Future only rewards initiators, and change will not come if we wait for another person or another time. We are the ones who create the future and we are the ones who initiate the change.
Sheikha Ohoud Al Sabah
Initiatives
Bayt Al Kuwait
Established in 2018, Bayt Al Kuwait is a non-profit production business that incubates, supports, and invests in cultural development and research projects. It was through Bayt Al Kuwait where various successful initiatives were birthed such as VO Kuwait.
The business was initially founded to encourage the revival of Kuwait’s cultural heritage through media production and copyrights initiatives.
VO Kuwait
VO is a Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talents. The platform was founded in July 2020 as a result of a fruitful collaboration between Sheikha Ohoud Al Sabah and Riham Al Ayyar aiming to empower local talents and position them in the global market. The platform includes a talent development academic program, an all-inclusive creative hub, and seamless, high-tech and efficient mobile application.
VO was founded in July 2020 as a result of a fruitful collaboration between Sheikha Ohoud Al Sabah and Riham Al Ayyar aiming to empower local talents and position them in the global market.
Al Ahd Al Khaled
Based in Kuwait, Al Ahd Al Khaled was founded in 2017 to support and execute humanitarian projects in Egypt. Since its inception, the non-profit supported schools in various Egyptian governorates, granted scholarships to economically disadvantaged students and refugees in Egypt, and built wards in public hospitals to support in-patient and out-patient care.
Achievements
- Funding the establishment of 50 community schools in Sohag and Assiut in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
- Supporting above 1500 students (females and males) aged 6 to 14 years old.
- Granting 9 university scholarships to students who are visually impaired and have graduated from the national school system to support their education journey and help them enroll in undergraduate programs.
- Granting 30 university scholarships to underprivileged students based in Egypt. The scholarships support students in Upper Egypt to enroll in prestigious universities and obtain their undergraduate degrees in the field of engineering and science.
- Offering individual scholarships that include tuition fees, school enrollment requirements, transportation and living expenses for a number of male and female students in Egypt.
- Construction of specialized medical wards in public hospitals, especially Ahl Masr Hospital for Burns.
- Providing a financial grant to the ENVISION Foundation, which specializes in treating patients with cancer and epilepsy, and spreading care for women for periodic examinations and precautions against breast cancer.
Qalam Excellence Education
Qalam was established in 2011 to support the differently abled in Kuwait. The non-profit provides education scholarships and grants to economically disadvantaged students who cannot afford the schools that accommodate their physical or cognitive needs.
Qalam’s mission is to promote the integration and independence of the differently abled in our societies through education.