Honoring Winners of the Filial Piety Competition
Ibrahim Taher Al-Baghl Charity honors winners of the Filial Piety Competition to promote values of kindness and volunteering
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
The Ibrahim Taher Al-Baghl Foundation for the Dutiful Son honored the winning students in the awards competitions for students of the Ministry of Education for the 2025/2026 academic year, during a ceremony held last evening at the Millennium Central Downtown Kuwait hotel, under the patronage of Minister of Education Eng. Sayed Jalal Al-Tabtaba’i, with the aim of reinforcing values of filial piety, loyalty, volunteerism, and social responsibility among the youth.
The foundation’s chairman, Ibrahim Taher Al-Baghl, affirmed that the award, launched in 2007, represents a community and educational initiative seeking to instill values of loyalty and giving in students’ hearts, and to prepare a generation aware of its responsibilities toward its family, community, and country. He noted the foundation’s continued support for social, humanitarian, and volunteer work in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.
Highlighting a continuous journey, Al-Baghl stated that the foundation, as a voluntary community-based social institution, is keen on supporting initiatives that enhance dutifulness toward parents, guardians, and relatives, extending to the community and the nation. He pointed out that the award was launched in 2007 and has continued its mission through competitions and activities directed at students. He added that the award contributes to supporting social, humanitarian, volunteer, and educational work in Kuwait by encouraging students to participate in purposeful activities, fostering their sense of responsibility, and solidifying positive values in their behavior.
Regarding educational partnership, he noted that organizing the competitions in collaboration with the Ministry of Education embodies the foundation’s commitment to supporting the ministry’s educational programs and orientations, and contributing to the balanced development of learners’ personalities through diversifying educational and pedagogical activities and providing an environment that stimulates learning and giving.
Al-Baghl expressed his gratitude to the Minister of Education for patronizing the award, commending the efforts of the Deputy Minister, the Assistant Deputy Minister for Educational Development and Activities, the Director General of the General Administration of Supporting Educational Services, and the staff of the ministry and educational zones. He also thanked the presidents of the boards of directors of the Kuwait Girl Guides Association and the Kuwait Scouts Association.
He congratulated the winning students, praising the interaction and participation of parents in the award’s events, and appreciating the efforts of teachers in organizing the competitions, the role of media in covering its activities, as well as the efforts of Ali Hassan, chairman of the award’s Supreme Committee, and the heads and members of the working teams.
He concluded his speech by emphasizing the importance of the care afforded by the political leadership to youth issues, and the efforts made to care for, rehabilitate, and serve the elderly, expressing his hope for the continuation of initiatives that enhance filial piety, solidarity, and service to the country and society.
