Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) revealed that the economic value of volunteer work in Saudi Arabia has surged, as its total economic return reached more than SR923 million.

The indicators of the volunteer work in the Kingdom in 2022 showed that it has achieved accomplishments that exceeded the MHRSD’s goals.

The number of volunteers raised to more than 658,000 men and women volunteers (without repetition), while the number of volunteers (with repetition) was more than 5.4 million

The Ministry said that the economic value of the volunteer hour amounted to more than SR64 per person.

More than 373,000 volunteer opportunities were provided in more than 20 fields, with a total of about 40 million volunteer hours, MHRSD said.

It confirmed that more than 65 million beneficiary benefited in different regions of Saudi Arabia.

MHRSD said that the number of individuals registered in its National platform for volunteer work amounted to more than 1.2 million people.

The number of institutions providing volunteer opportunities reached more than 5.2 thousand.