Oman on the path towards all round development

Oman on the path towards all round development

Muscat: More effective social protection for Omanis, programmes to help in early childhood development, reopening of nurseries, helping the Ministry of Health run awareness campaigns, and teaching young people life skills that they will need as adults are the most important ways in which UNICEF has been collaborating with the government of Oman. Ted Chaiban, UNICEF's Regional Head for the Middle East and North Africa, said he was keen on collaborating with different government entities to help them create programmes that can help provide the right skills to today's youth, both in the form of academic curriculum, as well as through real-life exercises that will see them learn to use their abilities in a practical manner. "In Oman, we are here to work with the Omani government and organisations to support child rights in the country, and help the country progress towards Vision 2040, by aiding its children," he said. "What we do regionally is work on child rights through the region, which goes all the way from Morocco to the tip of the Gulf. We look at issues such as health, nutrition, education and child protection, including in some of the conflict countries in the region."We focus a lot