KAFO provides easier connection, collaboration with young achievers
KUWAIT: The Amiri Diwan, in cooperation with the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs, held Kuwait’s Achievers for Future Opportunities’ first annual forum to celebrate the launch of KAFO’s website on Monday at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center. KAFO is the first national platform to ease the process of searching, connecting and collaborating with young achievers. The event included an exhibition, community discussions and networking sessions.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs Sheikha Al-Zein Al-Sabah noted that the first KAFO forum will be an annual forum that focuses on creative and innovative young nationals in various fields. “We give them this opportunity to present their projects and ideas. We hope that this forum will build new interactive industries to provide more income sources through encouraging the youth to work in the development sector,” she said.
Dr Yousef Al-Ibrahim, Head of the Higher Supervising Committee of the Project, said KAFO consists of various activities highlighting the creativity of Kuwait youth. “A huge number of young people attended this forum, which is a platform with data about special and excelling individuals to create a connection between them, and from here came the idea of KAFO,” he said. “We will start with six forums, which includes meetings, to present creative people and their activities, in addition to using technology to create a virtual community for these young individuals. We need to encourage young people not only to find a job, but also to build this country. I believe that KAFO will be the tool to discover these people,” added Ibrahim.
KAFO started as a platform with resumes of the participants. “The goal was not just to set up a website, but to make it useful, so we re-built it. We bring together youth to voice their opinions, and accordingly, we changed the name and logo to KAFO (Kuwait’s Achievers for Future Opportunities). In this way we introduced a traditional Kuwaiti word ‘kafo’ to foreigners,” explained Dr Fatma Al-Musawi, CEO of KAFO project.
Over 700 creative people and volunteers participated in developing KAFO. “We focused on having key content for public authorities. So we included CVs, connecting achievers, displaying opportunities of cooperation, searching for achievers and opportunities and exchanging experiences through communities. During the first phase, we focused on seven categories - leading businesses, humanitarian work, culture and arts, food and beverage, sports, media and science and technology,” concluded Musawi.