Protégés kickoff sixth season of youth program

Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of international Ooredoo Group, has recently announced its sponsorship of the sixth season of the Protégés, the youth development program which will start by the beginning of July and continue for 6 weeks. 

During a press conference held at the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs premises last Sunday, Yousef Al Shallal, Senior Manager of CSR, Sponsorship and Social media stated that Ooredoo is keen on supporting initiatives that aim youth development, and emphasized on the importance of the partnership with various state sectors to accomplish this target. 

Al Shallal said: “Sponsoring youth-related activities comes in line with our corporate social responsibility strategy that is based on three key values: caring, connecting and challenging. We are proud of our partnership with the Protégés, an initiative that has achieved great success over the past few years, and we are confident that this program will be useful to all the participants. We look forward to seeing the end result of this season.” 

Eman Al-Rasheed, Executive Manager of the Protégés said that this year’s program will include a trip to Boston College in Massachusetts – USA. This is in addition to the annual program activities that aim to reinforce the social and personal skills of youth, develop their self-awareness, and improve their critical and creative thinking. The program includes workshops, projects, and open discussion circles. She stated: "Our main objective is to find young talents and provide them with the opportunity to excel. We hope that these young people get the chance to participate in lectures and training sessions that will have a huge positive impact on their lives now and in the future." 

Abdullah Al-Shatti, Head of Entrepreneurship Division at the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs stated that the Ministry is keen on taking part in such projects that focus on youth, which translates the vision of His Highness the Amir, who mentioned on numerous occasions the importance of investing in youth and assisting them to reach their highest potential. 

“At the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs we focus on empowering youth and preparing a national system with international standards for monitoring, evaluating and measuring the impact of youth empowerment projects by partnering with the right organizations.” Added Al Shatti. 

The Protégés program was launched in 2010 to mentor youth between the age of 16 and 24 by local iconic figures in different fields. For more information about the program, please visit www.theproteges.org.