Hotel Jen Malé Maldives partnered up with UNDP for Promoting Disability Inclusive Forum.


Maldives
PUBLISHED July 02, 2018

Hotel Jen Malé Maldives recently partnered up with United Nations Development Program UNDP Maldives and took part in their "Promoting disability inclusive forum" which commenced on 23 June 2018 and held major discussions regarding the Housing Development Corporation project on smart cities.



The forum was chaired by Her Excellency Ms.Zenysha Shaeed Zaki, Minister of Gender and Family and senior officials of the ministry, Ooredoo Maldives, Housing development corporations. Participants from different NGO of the Maldives also took part in the event, including (Maldives Association of Physical Disables, Blind and Visually Impaired Society of Maldives, Maldives Deaf Association, Care Society, Maldives Autism Association, Beautiful Eyes Down Syndrome Association and Advocating the Rights of Children). 

The PDID forum aimed to review and improve the infrastructure development, especially in highlight challenges being experienced by persons with disabilities in exercising their rights as equal citizens and raise awareness on enabling mechanism and opportunity that reduce these challenges and allow people with disabilities to participate as an equal citizen in mainstream society.



Hotel Jen Male Maldives as the host partner for this event highlighted on their People with Disability program which is a brand CSR initiative under the "Embrace" program. Ms Nina Mohamed Marketing & Communications Manager talked about the job opportunities available at the hotel for PWDs and that hotel Jen has been actively participating in giving back to the community through its CSR "Embrace" project throughout the years.



It is the global commitment of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to employ PWDs at each property. Hotel Jen Male Maldives aims to continue providing employment opportunities to locals with PWDs.

For more information regarding the Smart cities project please visit: https://hdc.com.mv/news/hulhumale-smart-cities-project-ooredoo-undp-maldives/

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