The winners and participants in the seventeenth edition of the “Young Entrepreneurship” competition organized by the “Injaz Bahrain” Foundation confirmed that the competition represents an important national platform to support leadership and innovation among school and university students, noting that the volume of wide participation, which exceeded a thousand male and female students from various educational institutions in the Kingdom, reflects the increasing interest of Bahraini youth in providing innovative ideas that serve sustainable development.
The participants stressed, in statements to Bahrain News Agency (BNA) on the sidelines of the ceremony, which was held in the presence of Her Highness Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the achievement of Bahrain, the importance of empowering young minds and sponsoring future business leaders, stressing the quality of the ideas presented and enthusiasm of the participating work teams, reflecting the leadership of the “Injaz Bahrain” institution in this vital field.
Farah Al -Awadi from the “drop” project team to provide clean water, which is presented by the American University, explained that the participation of the active youth in the competition contributed to creating new ideas, noting the project of her team “drop”, a water cooler that relies on extracting moisture from the air and turning it into drinking water.
She stated that the project, which includes 20 students from different specialties, benefited from the “Achievement” program in opening doors for the startup, and artificial intelligence in the device was combined in cooperation with other companies to improve performance and provide information to the user about maintenance and water consumption.
As for Mahra Mounir Khairi from the “Ta’uq” project team from the University of Bahrain, which is an environmentally friendly brick, she talked about the importance of her winning team project, which aims to produce environmentally friendly bricks using plastic and recycled glass instead of imported materials, which contributes to reducing cost and environmental protection.
She explained that the team, consisting of 12 people from different specialties, conducted several tests to ensure the quality of the product, stressing that the competition strengthened cooperation and exchanging ideas between the team members of various specialties.
For his part, Ali Khalil Al -Hamad explained the idea of his team’s project, which is based on the dishes of palm fronds, which is presented by Al -Rajaa School, and aims to manufacture dishes of palm fronds as a sustainable alternative to plastic and leukens, in a way that contributes to reducing environmental pollution, especially on the Bahraini coast.
He pointed out that the team, which includes 20 people, seeks to expand the idea to include the use of neglected tree leaves, expressing his hope that the project will be a source of inspiration for young people.
In the same context, Hussein Abbas Hassan talked about the project of his winning team from Al -Jabriya School, a paper for recycling paper, aimed at reducing paper waste in Bahrain and the world, and provides material incentives to encourage people to get rid of the safe from paper and recycle it.
He explained that the team, consisting of 15 students, developed the device within a month and a half, noting the importance of qualitative competitions such as “Achievement of Bahrain” in highlighting innovative environmental ideas.
As for Badr Bassem, it talks about the “Sustainable Children” project, which is a project presented by Al -Naseem School, and its idea is to produce an alternative clay made of fruits, without adding artificial colors, which makes it safe for children.
He stressed that the project aims to encourage young people to use sustainable products, noting that the competition contributed to developing team skills in the areas of cooperation and business management.
Nujoud Al -Nasser, a spokesperson for a service project targeting the elderly, submitted by the Royal University of Girls team, said that the idea of the project is based on creating innovative solutions for the elderly who suffer from difficulty in movement, as a mobile washwasher containing two tanks for clean and used water has been designed, and a developed device that facilitates the ablution process with a button.
She emphasized that the team seeks to develop and customize the product according to different age groups.
It is noteworthy that the “Young Entrepreneurship Pioneers” competition organized by the “Injaz Bahrain” Foundation witnessed this year more than a thousand male and female students from various schools and universities in Bahrain, where they competed to provide innovative projects in multiple fields such as recycling, technology, and environmental sustainability, which is an important project in which the Ministry of Education, institutions and support companies, and volunteer arbitrators, who played a decisive role in evaluating projects and choosing, participate The winners are based on innovation and product quality.
Student projects have varied between creative ideas such as “stories of stories”, which make the child a hero in Bahraini drawings, and the “Dobby” project, which benefits from neglected potato peels to produce environmentally friendly detergents, and the “Sadaf” project, which provides sustainable solutions using marine shells and hydrogenated oils as a polish used in offices and homes, and the “implant” project, which is an educational game Entertainment aims to raise awareness of the agricultural environment, and many other innovative youth projects.
