Sultan Qaboos Award for Voluntary Work presented

Muscat – The winners of the Sultan Qaboos Award for Voluntary Work were felicitated at the sixth session last week.

The award ceremony was patronised over by H E Dr Rawiyah bint Saud al Busaidiyah, Minister of Higher Education, at Grand Millennium Muscat.

In the individual category, Construction of a Mountain Road by Said bin Hamdan al Muqaimi won the first place and Western House Museum by Zakiya bint Nasser al Lamki came second, while Sawara by Ahmed bin Abdullah al Hosni won the third place. In the category of institutions and associations, the first place was withheld.

The second place award was given to Community Care for the Elderly by Ihsan Association. The third place prize was bagged by ‘Aman Campaign for Home Safety’ by the National Solidarity Fund.

A total of 112 projects were nominated for the competition at the level of individuals, associations and institutions. Of these 42 projects were in the individual and 70 in the associations and institutions category. At the individual level, 16 projects made it to the final stage while 45 were shortlisted in the associations and institutions category.

The other dignitaries who attended the ceremony included, H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Said bin Saif al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development, chairman of the award’s main committee and a number of ministers, honourable State Council members, undersecretaries and members of Majlis A’Shura.