Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud received at the Royal Court in Yamama Palace today Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of Board of Directors of Disabled Children Association (DCA), Prince Turki bin Mohamed bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of DCA Committee on Humanitarian Service Prize, DCA members and Prize Committee members. Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz delivered a speech before King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz in the name of handicapped children, their families, and philanthropic workers and donors, expressing thanks and gratitude for the monarch's generosity, support, patronage and acceptance of the DCA's prize for humanitarian services. He stated that DCA that people agreed to term it (Watan Association) represents the role and care of the sate and philanthropic citizens and private sector yielding an organization of world-class integrated free services rendered in 16 centers all over the Kingdom, and other 4 centers under construction. Prince Sultan bin Salman added the DCA provides services to some thousands of children annually, thousands of others complete the rehabilitation program. He stated that all those are indebted to leadership, government and people of the Kingdom of Humanity for the services matching or even more than what is provided in the countries that are most advanced and most concerned with disabilities issue. DCA Chairman lauded DCA scientific research activities, national handicap awareness program, and the pioneering institutional Wakf "endowment" strategy. He concluded that citizens go along with the monarch's steps to firmly establish moderation, dialogue, co-existence and humanitarian work as essential values on which the country is based, praying to Allah to protect the monarch and the Crown Prince and to sustain welfare for everybody. Then, Prince Sultan bin Salman, DCA Chairman, and Prince Turki bin Mohamed bin Fahad, Chairman of DCA Committee on Humanitarian Service Prize, presented the document and badge of DCA Humanitarian Service Prize to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques . Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud lauded the efforts exerted by DCA and its officials and the humanitarian services it renders to the Saudi people, extending his thanks to all workers. The audience was attended by a number of princes and senior officials. In a statement to the press after the meeting, officials of DCA expressed their thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his care and patronage of DCA activities.
