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By RASHA AL QAHTANI
MANAMA
THE Bahraini family of a missing toddler will be evacuating from their dilapidated house in Samaheej today to temporary accommodation in the area. The move follows directives from Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa on Friday to rebuild the family's house immediately.
Three-year-old Bader Jawad Hussain Mubarak vanished while playing outside his home on July 10.
Muharraq Governor Salman Bin Hindi and municipal council chairman Mohammed Hammada visited the family on Friday and informed them of the Premier's decision.
"I visited the family along with the governor and the Samaheej Municipal councillor to have a look at their house," said Mr Hammada."We found that the house was on the waiting list of the dilapidated homes' scheme and we told the family that it will be evacuated in two days so that work on rebuilding the house can be carried out immediately."
He said that the family will evacuate the house today and will be housed in a temporary flat at the Premier's expense."We would like to thank the Premier for his concern and care for the family and for speeding up the process of the grant," he said.
Bader's eldest brother Mohammed, 23, praised the Premier's support, which he said eased the family's suffering."We are all very thankful for the Premier's support as the house is in a very bad shape and could collapse at any minute," said Mr Mohammed.
"This brings some happiness to the family, but it will not be complete without the return of Bader."
Mr Mohammed said the search was still continuing and thanked the efforts of the Interior Ministry.
"We really appreciate the efforts by the Interior Ministry which works day and night to find Bader," he said.
The Samaheej Sports Club in collaboration with the Interior Ministry started a search campaign for Bader.Club executive head Mohammed Al Nowakhdha said the club had started media, social and advertising search campaigns.
"We have started with posting stickers with Bader's picture and story in Urdu, Bengali, English and Arabic all over Samaheej and neighbouring areas including cold stores, shops and other public places," said Mr Al Nowakhdha."We are not a charity fund but we wanted to show our support and help in the search for Bader."
Mr Al Nowakhdha said they were trying to help the family with financial support from the club's budget."The family is living in really poor conditions and have necessities that they cannot afford, so we are trying our best to help as much as we can," he said.
"We hope to find Bader and will continue helping the family."The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society distributed 5,000 posters in both English and Arabic with Bader's picture and the story of his disappearance.
The posters are being distributed throughout Samaheej and Muharraq and supermarkets including Midway, Al Osra, Al Jazira, Jawad, in addition to coffee shops and malls.The society sent hundreds of MMS messages to various societies and individuals in addition to 10,000 e-mails.
It also plans to collaborate with the private sector and other individuals to donate money to Bader's family.
The society set up its own hotline for people to call with information on 17531822 or 39458605.
The Interior Ministry is asking people to call 999 if they have any information on Bader's whereabouts.
It was first thought Bader had fallen down a nearby sewer but this was discounted after firemen opened it up on July 10.Rescue teams carried out a second search of sewers in the area on Monday, using hi-tech listening and camera equipment. Officials say the search is continuing by land, sea and air.
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