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Children offered platform to express their creativity

Al Sayer announces Toyota Dream Car Art Contest winnersKUWAIT CITY, June 28: Al Sayer Group Holding, one of the largest con-glomerates in Kuwait recently held a ceremony at Toyota Showroom Al Rai to announce the national winners of the 10th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest, one of the largest global art contests for chil-dren. The event was attended by repre-sentatives from Al Sayer including Mi-cheal Smith — Group Chief Financial Offi cer, Mohamed Elassal — General Manager, Vehicle Sales Retail, Nehad Mohammad Haj Ali — Deputy Group Manager Corporate Excellence, Deya Ragab Mohamed Khodair — Senior Manager, Vehicle Sales, Shibu Moham-ed, CSR Manager along with jury mem-bers, delegates from school authorities, participants and their parents.

According to Mubarak Naser Al Sayer, CEO Al Sayer Group Holding “Toyota and Al Sayer are keen to de-velop the young talents of Kuwait. We wish to motivate them, providing such platforms to express their creativity to inspire their dreams come true. Toyota Dream Car Art Contest differentiate it-self by having national and global level contest. The national level winner move forward to participate at the global level contest in Japan, where many experts view and evaluate it. From Al Sayer we are taking all efforts to make Kuwait talents to be noticed by international experts.”

ArtworksFor the 2016 edition of the contest

27 schools from Kuwait across Arab, Asian and International streams had par-ticipated, 2,500 imaginative and impres-sive artworks were collected. 9 National level winners were awarded at the event, 3 winners each from the competing age groups up to 8 years, 8 — 11 years and 12 — 15 years. Due to the tough compe-tition faced, additionally 16 participants also received consolation prizes as per nominated by the jury to encourage the young minds. During the ceremony 22 participating schools were presented with memento in recognition of their ac-tive participation and fi ve members of the jury were also honored.

Mike Smith, Group Chief Financial Offi cer said “We appreciate the efforts of expert jury panel consisting of Margaret E Graham, Maryam Hosseinnia, Wil-liam J Andersen, M.V JOHN, Mustafa Choorappulan for following a compre-hensive evaluation process as well as for the valuable inputs to select talented can-didates based on Toyota rigorous selec-tion criteria. Most of the fi nal drawings were excellent however winners were determined through clarity of message, uniqueness and amazing concepts.”

Celebration“Toyota Dream Car Art contest is a

celebration for children. They have been enthusiastic about participating in this competition, we all know the excitement of kids when you talk about cars of their dreams. For some it’s about passion and speed, some look betterment of the en-vironment and society while for some its supernatural car to fl y to mars or to go under water. For sure amazing ideas are born from dreams and they have the power to inspire the world” said the principal from one of the participating schools.

National winners from across the globe proceed to the Global Contest. Winners of the global contest will be awarded at a special ceremony during August in Japan.

Gold winner – age group 12 to 15 Gold winner – age group 8 to 10 Gold winner – age group under 8

A photo from the event

A photo from the eventKFH visits Palliative Care Center

Firm expresses gratitudeKuwait Finance House (KFH) has organized a visit to Palliative Care Center as part of its social responsi-bility and its effective role to stimulate all society components to enhance contributions for the objective of comforting the patients and alleviat-ing their pain. The visit was also part of the bank’s eventful Ramadan pro-gram.

The visit was accompanied by several activities and events for the

patients. It witnessed the distribution of Girgean, competitions, and some other activities that aim at bringing hope to the patients and granting them the feeling that they are part and parcel of the society.

At the conclusion of the visit, KFH was honored in recognition of its commitment towards optimally as-suming the social responsibility, while participating in all activities of interest to the society.

KUWAIT CITY, June 28: A team of Ooredoo Kuwait’s executive manage-ment joined the company’s call center 121 for iftar recently. The manage-ment team was led by the company’s General Manager and CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abudllah Al Thani.

The visit comes as part of the com-pany’s ongoing efforts to support its employees and express gratitude to their dedication, especially during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Comment-ing on this, Senior Director of Cus-tomer Care Wael Al-Sultan said: “Our support to our front-liners comes from our belief in their efforts and the tre-mendous effort they put into their day-to-day tasks, working around the clock

to support our customers. Joining them for iftar at their offi ces is our way of expressing our gratitude to them, and we are certain it will boost their mo-rale and refl ect positively on them.”

Ooredoo’s call center and customer care department have recently col-lected a haul of trophies for excellence in customer centricity and employee engagement from The Global Associ-ation for Contact Center & Customer Engagement Best Practices at its annu-al Contact Center World Awards held in London last week. These included individual awards for leadership as well as trophies for implementing best-practice and operational excel-lence.

Ooredoo joins 121 agents for Iftar

Firm believes in caring, connecting and challenging

Ooredoo management team leads Iftar distributionKUWAIT CITY, June 28: A team of Ooredoo Kuwait’s executive manage-ment participated in distributing meals in the company’s iftar tent, located across on Soor Street across its head offi ce. The management team was led by the company’s General Man-ager and CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abudllah Al Thani.

Attending this event stems from the management’s deep-rooted belief in participating in all events across the organization, especially the ones relat-ed to its social resposnsibility program which is bulilt on caring, connecting and challenging. Commenting on this visit, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani said: “We’re very happy to be interacting with different segments of society in our various year-round activities, especially the underserved communities in our iftar tent, which is one of our key initiatives every year.”

Earlier this month, Ooredoo an-nounced that it will be distrbuting 17,000 iftar meals during the Holy Month of Ramadan through a distribu-tion centre outside its head offi ce and in its iftar tent, which Ooredoo is run-ning for the second consecutive year. The tent is located opposite Ooredoo’s head offi ce on Soor Street in Kuwait City. The meal distribution drive is fully operated by Ooredoo’s volunteer program members, after the great suc-cess of the progam last year.

In addition to the Iftar distribution drive, Ooredoo is conducting several charitable events, such as visits to nursing homes, orphanages and pa-tients at different hospitals across Ku-wait to celebrate Girgean.

Awarding ceremony group photo

A photo from the event

Gulf Bank’s promotion fl yers

Live on Marina FM

ABK reveals DoubleYour Salary winners

KUWAIT CITY, June 28: Gulf Bank has announced that it will be holding its monthly Salary Account draw and Red Account draw on June 30, at 2pm live on Marina FM’s famous Diwaniya show. The Salary & Red Account will have cash draw prize of KD 1,000 for each ac-count and a chance to win a brand new Cadillac SRX. The draws will be held under the supervision of a Ministry of Commerce representative.

The new 2016 Kuwaiti Salary offer provides customers upon transferring their salary, a guaranteed cash gift of up to KD 200 or up to 60,000 Gulf Reward Points upon their fi rst salary transfer as well as receiving a Gulf Bank Signature Credit card free for life.

Furthermore quarterly car draws with

the chance to win a new 2016 Cadillac.The new 2016 red™ account is de-

signed for high school, college and uni-versity students aged 15 to 25 years old. Amongst the benefi ts is a monthly cash draw prizes of KD 1,000 and in addition a quarterly car draw will be for 1 lucky winner who will have a chance to win a new 2016 Cadillac. Account holders receive an ATM card and there is no minimum deposit required to open the account or a minimum balance charge

For further information about the Sal-ary, Red accounts and prize draws, visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, or call Gulf Bank’s Customer Contact Center on 1805805. General information about Gulf Bank’s products and services can also be found at the Bank’s website.

Gulf Bank’s Salary Account, RedAccount draws set for June 30th

KUWAIT CITY, June 28: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) held its ninth ‘Double Your Salary’ weekly draw on 28 June, 2016 at the Bank’s Head Offi ce in the presence of a representative from the Ministry of Commerce, announcing the names of the winners for this week. The new promotion includes weekly draws, with two winners per draw and will run from 1 May to 30 September, 2016.

The winners this week were:1) Sahar Naseraldeen Naseraldeen,

Salmiya Branch2) Nawaf Basheer Al Shammari, Jahra

BranchNew customers who transfer their sal-

ary to ABK will receive KD 100 and will automatically be entered into the weekly draws to double their salaries. Existing customers who are already transferring their salary to ABK will be entered into a separate draw.

The Bank’s next draw will be held on 5 July, 2016 where two new lucky win-ners will be announced subsequently. All winners will be contacted person-ally and a weekly announcement will be made through the media with the win-ners’ names.

For more information on Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait please visit eahli.com or contact an ABK customer service agent via ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at 1899899.