H E Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Founder and Chairman of the Board at Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation with officials and guests during ALF Award Ceremony for Destination Imagination programme.
Doha: Al-Faisal Without Borders Foundation (Alf) recently organised an awards ceremony to honour students who won in the educational programmes offered by the foundation.
The two programmes are “Destination Imagination,” implemented by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and “Farm your Country,” implemented by the ALF Foundation in cooperation with the Municipality, represented by the Public Parks Administration, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar for the current season of 2022-23.
The “Destination Imagination” programme, which has been implemented by the foundation for the ninth consecutive year, is a global programme that has been applied for 40 years in more than 30 countries and about 50 states in the United States of America. The programme aims to empower children and students of all ages, focusing on developing 21st century leadership and root skills.
The ceremony was held at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) and was attended by H E Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Founder and Chairman of the Board at Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation; Maha Zayed Al Rawili, Assistant Undersecretary for Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Eng. Abdulatif Ali Al-Yafaei, General Manager of Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation; Mona El Helbawi, General Manager of the Education, Culture and Sports Sector at Al Faisal Holding (ARIES Cluster); Omar Al Naama, Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs at the Ministry, Dr. Salem Al-Naemi, President of Qatar University for Science and Technology, Dr. Khalid Al-Horr, President of Community College in Qatar, and Dr. Nasser Al- Al-Nuaimi, Associate Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies of Qatar University. Also in attendance was Fatima Al Obaidli, Head of Activities Department at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Approximately 700 students representing around 30 government and private schools were honoured for achieving the top three positions in various challenges of the programme out of a total of 70 schools that competed during the 2022-23 academic season.
As for the “Farm your Country” programme, which has been implemented by the foundation for the eighth consecutive year, it is a productive awareness programme aimed at teaching students how to produce food by teaching them to grow vegetables and ornamental plants to decorate their schools and homes. It promotes self-reliance, initiative, and utilizing their potential to manage their own resources for future generations.
120 students representing 12 winning schools were honoured for achieving the top positions out of a total of 34 schools that competed during the academic season of 2022-23.
Sheikh Faisal announced a special prize that will be implemented from the next academic season in the “Farm your Country” programme, which is the establishment of a botanical garden in the school that wins the excellence award in the programme for innovation and outstanding level, presented by the participating students to ensure the addition of sustainability to the goals that have been worked on in the mechanisms and application of the programme.
