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K&A LENDS THE FUTURE GENERATION IS READY TO HIT
SUPPORT TO OMAN
CONFERENCE
ON IMPROVING
STANDARDS OF
EDUCATION FOR
ENGINEERS
Khatib & Alami (K&A) showed its
commitment to Oman by backing
the 28 Arab Engineering
th
Conference in Muscat.
The theme of the three-day event
hosted by the Oman Society
of Engineers was ‘Quality of
Engineering Education and its
Impact on Building Knowledge
Based Economy in the Arab World’,
and K&A was proud to be a Gold
Sponsor and keynote speaker.
In attendance from our Oman
office was Natasha Yarvas, Business
Development and Proposal
Manager, Nasser Al Sayegh, Urban
Planner, and Sami Mohammed,
Senior Project Manager.
On the first day of the December
conference, Natasha delivered
a speech on the importance of
engineers affiliating themselves
with professional bodies such as the
Oman Society of Engineers, drawing
on her experience as a member of
the Jordan Engineers Association.
We also got the opportunity to
reinforce our ties in the Sultanate
and present K&A to a wider
audience through our sponsorship
and networking opportunities.
To honor our support of the
conference, K&A was presented
with a trophy and certificate from
the Oman Society of Engineers.
Natasha said: “The conference
was very informative and the
speakers were excellent. New ideas
were introduced and discussed
in relation to the education and
training of engineers, and the
struggles we face as engineers
in the Arab world, especially
graduate engineers.”
THE ROAD
High school students Despite road safety being a very
learning road safety the fun way serious issue, we made sure the
as part of Khatib & Alami’s (K&A) sessions were interactive so that
mission to safeguard the future of students could have fun as they
learned about the dangers of
our youth.
With their ability to quickly texting whilst driving and the
transport people from one place importance of understanding
to another, cars have made our traffic signs.
lives much more convenient; Thanks to the planning and effort
however, many lives have been put in by everyone, the students
lost in traffic accidents. went away having had a lot of fun
As part of our CSR program, and, most importantly, raised their
and for the occasion of World knowledge about staying safe on
Day of Remembrance for Road the road.
Traffic Victims, our Marketing &
Communication department
organized an awareness
workshop for students in Beirut.
Hosted by Ali Ayoub and Raghid
Kassem, from the Planning and
Traffic department, they shared
the Keys to Safe Driving with over
150 high school pupils from Khaled
Ben Walid College – Makassed and
Saint Mary’s Orthodox College.
#CLEANUPUAE
A team of around 50 very 2,000 other volunteers, collected
enthusiastic Khatib & Alami (K&A) about 25 tons of waste from an
colleagues took part in an event 18 km² area.
to clear up all the rubbish from a The Dubai clean-up was held
plot of desert in Dubai, as part of in association with Dubai
th
the 17 cycle of the Clean Up UAE Municipality and under the
Campaign.
patronage of the Ministry of
Run by the Emirates Economy. Our team was honored
Environmental Group (EEG), to meet the Minister of Economy,
the event provided a great His Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed
opportunity to demonstrate Al Mansouri, who came to give his
the one-team spirit and time to this important campaign.
commitment of K&A in support of Our colleagues were equipped
the environment. with cotton gloves and
In total ‘Clean up UAE’ netted biodegradable plastic bags as
32.5 tons of waste from five they collected the trash in the
desert, and were proud to be able
emirates. In Dubai alone, K&A to take proactive steps to protect
colleagues, together with around
and preserve Dubai’s ecosystem.
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