Strengthening Virtue and Volunteering in the Student Community

I was delighted to meet with a group of my students, winners of the Al-Baghl Award for the Filial Son competition for Ministry of Education students for the 2025/2026 academic year, in its fourteenth edition, to honor them at the closing ceremony under the patronage of the Minister of Education, and in the distinguished presence of the representative of the ceremony’s patron, Ms. Mariam Farhan Al-Anzi, Director General of Supporting Educational Services at the Ministry of Education, who added distinction to the event. The ceremony also saw the active participation and presence of all our students, their teachers, and their parents, who encouraged them to participate in all competitions, events, and activities carried out, as well as the attendance of a number of specialists, enthusiasts, and activists in the fields of volunteer, charitable, and humanitarian work, and staff from various roles and levels within the student community.

From the depths of our hearts, we thank everyone who participated in, supported, and attended the events of the Al-Baghl Award for the Filial Son for the 2025/2026 academic year, one of the projects of the Ibrahim Taher Al-Baghl Foundation for the Filial Son. We extend our gratitude and appreciation to you all.

- His Excellency Engineer Sayed Jalal Sayed Abdulmohsen Al-Tabatabai, Minister of Education.

- The esteemed Ms. Mariam Farhan Al-Anzi, Director General of Supporting Educational Services.

- My students, the winners of the award’s competitions in short story writing and volunteer work.

- Dr. Abdullah Al-Tarigi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Scout Association and board members.

- Ms. Hind Al-Hawili, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Guide Association and board members.

- Mr. Tariq Al-Anzi, General Artistic Supervisor for Arabic Language at the Ministry of Education.

- Mr. Ahmed Al-Dumkhi, General Artistic Supervisor for Scout Education at the Ministry of Education.

- The Chairman and members of the Supervisory Committee for Competitions at the Ministry of Education.

- The Chairman and members of the Supreme Organizing Committee for the Al-Baghl Award for the Filial Son events.

- Media outlets and journalists.

We also emphasize that this engagement and recognition place us before a significant challenge and a great responsibility regarding volunteer, humanitarian, and charitable work, and serve as a motivation for further effort and contribution to achieve the Foundation’s objectives in consolidating the principles of social, humanitarian, and volunteer work among the student community in particular, and among all segments and strata of society in general.

I am also pleased to extend a salute of honor and respect to His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the Country, may God protect and guard him; to His Highness the Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad, may God protect him; and to His Highness the Prime Minister, for the distinguished care they bestow upon all societal issues in our beloved country. I hope that our meetings with you will always continue, as the State of Kuwait proudly displays landmarks and manifestations of development, progress, and refinement in all fields.