Practice hones speaking skills: Miller Nigerian expats want embassy in

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WEATHER TODAY PRAYER TIMING Sunrise 4:52 am Sunset 6:10 pm Fajr: 3:26 am Dhuhr: 11:31 am High 40ºC Asr: 2:58 pm Maghrib: 6:09 pm Low 28ºC Isha: 7:39 pm Wind 14 Kts Visibility moderate Pressure 1010 mb Rel. humidity 64% Saturday, May 9, 2009 Students debate Qatarisation at ROTA youth conference

MAYA MANSOUR

DOHA School students dis- cussed local as well as global issues at the inter-school debate organised by Debate to mark the first Annual Youth Conference – ‘Empower 2009’ — of Reach out to Asia (ROTA), which started at the headquarters here on Thursday. A distinguished panel com- prising the ROTA board mem- ber HE Sheikha Aisha al Thani, Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al Thani and the chief of Palestinian Youth Empowerment Program Ruwwad, Hisham Jabi dis- cussed the role of youths in the (From left) Secretary-General of Qatar Olympic Committee HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al development of a country. Thani, CEO of National Youth Leadership Council Jim Kielsmeier and Hisham Jabi on the second day Sheikha Aisha praised the of the ‘Empower 2009’ youth conference in Doha on Friday. (MANEESH BAKSHI) efforts of young people who were able to teach their com- Qatar and said ROTA would Sheikh Saoud spoke about the that can motivate youngsters to munity many new things. “We spare no effort in implementing achievement of the Global practise after school, socialise have learned from our youth the Qatar vision to reach devel- Sport Fund, an initiative by the and avoid delinquencies.” new means to resolve problems, opment and empower young- Heir Apparent His Highness He said the Global Sport especially during the trips to sters. She said that ROTA had Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Fund organises youth camps Asia. They have great and inno- achieved a lot by focussing on Thani, to help young people every year. The last camp was Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al Missned during her visit to the National Museum of vative ideas,” she noted. education and it would contin- lead a healthy life through sport. held in Egypt. “Youth camps in Baghdad on Thursday. (MAHER ATTAR/HHOPL) She considered ‘Empower ue to do so. Sheikh Saoud said, “Our main enhance leadership spirit 2009’ as a milestone for youth in QOC Secretary-General objective is to promote sport Continued on page 18 H2O Spring Cup excites swimmers LANI ROSE R DIZON

DOHA The two-day H2O Spring Cup opened at the American School of Doha (ASD) here on Friday. One hundred and twenty three youngsters, represent- ing 10 different swimming clubs from Qatar, UAE, Algeria, and Kuwait, competed not only to beat their rivals, but to better their own personal bests as well. Altogether 36 events have been planned for the regional meet, organised by Doha-based H2O Swim Club. The first day of the competition witnessed 18 events for swimmers in different age categories starting from nine years. Qatar Tribune Speaking to , Marco Pascoe from H2O Swim Club said, “Events like this have a very positive impact on the community because it offers opportuni- ties to clubs in Qatar to compete against clubs in the region. Qatar has some incredible facilities and also a lot of commitment to providing great coaching. The key thing for H2O is that we want to promote swimming in Qatar as a first priority. “And, from there, we want to provide them an oppor- tunity to reach their goals, be it Asian Games or Olympics. Sky is the limit fro them”. The competition showcased not only the swimming Two young swimmers watch their timings on the first day prowess of the participants but their level of endurance of the H2O Spring Cup competition at ASD in Doha on under water, a skill they have learned Friday. (QT PHOTO) Continued on page 18 QAWS celebrates 5th anniversary

AILYN AGONIA

DOHA ‘Bonnie’, ‘Abs’, ‘Holly’, ‘Bella’ and their pals celebrated the 5th anniver- sary of their home, the Qatar Animal Welfare Society (QAWS), here on Friday. ‘Bonnie’, ‘Abs’, ‘Holly’ are dogs and ‘Bella’ is a donkey. They are among the expanding ‘tenants’ at the QAWS farm located at the outskirts of Doha. A large number of people, mostly children, enjoyed the occasion. Founded in 2003, the QAWS has been rescuing abused and neglected animals in Qatar and is now home for Staff of the Qatar Animal Welfare Society in Doha on Friday. (UDAYAN NAG) about 50 dogs and 50 cats. It also serves as a permanent home shelter is run by 4 volunteer activities were taking place as part for animals considered not suitable committee members and 2 paid of the shelter’s fund-raising drive. for re-homing, such as donkey, bull, cleaners. Books, DVDs, home ornaments and kestrel, possum, numerous farm During the celebration, the QAWS QAWS merchandise, as well as some birds and feral cats. staff and other volunteers wel- delectable goodies, were on sale. The institution has adopted over comed their guests who were also The animals were also visited by the 2000 animals since it started operat- among their avid supporters. A tent guests with the excited children. ing five years ago and their number was set up besides the facilities Talking to Qatar Tribune, one of the is continuously growing. The entire housing the animals where several Continued on page 18 18 Saturday, May 9, 2009 Dateline Doha Practice hones speaking skills: Miller

JOSEPH VARGHESE Speaking about his experience of public speaking, he said it has been DOHA “Tongue engages before the a long journey, but an accidental “Clarity of the brain engages. It is in using the one. He was lured into public message is the essence tongue people make or break their speaking by a friend who had been of any speech. One must career or even their lives and the compelling him for several times. effective use of the tongue takes Finally he started taking part in be able to figure out the one to greatest heights,” said the public speeches which led him to thoughts, message and champion speaker Lance Miller, world championship in 2005. He the fundamentals when who was in Doha at a workshop on said that once he started speaking he or she listens to it. ‘Find your voice’. at various functions, he knew that This makes a speech all Lance Miller, the 2005 world he could make an impression on the more worthy to be champion of public speaking in an the audience and spent hours for listened to and audience CONTACT US international speech competition, practising. He said “Practice is the enjoys such speeches.” EDITORIAL: [email protected] arrived in Doha specially for con- most important aspect in any skill Qatar Tribune — [email protected] ducting the workshop. He will and spend most of the time in — Lance Miller Editorial: Phone: 4422077 COMMERCIAL PRESS RELEASE: leave the country by Saturday. practising with lesser number of [email protected] Fax: 4416790 Speaking to Qatar Tribune, public performances.” sailed transatlantic from Virgin Administration & Marketing ADMINISTRATION: [email protected] ADVERTISEMENT: [email protected] Miller said communication is the He cited the example of Islands to Norway, piloted his own Phone: 4666810 CIRCULATION: [email protected] most important element in American College Football teams, aircraft hundreds of hours, rafted Fax: 4654975 CLASSIFIED: classifi[email protected] P. O. Box: 23493, Doha improving the status of an individ- Lance Miller at a workshop in Doha on Thursday. (QT PHOTO) which practise all through the some of the roughest whitewater ual, both personally and profes- week just for one performance at in the USA, scuba dived under the DIAL DOHA sionally. None of the social, cultur- along with the atmosphere of the “Clarity of the message is the the weekend. “Practice is the jour- ice of frozen lakes in the winter al or political divides can be a hur- place you are in. A speaker essence of any speech. One must be ney of perfecting your speaking and has engaged in many more dle in becoming an effective com- becomes all the more effective able to figure out the thoughts, mes- skills” he concluded. adventurous activities. Fire municator. Three important areas only when one becomes passion- sage and the fundamentals when he Miller, in addition to being an He has also travelled extensively Ambulance before delivering a speech, accord- ate about it. It becomes a natural or she listens to it. This makes a award winning speaker, is an and has worked for numerous Police 999 ing to Miller, are ‘Know the com- and spontaneous action once the speech all the more worthy to be lis- established trainer with a unique humanitarian causes with various munity, know your message and speaker gets involved in the flow of tened to and audience enjoys such mix of talent and life experience. international humanitarian Electricity 991 know the venue and the locality’ the speech,” he said. speeches,” added Miller. Heis an adventurer as he has organisations. Water 991 Hamad Hospital 4394444 Childs Emergency Centre (Al Saad) 4393333 Rumila Hospital 4396666 Sri Lankans Women’s Hospital 4396666 Airport Services- Enquiry 4622999 celebrate Vesak Airport Services-Operator 4656666 Qatar Airways 4496666/4496000 SANTHOSH CHANDRAN Qatar Airways (Airport) 4496688 Gulf Air 4455444 DOHA Sri Lankan community in Gulf Air (Airport) 4656318 Qatar celebrated Vesak, the Immigration & Passport Department 4890333 popular Buddhist festival of Sri Traffic Department 4890666 Lanka. Water Emergency 4325959 The Sri Lankan Ambassador Electricity Emergency 4677601 to Qatar, His Excellency Vijaya Weather Forecasting (Admn) 4656590 Padukkage urged the people Drain Centre 4687894 gathered at the embassy to cele- Municipality (Doha) 4336336 brate the event, to spread the Sri Lankan expats celebrate Vesak in Doha on Friday. (QT PHOTO) Ministry of Education 4941111 message of love and compas- Qatar Television (QTV) 4894444 sion that Buddha propagated in evening session of meditation makes us comfortable and we Qatar Broadcasting Service (QBS) 4894444 his lifetime. and meditative songs. The utilize such occasions to Qatar University 4852222 The community members songs and other cultural pro- express and share the great val- Postal Department 4464000 appeared in white dress and grammes, which started at ues propagated by our ances- SriLankan Airlines 4322628/4369910 they lit the traditional oil lamps night session, entertained the tors. The celebration brings Oman Air 4320509/4321373 Suresh Gopi sings at a musical programme organised by Manu Arts at at the embassy premises. community members. evergreen memories our coun- Oman Air (Airport) 4626835 Doha Cinema on Thursday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) A good number of communi- “The festival of this kind, try back into our minds,” one of ty members participated in the which forms our tradition, the community members said. QAWS celebrates Nigerian expats want embassy in Doha 5th anniversary CATHERINE W GICHUKI it will be much easier if there is a Continued from page 17 ing to apply for charity for the consulate here in Qatar. last five years so that we could DOHA The officials of the Theeventwasattended by a committee members, Kelly said transform this place into a facili- Nigerian community in Qatar, large number of Nigerian expatri- that aside from celebrating their ty to accommodate more ani- who are commonly known as the ates living in Qatar. All dressed in 5th year, the event was also mals here. We can do some edu- DOHANAIJA Association, is the Nigerian attire, they celebrat- organised to raise as much funds cational programmes to educate working hard to make sure that a ed the occasion and wished one as they could to run the shelter the residents in Qatar, including consulate is opened in Qatar another to live in peace and to till September. “During summer, children, on what we should do soon to offer consular services to respect other expatriates regard- a lot of people are leaving the about pets. We are very much the growing number of expatri- less of gender, race and age. country and so we are having keen on pushing through with ates taking up jobs here. Young and old, all danced as hard time raising money to run our application,” Kelly said. The president of the associa- they reminded themselves of this place. Today, we are trying to She added that despite strug- tion, OJ Millar said the officials of how their motherland is like. The raise enough money that we gling for funds to run the place the group will work together to Nigerian cuisine, which included Nigerian expats in Doha during a community get-together on Thursday. (QT PHOTO) could use until people come they are working on expanding make sure that a consulate is set jollof rice, moi moi, egusi, back from vacation,” she said. their facilities to better service up here, although he did not ogbono garri and amala, was also green passport, the Nigerian a visa and the best places to tour. She added that it’s good that The QAWS operates purely on their ‘tenants’ and accommo- announce any date. on display, making the ambience passport.” Esther Eyam, who had attend- they came together to feel the personal donations. Up till now, date more. He was speaking during the of a perfect Nigerian one. He thanked Qatar authorities ed the event, was very much ambience of their motherland. the institution has yet to be “Our adoption rate is phe- community’s get-together here Millar then urged them not to for allowing direct Qatar Airways delighted to be among her fellow Boye Dehinbo, who was also recognised as a charity and be nomenal but the animals we are on Thursday. However, the expa- forget their roots and to remain flights to Nigeria, seven times a Nigerians. She said, “Events such present at the event, said that it allowed to receive assistance taking in have increased more in triates have been using the united since unity was strength. week, making Nigeria accessible as this are rare and it’s good that was good that the expatriates from companies. “We have numbers. There are a lot of embassy in Riyadh for consular He said, “Never forget your roots. to other nationalities. He further we came together as a family and came to party together. He said grown both in size and populari- things to be done to keep this services, which for years has Whether you are with red, blue urged them to assist those who to update one another on what’s that such events should be held ty over the years. We’ve been try- shelter running,” Kelly remarked. been of a great help to them. But or yellow passport, let us unite in want to visit India on how to get happening in our country”. regularly. Students debate Iraqi artist’s exhibition opened H2O Spring Cup AILYN AGONIA Qatarisation DOHA Seven art works depicting excites swimmers oppression of women in the Continued from page 17 youth did not realise the hor- society, form part of the latest Continued from page 17 at the age of seven, but learned rors taking place in their own exhibition of Third Line Gallery, it when he was only one-year- among youngsters so they can country. They used to make which opened to the public at to develop out of constant prac- old. go back to their schools and groups of Ruwwad to asses the the Waqif Art Center on tice and rigorous trainings. On setting up a new record communities and teach their humanitarian needs after the Thursday. Andrea Fruge, a 13-year-old for his self, he said, “For the 400 peers. We also train school Gaza blockade and find ways to Aptly titled ‘Marionnettes’, the American expatriate, said that metres freestyle I’m trying to teachers who can convey the help residents of Gaza. first exhibition of 28-year-old she has pushed herself more beat seven minutes because message to their students,” he Earlier, the three-day event, Iraqi artist Hayv Kahraman in than normal to train for the that’s my record I had set about said. “Our reward is to see smile which aims at promoting lead- Qatar, was a big hit as 90% of her competition. Speaking to Qatar two months ago”. on people’s face and to know ership, service learning and works were reportedly sold even Tribune, she said, “During train- Speaking about further plans that we are the reason behind global citizenship, was kicked before the exhibition opened. People watching the art works of Hayv Kahraman in Doha on ing, I swam faster. It was hard, of organising swim meets, this smile,” he concluded. off by the students of Park A ‘marionnette’ is defined as a Thursday. (UDAYAN NAG) but it was worth it. Seeing Pascoe said, “In October, we’re Ruwwad chief Hisham Jabi House International School and puppet controlled from above myself doing better and trying going to be having a very high thanked Her Highness Sheikha Doha Independent Secondary by strings and it was the very Iraq until I was 10 and then I the pieces. And from the photos to beat my own time and stuff calibre event and that will Mozah bint Nasser al Missned School for Boys, arguing for and theme of Hayv’s intriguing went to Sweden and Italy to alone we sold most of the items was fun”. include international teams for her support to young people against a motion, ‘This house pieces. study. Now I am based in the US. already,” he said. Andrea said that she had from Europe, Asia, and perhaps in Gaza. He shared with the par- believes that Qatarisation is the Talking to Qatar Tribune, AndIobserved that these The collection includes seven been training three times a even Australia and North ticipants his experience about best way to ensure active citi- Hayv said that the collection nations had the same impres- canvasses with melancholic week for an hour each. America. And we are also going community service. “Sixty-five zenship for Qatar’s youth’. was a product of her personal sions about women. Only forms female figures showing time- “Tomorrow, I will be swimming to have open water meet in percent of the Palestinian popu- Mohammed al Sabbagh, observations and research were different. It might not be worn eyes and elongated necks. at 400m-freestyle. And I hope to October as well. lation is under the age of 35. Peter Antoun and Mohab through various media. “My col- that obvious in the West.” The women in the paintings set a good record tomorrow. I “So we are looking forward to Therefore, we need to help Khaled from Doha Independent lection shows the stereotyping According to one of the Third look elegant but the artist high- think my time was like 7:45 or some other major events that’s youth to have a self-belonging Secondary School for Boys of the society on the role of Line Gallery staff, 90% of Hayv’s lighted the despair among them. something, so I hope to beat going to be bigger than this in and civic engagement in a coun- formed the proposition team, women. They are expected to works on display here were There is a canvass titled that one,” she added. scale, and again working try ravaged by conflicts and which defended Qatarisation stay at home and perform already sold. “We marketed her ‘Cooking’, another one called Twelve-year-old Keegan Ill, a together with local swimming wars,” Jabi emphasised. while focussing on the fact that chores like cooking and clean- artworks through the photos ‘Tomato Offering’ and one is student of ASD, said that he entities we hope to achieve a He said that many Palestinian Qatar belonged to Qataris. ing. I was born and grew up in she sent even before we received ‘Combing’. started competitive swimming great importance in Qatar.”