Manama – 24 October,
2018: Zain Bahrain, a leading
telecommunications provider in the Kingdom, has relaunched its youth
empowerment program under the new name of Zain Youth. Leveraging the knowledge
gathered over almost a decade of youth development under the program’s previous
name, Future University Network, the revamped initiative aims to empower young
Bahrainis with the skills needed for them to succeed in their future careers,
whatever path they may choose to follow.
Zain Youth was relaunched during at
event held at Zain Bahrain’s headquarters, at which the company discussed the
future of the program, alongside panels of human development experts.
Since Zain Bahrain launched the Future
University Network (FUN) in 2009, upwards of 1,500 Bahraini university students
between the ages 19-24 benefited from the program development schemes.
Statistics demonstrate that up to 80% of the students who participated in the
program over the course of the last nine years have had access to better
opportunities.
The newly launched program, Zain
Youth, takes FUN to the next level, by providing participants with skills that
not only enable them to enter today’s workforce, but that prepare them for the
careers and market requirements of tomorrow, too. Developed in collaboration
with leading training organizations and drawing on the success of FUN, Zain
Youth is focused on upskilling young Bahrainis with the abilities that are
identified by the World Economic Forum as being fundamental components of the
2020 workplace.
Speaking on the platform’s relaunch, Mohammed
Zainalabedin, General Manager of Zain Bahrain, said: “Our commitment, since day
one, has been to empower the young members of our society with the tools they
need to not only be successful, but to thrive. Life is all about overcoming
challenges; Zain Youth will prepare talented Bahraini youth with the skills
needed to tackle a workplace that is evolving under the influence of technology
and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. We want to empower youth with the
capacity, the skills and the confidence to become the leaders of tomorrow’s
workplaces, to become successful entrepreneurs, to contribute to the
development and growth of the Bahraini economy and community. It is our immense
pleasure to have seen so many of our former program participants go on to
become successful in their careers, and we look forward to enabling and
inspiring more to go forth and achieve their dreams.”
Dana Bukhammas, Director of Human
Resources at Zain Bahrain, commented: “Zain Youth is developed around four key
pillars to provide targeted training opportunities to all participants. The
Future Pioneers focuses on developing real working experiences and developing
employability skills over a three-year period; The Last Chapter pairs students
with a mentor to help guide them forward; The Summer Internship provides real
working exposure over a two-month placement, and The Mentor pillar targets
school students in grades 11-12 in government and private schools, to give them
a headstart in thinking about their career so they can choose the right
academic path. We’ve designed these pillars to be complementary to one another
while also being solid individual platforms for development, thereby providing
the most possible exposure and opportunity to Bahraini youth.”
To find out more about Zain Youth, or
if you are a student wishing to apply, please visit www.bh.zain.com.