Helping Camel Jockeys

UAE Delegation Holds Workshop on Child Trafficking for Mauritania Judiciary

WAM, May 30, 2008
The UAE Ministry of Interior and UNICEF organized a two-day training workshop on child smuggling and trafficking in Nouakchott, as part of its three-day visit to Mauritania to oversee and ensure the speedy rehabilitation of Mauritanian children who once worked as camel jockeys...cont.

Former Child Jockeys in Mauritania Get Compensation

WAM, May 29, 2008
Brigadier Nasser Al Awadhi Al-Minhali, Chairman of the UAE Special Committee for Rehabilitation of Camel Jockeys, presented a cheque for US $221,000 to Her Excellency Fatima Bint Khatri, Mauritania's Minister for Women's Promotion, Childhood and Family, as direct compensation for 91 young former camel jockeys who earlier worked in the UAE. A high level UAE delegation, comprising senior officials from the Ministry of Interiors, recently visited Mauritania to oversee a UAE-backed UNICEF programme that is working towards integrating the former camel jockeys into mainstream society...cont.

UAE Contribution to Child Protection Fund Lauded

The International News, May 8, 2008
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has appreciated the $67,000 contribution to endowment fund, for the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau created by the UAE government. He said this while talking to Ali Muhammad Al-Shamsi, Ambassador of the UAE, who called on him here on Wednesday...cont.

UAE Team Visits Rehabilitation Centres for Camel Kids

Business Recorder, April 19, 2007
A UAE interior ministry delegation visited Pakistan to pursue progress made in the implementation of reintegration and rehabilitation programme of camel jockey boys...cont.