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QF’s Doha Debates nominated for Webby Awards  03 May 2021 - 8:54 The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates has been nominated for 2021 Webby Awards — the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet — with winners set to be announced on May 18. As a nominee in the 25th Annual Webby Awards, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences recognised Doha Debates’ Better Conversations video series as one of the world’s top five best in the Webby’s “Video: How-to, explainer and do-it-yourself” category. The Better Conversations series offe...

QF’s QBG concludes environmental awareness educational programmes  17 Apr 2021 - 8:11 A virtual workshop on food security. The Peninsula Doha: The Quranic Botanic Garden (QBG) has concluded its 2020- 2021 Fun and Learn, Young Botanist, and Food Security educational programmes — helping young people devise solutions to some of Qatar’s most pressing environmental challenges through dedicated online workshops, interactive discussions with QBG experts and competitions. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, QBG held its Fun and Learn programme for children between 6 and 12 years virtuall...

QF’s Awsaj Academy helps students overcome learning challenges  14 Mar 2021 - 8:26 Students attending Prime programme at Awsaj Academy. Fazeena Saleem/ The Peninsula A unique programme offered by Qatar Foundation’s Awsaj Academy equips students with the necessary skills to transition from school to university to the job market.  Since its launch, “Prime” programme has supported more than 150 boys and girls to be better able to deal more effectively with their educational difficulties.  “The Prime programme was launched in 2016, for students from grades 10 to 12, between the ag...

QF’s Quranic Botanic Garden organises desert wild plant restoration event  01 Mar 2021 - 9:50 The wild plant restoration event organised by Quranic Botanic Garden in Al Nasraniya. The Peninsula Doha: The Quranic Botanic Garden (QBG), the first garden in the world to exhibit all plant species mentioned in the Holy Quran, Hadith, and Sunnah, celebrated Qatar Environment Day, held annually on February 26, with a wild plant restoration event at Rawdat Al Faras in Al Nasraniya.  The activity was held in partnership with the Environmental Protection Reserves & Wildlife Department at the Minis...

QF’s WISE launches new initiative  01 Jan 2021 - 10:22 FROM TOP LEFT: Soon Joo Gog, Chief Research Officer and Chief Skills Office at Skills Future Singapore, Alexandra Agudelo, Minister of Education in Medellín, Colombia, David Atchoarena, Director of the Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning, and Rosie Clayton, Co-Founder of Weaving Lab The Peninsula The importance of different segments of society coming together to solve key global challenges, especially when it comes to developing innovative ways of doing things, has been underscored in 2020. And Qatar Foundation’s global educat...