Bahraini children to attend Ukraine festival

Suad Hamada (Bahrain Beat) / 8 June 2014

A group of Bahraini children are getting ready to participate in the 13th international children festival that is held annually in Ukraine by the Ukrainian Fund of Hope and Goodness organisation.

The festival attracts more than 1,000 children between the age group of 12 to 15 from 60 countries.  The festival will be held from August 1 to 10.

About 10 Bahraini children, including the head of delegation Dr Nabeel Al Asomi, will participate in the festival.

“Our children will highlight the Bahraini tradition through a number of shows and contests, ” said Al Asomi, adding that the festival aims at promoting friendship between children of different countries.

He called upon private and government organisations to support Bahrain’s team and firms interested in sponsoring the delegation can contact the organising committee on bahrain333@gmail.com.

He said children interested to participate in the event can contact  33131780 or 3965288.

Summer training camp

The Real Madrid Academy in Bahrain will organise the royal training camp in the Real Madrid Academy in Spain for boys and girls aged between 10 and 15 from August 23 and September 2, the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) has announced.

Director of the Real Madrid Academy in Bahrain and RCO’s Customer Services Director, Hassan Murad, described the camp as a training and educational programme conducted by a number of specialists from the Real Madrid Academy in Spain.

Organisers will also focus on promoting leadership and planning skills among the players, he added. The participants will also visit the Santiago Bernab’u Stadium, attend a match and visit a number of tourist attractions in Madrid and Barcelona.

It is to be noted that the Real Madrid Foundation looks forward to developing children’s social and communication skills and also aims at integrating orphaned children with the mainstream society.  In this regard, an agreement was formally signed between the Real Madrid Foundation, the Bahrain Football Association and the Royal Charity Organisation to open the Real Madrid Academy in Bahrain.

Artist’s house open for public

The culture ministry has decided to start renovation of  the house of late Bahraini artist Mohammed Zuwaid which will be opened for public viewing in 2015 marking Zuwaid’s 32nd death anniversary.

The renovation will be carried out under ministry’s “Our Heritage is Our Wealth” theme.

Some of the artist’s belongings will go on display for the first time, including his famous lute which accompanied him for years.

The artist’s family highly appreciated the kind gesture by Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa when she met Zuwaid’s son and announced the project.

Zuwaid started his career in the 1930’s and later became “the ambassador of the Bahraini songs”.

He has rendered about 300 soulful songs and had the honour of receiving primary education in music by legendary singer Mohammed bin Faris.

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