Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud patronized the ceremony of distributing King Khalid Award at Prince Sultan Hall of al-Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh on Monday evening.
The awards were given in its three categories, “Development Partners,” “Nonprofit Excellence” and “Responsible Competitiveness”.
Governor of Asir Region Prince Faisal bin Khalid, who also chairs King Khalid Foundation’s Board of Trustees and King Khalid Award’s Authority, said that his country’s leadership and people have achieved high levels of progress in all fields, including human, social and economic development.
He pointed out that King Salman’s era has witnessed development leaps that illuminate the country's glorious paths.
“King Khalid Foundation always worked in line with the Kingdom and its leadership’s vision, which aims to promote the non-profit sector,” he stressed.
“King Khalid Foundation’s experiences and achievements so far reflect the Kingdom’s leadership and people’s successful history."
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques have always provided support for the award to achieve and consolidate its humanitarian, social and developmental message, Prince Faisal noted.
The Secretary General of King Khalid Award, Saud al-Shammari, for his part, presented the award’s categories, names of its winners this year, their contributions to the society’s development and their participation in the Kingdom’s economic and social activities.
Following his presentation, King Salman gave the first prize to Saad al-Hamoudi for his “Alhasalah” initiative in the award’s ‘Development Partners” category.
The second and third prizes in this category were given to Shahid al-Miqbil for “Adam Campaign” initiative and Owaied al-Subaie for “My book club” initiative.
For the “Nonprofit Excellence” category, the King presented the first prize to Prof. Jibran al-Qahtani of “Al-Kawther Health Charity” while the second and third prizes were presented to Dr. Khaled al-Daql of Osrati of Madinah and Dr. Hala al-Shair of “The First Women’s Charitable Association of Jeddah.”
Prizes of the “Responsible Competitiveness” category were given away to “Saudi Huawei Company,” “The National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) and the “United Doctors Hospital” respectively.
