Introductory meeting for NGOs about the Sheikha Hessa Bint Salman Al Khalifa Award for Youth Voluntary Work

11-02-2020

The NGOs Support Centre, affiliated with the Directorate of NGOs at the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Women, held an introductory meeting on the Shaikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa Award for Voluntary Youth Work today, Saturday, at the centre’s hall in Juffair. The meeting was attended by several civil society organisations registered with the Ministry. During the lecture, Mr Duaij Al Amer, an equal opportunities specialist at the Supreme Council for Women, reviewed the award’s main objectives, which revolve around spreading and promoting the concept of volunteer work culture and highlighting its moral value as a national and humanitarian duty. He also highlighted the role of individuals and groups in achieving achievements, creativity and sustainability in volunteer work projects, as well as fostering a spirit of competition and highlighting youth initiatives in implementing distinguished projects aimed at serving the community. Al Amer also addressed the conditions for applying for the award, including that the participant must be of Bahraini nationality, between the ages of 18 and 35, and that the participating collective artworks must be under a legal umbrella, i.e. affiliated with an educational institution, university, or civil society organisation. He explained that the award’s fields are based on the best volunteer work at the individual level and the best volunteer work at the group level.