In a humanitarian gesture, the Dean of Student Affairs of King Khalid University organized a trip for a number of students with special needs - the blind - to perform Umrah. He also visited the Center of the Special Needs at King Abdul Aziz University, in addition to a visit to the the Association of Haj and Umrah Gift, and an entertaining voyage in Jeddah City.

This initiative which was sponsored by the Guidance and Counseling Center of the Deanship, was the university's support to this precious segment of the community approved of the University President, Prof. Abdulrahman Hamad Aldawood. The delegation was headed by the Director of the Guidance and Counseling Center Dr. Saeed Al-Ahmari.

On this regard, the students concerned thanked the University President and the Dean of Student Affairs who are taking care of all students of the university irrespective of their peculiar conditions. The students also expressed their happiness regarding the great interest and concern shown to their conditions by the university authorities, and the desire to assist them overcome the difficulties they are exposed to.