Participants at the event.
Nama Center, one of Qatar Foundation for Social Work’s affiliated centres, has organised a special ceremony to honour the teachers and students who participated in its ‘Sekik’ life skills development project, in the presence of the heads of departments and media representatives, in the centre’s headquarters. Awards were given to teachers for their excellent performance during the training.
Seven educational projects have been implemented as part of the ‘Sekik’ programme, inspired by everyday life skills. Participating schools competed to offer their best through implementing the workshops and creatively presenting information. Hanan Amin Al Tairi, from Amna Bint Wahab Preparatory School for Girls, won the first place, and Shrooq Al Mohannadi, from the Qatar Independent School of Banking and Business Administration for Girls, came in the second place. The third place went to Huda Musawi Osman, from Amna Bint Wahab Independent Secondary School for Girls.
‘Sekik’ programme aims at improving life styles and skills, the main engine for developing youth capacities to become effective and productive members in the community. Through its ‘Sekik’ project, Nama seeks to build the capacities and minds of young people to enable them to think positively, perform better in life, and strengthen their identity. The project is divided into two programmes. The first is the "Life Skills Training Program", which revolves around developing the training capacity of teachers so that they can properly deal with the students and train them to develop their basic cognitive and life skills. The second programme is the "Life Enhancement Training Program", which involves providing students with the personal and social skills necessary to take steps towards achieving their goals. It also aims at helping students better understand their personal behaviours and improve their self-esteem so as to shape a brighter future for themselves and their community. The teachers delivered 32 workshops in 10 different schools, with nearly 130 educational activities offered to students. These activities focused on enhancing personal and social skills.
Maryam bint Abdullatif Al Mannai, Community Services Manager Acting Executive Manager of Nama Center, said: “This special event is a tribute to the participation of teachers and students in the project and to the recognition of their outstanding interest and interaction during ‘Sekik’ project’s training activities. We are truly pleased to realise this remarkable achievement, which is a great success for our approach that is based on investment in human capital and active participation in training, qualification and awareness-raising among members of the community, especially the youth, and preparing them to meet future challenges through the application of educational and training systems to produce concrete and sustainable results.”
