Onaizah Association for Development and Human Services (Ta'heel) is a non-profit charitable association founded in the year 1420 AH and registered under No. 160 in the Register of Charitable Societies by decision of His Excellency the Minister of Human Resources and Social Affairs No. 239521 dated 8/29/1420 AH, and its bylaws were published in Umm Al-Qura newspaper in 11/19/1420 AH. The association is concerned with providing an integrated system of education, care, rehabilitation, treatment, empowerment and training services for various disability groups of all age groups to make people with disabilities and their families happy by adopting the best quality practices and institutional work to achieve economic sustainability and social impact that contributes to achieving the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

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The association’s achievements at the local and external levels: :
  • Princess Seetah Award for Excellence in Social Work - First Place 2016.
  • The association was honored by the Council of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries for the year 2014.
  • King Khaled Excellence Award for Non-Profit Organizations - first place 2013.
  • Prince Faisal bin Bandar Award for Saudization and localization of competencies.
  • The association obtained the ISO 9001/2015 standard.
  • The association obtained the ISO 45001/2018 standard.
  • The association learns to apply international CARF standards to obtain international accreditation for its services.
Vision and mission:

The association carries an ambitious vision through which it seeks to enter the world of leadership in the quality and comprehensiveness of services and programs provided to persons with disabilities at the local, regional and global levels. The association works in accordance with international quality control programs in all its work to keep pace with the latest global aspirations in the field of care, rehabilitation and education of persons with disabilities.

Vision :

Leadership in making people with disabilities happy at the regional and international levels.

The message :

"Unayzah Association for Development and Human Services Taheel is a non-profit organization that seeks to meet the needs of people with disabilities and their families by adopting the best methodologies and systems for the quality and comprehensiveness of services within the framework of a comprehensive future vision to bring about a positive change in their lives that enables them to integrate into society and participate in it effectively.".

The organization's goals ::
  • Providing a comprehensive system of care programs and services, education, rehabilitation, treatment, and training according to a modern vision.
  • Enabling people with disabilities to fully integrate into society and obtain their acquired rights.
  • Enhancing family and community members awareness of the needs of people with disabilities through distinct and effective education and training programs.
  • Encouraging and supporting the conduct of research and studies related to people with disabilities.
  • Training cadres working in the field of care, education, rehabilitation and treatment of the disabled.
  • Supporting efforts to provide services of outstanding quality.
  • Expanding the operation of services for the disabled in the Kingdom to reach the maximum extent permitted by available capabilities.
Association Board of Directors:

The Board of Directors consists of a group of male volunteers who have qualifications and experience in various fields and have a social standing. They have contributed with their ideas and follow-up to creating a qualitative shift in the association and the services it provides. The association enjoys the honorary presidency of His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Riyadh Region, and the association’s board of directors is headed by retired Major General and former Governor of Unayzah, Abdullah Al-Yahya Al-Salim, and an elite group of businessmen.

Introduction to the city of Unayzah Humanitarian Society:

The Onaizah Humanitarian Society City Project is considered a national, regional, and pioneering sustainable development project that is concerned with the development of the human element in order to achieve the optimal investment of human energy at their different levels, genders, ages, and individual differences, given that the human element is the basis of development in all areas of social, cultural, industrial, technological, ethical, and other areas of life. Just as the human being is the goal and goal of development, he is also its tool, means, planner, implementer, and culprit of its fruits.

This project focuses primarily on investing the potential energy of individuals with disabilities of all categories, whether they are from the categories of those suffering from functional disability or any of the developmental, developmental or sensory problems or mental and multiple disabilities in order to qualify them, educate them, train them and empower them to be productive and active members of their society under the slogan of equality. Opportunities and creating all opportunities and environmental factors that will support work in society to achieve participation in construction for all.

This project aims to achieve and implement disability prevention programs at its three levels stipulated by the World Health Organization, the first and second levels of which aim to reduce the incidence of disabilities of all kinds and activate programs that aim to prevent the development of functional disabilities that lead to permanent disabilities, and the third level which aims to plan And implementing treatment, care, rehabilitation, education, training and empowerment projects and programmes, which aim to rehabilitate people with disabilities and reintegrate them into society.

Strategic directions:

Within the association’s strategic vision, through which it seeks to expand the services provided to persons with disabilities in a specialized manner by working to establish an integrated city for humanitarian services, which represents the dream city, “a system of specialized centers to provide integrated and comprehensive specialized services for all categories of persons with disabilities in one place with the aim of providing All specialized services for people with medical, educational, psychological, rehabilitative, social and vocational disabilities for all disability categories of all age groups and achieving leadership in the level of type and quality of services provided at the Kingdom, regional and global levels. The association began planning to establish an integrated project for humanitarian services in the Qassim region to be a growing project through which the association will reach At the regional and global level, according to the strategic directions adopted by the Association’s Board of Directors in 2013, to begin implementing the city according to 3 stages:

  • The first stage: rules, establishment, studies and plans for the city of Onaizah Humanitarian Society - Strategic Plan 2013 - 2018 AD.
  • The second stage: completing the remaining projects and competing in the Arab world as the best Arab charitable organization - strategic plan 2019 - 2023 AD.
  • The third stage: Operating all the city’s projects with a global perspective and global competition to enter among the top ten institutions at the global level. – Strategic plan 2024-2029.
Justifications for establishing the city:
  • Investing in the general direction of the state to support the services sector in the Kingdom and privatize this sector while purchasing services from the private sector and empowering it in society as part of the sustainable development adopted by the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
  • Providing government support opportunities for people with disabilities through a payment system, with a move towards privatizing the services sector for people with disabilities, from which this project can greatly benefit.
  • In line with the Kingdom’s approach to encouraging investment in medical tourism to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and contributing to supporting the national economy.
  • Adopting the Kingdom's strategy through the vision to raise the level of the charitable sector's contribution to the domestic product and adopting such development projects will contribute to supporting this vital sector.
  • The great interest that the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pays in the field of special education and rehabilitation at the level of preparing university competencies capable of working in this field, which has placed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the top of the list of Gulf countries targeted for providing services to many of the people of the Kingdom, the Arab Gulf countries and others.
  • Providing competencies and expertise working in the field of care and rehabilitation of the disabled in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whether citizen graduates or experts and practitioners recruited from outside the Kingdom, who will contribute to the localization of expertise in the Kingdom through training and educating citizens.
  • The steady increase in the number of disabled people of all categories in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the Arab Gulf countries, which require comprehensive services in care, rehabilitation, special education, early intervention, and supportive medical services.
  • The inability of centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to meet the needs of people with disabilities for comprehensive services for reasons related to the size of institutions or the limited vision to serve a specific category of people with disabilities and reducing waiting lists for government centers located in the region.
  • The lack of a sufficient number of research centers concerned with implementing research and studies on disabilities, programs, services, survey studies, and providing research, scientific, and service consultations in most regions of the Kingdom.
  • Providing distinguished quality services according to the latest international experiences to a number of disabled people from the region and other regions in the Kingdom to improve the clear shortage of services directed to groups of severe and multiple disabilities and those with developmental delays such as autism, whether day care services, transitional education, residential services, or community services.
  • The clear lack of services directed to post-childhood age groups over 14 years of age, especially vocational rehabilitation and employment programmes, with a high focus of services on groups in the early and late childhood stages.
  • ضعف الاحترافية الواضح في تقديم الخدمات لذوي الإعاقة مع عدم مناسبة البيئة العمرانية أو التربوية أو التجهيزات الفنية في كثير من المراكز.
  • The apparent lack of professionalism in providing services to people with disabilities, with the inappropriate urban or educational environment or technical equipment in many centers.
Targeted people:

All categories of people with disabilities and developmental delays and from all age groups, males and females.

Global statistical indicators:
National statistical indicators within the Kingdom. All statistics from the 2016 Demographic Survey - General Authority for Statistics:
Local statistical indicators within the Qassim region. All statistics from the 2016 demographic survey - General Authority for Statistics:
  • More than one billion people in the world have some form of disability, which represents approximately 15% of the world’s population today (Source: World Health Organization 2011)
  • 13.5% of the total world population at the end of the twentieth century. (WHO 2015)
  • International Labor Organization statistics indicate that 60-80% of people with disabilities in developing countries live in rural areas far from specialized centers and institutions where they do not receive any educational, rehabilitation or health services.
  • The population of the Kingdom is 20,064,970 Saudi citizens, representing 67% of the total population of the Kingdom.
  • The number of people with disabilities in the Kingdom, according to the 2016 demographic survey of the General Authority for Statistics, is (667,280), and the percentage of people with disabilities in the Kingdom constitutes 3.3% of the total population (General Authority for Statistics - Demographic Survey of the Kingdom 2016)
  • The percentage of people with disabilities who do not receive services constitutes (33.2%) of the total number of people with disabilities in the Kingdom.
  • The population of the Qassim region, the center of the Humanitarian City, is (991,032) people, and the number of people with disabilities in the Kingdom is (667,280) out of the total population, and the number of disabled people in the Qassim region is (20,266).
  • The number of disabled people in the age group (1-9 years) in the Kingdom is (96,434), and they are the target group for early intervention services.
  • As for the number of disabled people in the age group (10-24 years), their number reached (166,612), and they are the target group for day care, vocational rehabilitation, and autism.
  • Mobility disability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the most common disability. The number of people with mobility disabilities is (254,679), representing (38%) of the total number of disabled people in the Kingdom, including (164,431) cases of severe mobility disabilities. Males represent (146,091) cases, accounting for (57%) of them.
  • Mental disability (those who need self-care, weak cognitive skills, and speech disorders) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the second most widespread disability. The number of mentally disabled people is (99,836), representing (15%) of the total disabled people in the Kingdom, of whom the percentage of males is the highest (60,323). (61%) cases. There are also (54,675) cases of severe mental disabilities.
  • Mobility disability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the most common disability. The number of people with mobility disabilities is (254,679), representing (38%) of the total number of disabled people in the Kingdom, including (164,431) cases of severe mobility disabilities. Males represent (146,091) cases, accounting for (57%) of them.
  • Mental disability (those who need self-care, weak cognitive skills, and speech disorders) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the second most widespread disability. The number of mentally disabled people is (99,836), representing (15%) of the total disabled people in the Kingdom, of whom the percentage of males is the highest (60,323). (61%) cases. There are also (54,675) cases of severe mental disabilities.
Number of people with disabilities in the cities and regions targeted by the city (city gender total):

"Male Female"

  • City: 22608 14410 37018
  • Riyadh: 98075 59334 157409
  • Qassim: 11031 9235 20266
  • Mecca: 98695 69401 168096
  • Tabuk: 18757 11860 30617
  • Total: 413406
City headquarters and scope of services:

The Humanitarian City is being implemented in the Unayzah Governorate in the Qassim region on a land area of more than 400,000 square meters. The site is distinguished by the fact that it connects a group of regions: Riyadh, Hail, Qassim, Medina, and the Western Region.

Objectives of the Humanitarian City:
  • Global competition and contributing to the qualitative development of services at the regional and global level and empowering the Kingdom in the field of services for people with disabilities as a technical, scientific, research and service reference at the Arab and international level and supporting the efforts made to provide services of distinguished quality and quality.
  • Influencing Arab and international legislation to develop systems, laws and legislation that enable groups of people with disabilities to obtain their acquired rights to a decent quality of life.
  • Meeting the basic needs of the target group by providing a comprehensive and specialized system of programs and services for care, education, rehabilitation, treatment, training and empowerment according to an ambitious future vision for the target groups of the city.
  • Activating the role of social responsibility among individuals and private entities capable of contributing to development projects.
  • Localizing expertise in the Kingdom by attracting cadres specialized in working with this category and training national cadres to work with them.