Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation honours Destination Imagination winners

Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation honoured the winners of the 'Destination Imagination' programme for the academic year 2021/2022, on Sunday at a special event.
The ceremony was attended by HE Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani, founder and chairman of the board, Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation and Ministry of Education and Higher Education's Undersecretary HE Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh al-Nuaimi, and assistant undersecretary for education affairs Maha Zayed al-Ruwaili.
Other dignitaries at the event were Abdul Latif al-Yafei, general manager of Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation, and Mona El Helbawi, general manager of the Education, Culture and Sports Sector at Al Faisal Holding, ARIES Cluster; Fatima al-Obaidli, head of Activities and Programmes Department at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, university representatives, school principals, among others.
Destination Imagination Award, a collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, is open to public and private schools across Qatar. The initiative is one-of-its-kind platform for highlighting Qatari culture and showcasing the creative abilities of Qatari students worldwide.
Over the course of eight years, more than 15,000 students have participated in the programme's different challenges. The goal is to provide students of all backgrounds with fundamental scientific, engineering, technical, and leadership skills that will benefit them in their academic and future life.
Addressing the gathering, Sheikh Faisal said: “We believe that learning should motivate future generations to achieve their goals and education is the foundation of inclusive sustainable development and economic progress giving the ability to boost productivity at work to establish integrated societies.”
He also noted that Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation’s programmes and activities aim to achieve and implement Qatar National Vision 2030.
Dr al-Nuaimi noted that over the past nine years, the Foundation has been conducting the initiative in collaboration and partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
“Destination Imagination programme includes many different challenges, such as scientific, engineering, and technical challenges, which positively affect students and give them experience in dealing with challenges outside of the approved curricula, qualifying them to compete with students from other countries around the world in the global championship,” he explained.
'Face Your Destination' programme is a global initiative being implemented in over 30 nations around the world, as well as more than 50 states in the US. It is being carried out for the ninth year in a row by the Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation. More than 50 public schools engaged in the initiative last year.
“The foundation is eager to support students and education by implementing programmes and activities that aim to develop students and provide them with the necessary skills to face a variety of challenges. The foundation implemented the programme this year with the participation of more than 165 teams from 60 public and private schools and approximately 1,200 male and female students competing in the programme's various challenges to qualify for the world championship in Kansas, US,” al-Yafei added.