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Qatar National Bank Award for Volunteer Work

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The award concept

The award is as part of the noble efforts and commitment of the Committee of Community Support at Qatar National Bank to honor volunteers and encourage volunteer work. Due to the importance of such work, SDC sees the necessity to invite all sectors of the community represented by students in the primary levels, university students, individuals, corporations, public organizations and enterprises, to take part in the award so as to start a new era in the field of volunteer work based on stable norms and criteria.

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The award philosophy:

  • Honoring and rewarding are the most important principles the reward depends on.
  • Honoring all volunteer work that embodies contribution in its highest value.
  • Rewarding any valuable efforts to contribute to volunteer work and guarantee its existence.

Award objectives:

  1. Giving due concern to voluntary and humanitarian work undertaken by individuals, groups and organizations as well as assessing and valuing their work.
  2. Increasing the parameters of awarness on voluntary service and its role in social development.
  3. Encouraging individuals and organizations and providing them with incentives to ensure their contribution to voluntary service.
  4. Educating student's at all educational levels on appreciating the culture of voluntary work.
  5. Supporting initiatives introduced by voluntary private organizations and encouraging them upgrade their contributions to exclusive voluntary projects to promote the development process.

Award categories

This award is discretionary in nature and given according to specific criteria for the qualified candidatest that's:

  1. The award takes the form of a shield or a solid figure exclusively designed for that purpose along with appreciation certificates.
  2. A financial gift will be awarded for distinguished voluntary projects.

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Nomination

Nominations for the award will be available to individuals, private and public corporations and charity organizations, which are distinguished for their key role in volunteer work and which meet the determined stipulations and criteria of the nomination.

The award criteria

1 - School and University students:

A - Elementary, preparatory and secondary schools

  • The service should be exclusively of voluntary nature.
  • The service should be in the form of programs and voluntary services performed by a group of students to the society.

B - University students (research, study and other projects):

  • The service should be of an exclusively voluntary nature.
  • Research and study should be the means for studying issues of the Qatari Society.
  • The service should involve elements of research work.
  • The work should be programmes and voluntary services that given by a group of students as voluntary work for the community.

2 - Individuals:

  • The service should be of an exclusively voluntary nature.
  • The scale of service contributed by the volunteer to the largest number of beneficiaries.
  • The volunteer's capabilities in responding to the needs of the beneficiaries.

3 - Voluntary service projects:

  • The projects should be fully pertinent to the objectives of voluntary service.
  • Projects should have distinct measurable objectives.
  • Projects should be capable of serving the largest category of beneficiaries.
  • Projects should be capable of sustainable development.
  • Projects should gain the satisfaction of the beneficiaries and fulfill their needs.

4 - Non - Government Organizations:

  • The plans and programs of the organization should be commensurate with the overall objective of voluntary service.
  • The organization means and working mechanisms should be effective enough to develop and increase the contributions of its members to voluntary service.
  • Organizations should make the best use of the capabilities and resources of their volunteers.
  • Volunteers should be able to effectively contribute to setting the organization plans and programs.
  • Organizations should be able to train and upgrade the capabilities of the volunteers.
  • Organizations should maximize their incentives to individuals working in the field of voluntary service.
  • Organizations should be able to assess the needs of the beneficiaries to their services.
  • The organizations managements should be committed to their plans programs, declared objectives and sustainable development.
  • Organizations should gain the satisfaction of their beneficiaries.

Nomination stipulations:

  • An application will be submitted in the time determined by the committee according to the related form.
  • The work will not have received prior awards from any local, regional or international organization.
  • In case of individuals, the nomination will be made by a corporation or society of public interest or confident persons and the application shall be accompanied with the following:
  • Written approval from the nominee.
  • A report about the work done by the nominee.
  • A recommendation letter from the competent corporation or organization that the nominated work is related to.

QNB Award Committee Members:

Ms. Hanan Ziadan Committee Chairperson
Mr. Mohammed Al-Shamlan Deputy Chairperson
Mr. Yousif Al-Kazim Member
Mr. Issa Al-Sharaim Member
Ms. Diya Salman Member
Mr.Ali Al-Kuwari Member
Ms. Amal Al-Manai Member
Ms. Samah Hamed Al Hussein Member



Volunteer Gathering honors small volunteers
Preparation of a new generation to take responsibility for volunteer work is an objective move and a thoughtful vision essential to the future of the country. Therefore, it is important to encourage children and youth, from the ages of 10 to 17, to join the volunteer nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) so as to prepare them to take the responsibility for the organizing social collaboration. Owing to the recommendation of the Committee of Society Support at Qatar National Bank, the award sponsor, and as part of its belief in the importance of youth, rules and stipulations were put to honor this category and to push them to go forward.

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