Empowering Bahraini youth

Manama : AlMabarrah AlKhalifia Foundation and Tamkeen signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support ‘Rayaat Programme’, developed to boost the skills and capabilities of Bahraini youth.

Rayaat Programme focuses on providing students with scholarship opportunities at accredited universities in the Kingdom.

The programme prepares the graduates ready for the job market by exposing them to numerous training programmes and other team building projects.

“Tamkeen supports entities that are focused on developing the skills and capabilities of Bahrainis at different stages in their career and studies,” said the Chief Executive of Tamkeen, Dr Ebrahim Janahi.

Further commenting on the new partnership, AlMabarrah AlKhalifia Foundation Board of Trustees’ chairperson, Shaikha Zain bint Khalid Al Khalifa, said: “We are proud that till date 200 students have been enrolled in the programme across various courses and specialisations in order to fulfil the market’s demands in line with the Economic Vision 2030.”