Doha: HE Minister of Culture, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Thani, on Saturday honored winners of the fourth Qatar Volunteer Shield Award 2025, during a ceremony held at the ministry’s headquarters for the volunteers who made exceptional efforts in organizing major cultural and national events. Addressing the ceremony, HE Minister of Culture affirmed that good deeds and volunteering are not merely random acts, but rather a sublime mission that epitomizes the spirit of patriotism, underscoring the precepts of goodness that continue to beat in the hearts of the people of Qatar.
According to Qatar News Agency, His Excellency hailed the volunteers as the helping hands that always pitch in where needed, and generous hearts that know nothing but giving. This honoring is a credible recognition of the fact that they are role models for generations to come, a beacon that illuminates the path for young people to learn that serving the homeland is an honor and that dedication to people represents the most sublime actions, he underlined.
HE Minister of Culture extended his gratitude to the Qatar Voluntary Center as a warm incubator and broader platform that has fused individual initiatives with the national vision, making the volunteers’ efforts a quintessential force for a better future. Finally, His Excellency extended his profound gratitude to the volunteers, wishing them Godspeed to continue being a treasure for this nation, whose love is reflected through their deeds.
Today, 12 winners of this award were honored at this ceremony in recognition of their long careers in serving the community, Director of the Qatar Voluntary Center Moeed Al Qahtani said. Al Qahtani highlighted that they were selected following extensive competitions, with 38 volunteers applying for the award, and accordingly, 12 of them were chosen by a professional panel after assessing the footprint and dedication they had demonstrated.
A new project focusing on specialized volunteering in several fields, including medical volunteering, communications volunteering, event coordination volunteering, mentorship and organizational volunteering, and administrative volunteering, has been launched, in addition to cultural ambassador/community outreach volunteering and community impact volunteering, he outlined, highlighting the center’s future programs, he pointed out.
The center announced preparations to organize Gift Camp at the end of the year, celebrate International Volunteer Day, hold the Volunteer Work Forum, and prepare to participate in Qatar’s National Day events, as well as a wide array of sports and cultural festivals and championships across the nation, all within its efforts to instill a culture of giving and advance volunteer work in the community.