communities:

• Street lighting in a local community

• Supporting youth football teams

• Building livestock and poultry yards

• Construction of a Mosque and Majlis in Arja village

• Construction of shops as ‘Waqf’ in Arja village, which when rented support running and maintenance costs of such facilities to enable sustainability

Employment initiatives:

• Providing employment to individuals within local communities

• Mawarid currently employs over 400 employees of which about 75% are Omanis.

Sponsorship of local events and seminars promoting Omani culture and history, such as:

• ‘Shinas through history’ seminar

• Eid local celebrations events

• Liwa cultural forum

Mawarid sponsorship of Environment Day exhibition in Sohar:

• Sohar International School and Al-Batinah International School participation

• Various activities such as environment story telling, planting, contests, workshops and drawing of children presented by Mawarid

Providing charity and donations to local communities, such as:

• Distribution of food during Ramadhan

• Donations to specific local requests and projects

• Zakat contribution and charity to help people in need