Airport shop to help families
12 May 2006



A new store for productive families was opened at the Bahrain International Airport yesterday. It was part of the Social Development Ministry's BD1 million plan to boost productive families projects.

"The store exhibits various products made by the productive families and will be promoted for airport visitors of different nationalities," ministry local community development director Badriya Al Jeeb told the GDN.

"The airport provided us with a good-sized place in the departures hall and offered it rent-free. "The store currently occupies products of 25 productive families, including wood products, incense, gifts, and baskets. "Next month, another 25 productive families will exhibit their products so that everyone benefits from the new store."

Ms Badriya said even while setting up the store, before the opening, a number of people showed interest in buying products. "I am sure that this store will be a great success and the families will benefit from it greatly," she said.

"It is currently being run by the ministry, but will be run by the productive families themselves after three months," she said. "The ministry is now getting ready to open another productive families store in the Seef district."

The ministry promotes the productive families' products by holding exhibitions on national occasions and events at malls and hotels. More than 100 families benefit from the scheme and the ministry is hoping to raise the number of families in five years to 500. It recently issued a special productive families booklet promoting a number of handmade products.

The opening ceremony was attended by Social Development Ministry finance and administration under-secretary Ibrahim Hassan and Transportation Ministry airport management acting director Mohammed Al Kaabi.

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