10/24/2022
Qatar Charity (QC) honored the winning youth volunteer initiatives of the third season of its ‘Initiatives Challenge’ program, which was implemented during the holy month of Ramadan to promote Qatar Charity's humanitarian projects in new and innovative ways. The winners were honored in appreciation of their efforts and role in supporting these projects.
At the ceremony, prizes, certificates of appreciation, and honorary shields were distributed to the winning youth initiatives, in addition to honoring other participating initiatives and judges. ‘Future Compass’, ‘Shabab 22’, and ‘O Type’ were the first, second, and third winners, respectively, of the program.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Faisal Al- Fehaida, CEO’s Assistant for the Programs and Community Development Sector at Qatar Charity, congratulated the volunteers of the winning teams, expressing Qatar Charity's pride in their outstanding voluntary efforts in community service in several important areas. He also thanked the judges for their efforts in evaluating the initiatives' activities according to specific professional and methodological standards.
He said that this program stems from Qatar Charity’s interest in supporting youth volunteer initiatives, promoting the culture of volunteering among the community, encouraging young people to take initiative and contribute to community service, paying attention to humanitarian issues, and helping those who are in need.
The director of Qatar Voluntary Center Moaidh Al-Qahtani, who was a judge of the program, said that participating teams were distinguished by cooperation and worked in a team spirit to provide humanitarian and voluntary work.
The winners expressed their happiness with the honor, considering it as an incentive for them to make more efforts in community service. Eman Al Obaide, the founder of the ‘Future Compass’ initiative, which won the first place in the program, said that she is happy with this win, and considered the ‘Initiatives Challenge’ program as one of the platforms that help youth initiatives implement projects that contribute to the community development and build the community work system in the country.
Mr. Musaed Sultan Abdullah, the founder of the ‘Shabab 22’ initiative, which won second place, said that this honor encourages the participants to make more efforts to serve the community.
Hanan Abu Al Hussein from the ‘O Type’ initiative that won the third place, expressed her happiness with the win, thanking Qatar Charity for supporting youth initiatives.
It is worth mentioning that the ‘Initiatives Challenge’ program is a voluntary humanitarian competition between several initiatives in implementing community programs innovatively during Ramadan within the fields of work of Qatar Charity. At the end of the program, the results are evaluated according to a set of criteria to select the best three initiatives as winners.