HE. Dr Tawfig bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah; the Minister of Hajj and Umrah, met with members of the Mawhiba Alumni, as a guest of the first “Mawhiba Guest” meetings today, in the presence of HE. Dr. Saud Al-Mathami, Secretary-General of the Foundation, and the director of Mawhiba’s General Department for Corporate Communications; Dr. Mohammad Al-Masoudi.
At the outset, Al-Rabiah sincerely thanked Mawhiba for hosting the meeting in national foundation, which he described as a pioneer based on creativity, excellence, the identification of gifted people and the development of their abilities.
At the beginning of the meeting, Al-Rabiah recalled his childhood and his most notable memories, hobbies, skills, and ambitions that he imagined for his future, and the ways he took to develop these skills at that stage, saying that in his early days, his dream was not big, and his interest was focused on graduating with excellence from the university.
Al-Rabiah spoke about his personal experience with Mawhiba through his son Omar; expressing how his son incredibly benefited from joining Mawhiba programs, and his experience as a father, which gave him another dimension that made him enthusiastic about all that he saw of Mawhiba, its work and outcomes, and his constant pleasure in seeing the achievements offered by the Foundation, as he saw today from projects for talented and distinguished students.
During the open meeting, HE. the Minister of Hajj and Umrah said: "Mawhiba always makes the difference, and will continue - God willing - during the coming periods, to provide the national economy with creative Saudi cadres, contributing to the achievement of the ambitious outcomes of Vision 2030.”
Al-Rabiah called to mind his educational career and experience in his school stages, indicating that his love and passion for mathematics was one of the most important features that enabled him to continue his educational journey with all success, with God's blessing.
HE. the Minister of Hajj and Umrah presented his compendium of expertise to university students in the scholarship phase at University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and how to hone their talents and extra-curricular activities, and take advantage of various opportunities; opening the doors for them to reach a bright future.
Al-Rabiah directed his speech to his gifted children, saying: “Identifying gifted people is important, but what is most important is to refine, persist and persevere thereon to achieve amazing results.” He stressed that reading, education, appropriate experience, and the company of distinguished people affect and contribute to the development of talent and capacity development.
Al-Rabiah called on job seekers to learn how to write biographies and communicate them to others, take advantage of the summer period for training, and volunteer to work in distinguished places; for the purpose of encouraging more learning, development and access to the best opportunities. Moreover, Al-Rabiah gave a set of advice to his male and female talented students; the need to define their goals, and to work hard to achieve them, through the earnestness, diligence and perseverance that will enable them -After God willing to come to what they aspire to, realize their dreams and turn them into reality that contributes to changing the realities of humanity, human prosperity and sustainable development. He pointed out that the leadership of change needs meaningful action, and a person cannot lead change without being a role model, assuring the attendees of talented students that each of them is a role model.
He explained that his experience with the Corona pandemic represented the greatest pressure of his life. Yet, through the guidance of the wise leadership and spirit of the teamwork of the Ministry of Health, the work was systematic, real and distinguished - by the grace of God.
The open meeting between the ambitious and persistent minister and the members of Mawhiba Alumni came as part of Mawhiba’s endeavors to transfer expertise, attitudes, experiences and ideas, to highlight the nation’s leaders and their success stories, to become role models for future generations.
Dr. Al-Masoudi concluded the meeting, saying: “Whoever wants to read about administration should read Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, and whoever wants to read about leadership, change, and development should read the biography of Tawfig Al-Rabiah.”