Loading...MBC Group is proud to announce the second annual Doing Good competition. As part of MBC Hope, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm within MBC Group, Arab youth aged 18-35 are invited to partake in the initiative by submitting entries under any of the following categories: humanitarian causes, social entrepreneurship and start-ups, innovation and creativity or environment and energy.
Last year’s inaugural event, which saw hundreds of entries, was a huge success according to the four judges who were responsible for each category: Dr. Moez El Shahdi, CEO and Co-founder of the Egyptian Food Bank, Mrs. Soraya Salti, INJAZ Al-Arab Regional Director-MENA, Dr. Oussama Al Rifahi, Executive Director of The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and Dr. Majida Abouras, a member of the Board of Directors and Deputy Executive Director for The Saudi Environmental Society & Assistant Professor in the Microbiology and Biotechnology Department at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). These judges will again take to the panel this year and there is set to be even more emphasis placed on creating positive footprints within the region.
To enter the competition, participants need to create a video, conduct a study, write a research paper or produce a project that could be uploaded to www.mbc.net/alamal. The deadline for submissions is 10th November 2014. There will be five winners in total, including the MBC Hope Outstanding Award winner, which will be announced early next year in January of 2015. MBC Group’s role is to continue to shed light on the winning projects, follow their progress and success, assure the winners reap results and benefits and go on to become role models and catalysts for other similar projects in the future.
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Winners of the first Doing Good campaign were as follows…
Engineer Hosni Al Shafei from Egypt won in the category of energy and environment, for his engine powers creation replacement project, Motor Energy Saving. It proved to be efficient in energy consumption, capable of recharging itself, non-polluting to the environment and inexpensive.
Director Merieme Addou from Morocco won in the category of innovation and creativity. She was awarded for her role in a documentary called Pirates of Sella – a joint project with British filmmaker Rosa Rogers. The film depicts the National School of Circus’ role in helping youth gain employment. The story is set in the remote area of Alsla, Morocco.
Mashal Al Nahari, from Saudi Arabia won in the category of social entrepreneurship and start-ups. His project, Saudi HR Solutions, focused on training youth and harvesting their skills to help them enter the work force.
Omar Samra, from Egypt won in the category of humanitarian issues with his project Marwa Fayed Toy Run. The volunteer-only project bares the names and memory of his deceased wife and aims to repackage used toys and redistribute them throughout Egypt and the Arab World to children in need.
MBC Hope Outstanding Award
Sara Shatila, from AIESEC in Lebanon, won the MBC Hope Outstanding award. The project, Pave the Way, is a volunteer initiative for youth, which aims to develop a sense of social responsibility and competitive spirit among students through additional classes added to the current curriculum. These are lectured by volunteers from across various industries and backgrounds.
