Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi attends workshop at Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi attends workshop at Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

Sharjah: Reflecting Kalimat Foundation’s (KF) commitment to fostering creativity and instilling a love for reading among children, Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, Founder and Chairperson of KF, attended an art workshop at Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) 2023. The workshop, organised by the foundation and led by its first ambassador, Emirati artist Mohammed Al Mansoori, provided children an opportunity to use their creativity by painting on small bookcases in the shape of Pledge a Library’s portable libraries, and understand the core mission of the initiative, which aims to provide books to under-resourced and forcibly displaced Arab children worldwide, ensuring their fundamental right to read and access books. Sheikha Bodour engaged with the children who participated in the workshop and joined their activity, who expressed their joy to share their drawings, creativity, and love for art and reading. As part of its SCRF 2023 programme, KF also hosted a series of inclusive workshops that brought together visually impaired children with their peers to experience the joys of storytelling sessions, and broadening their knowledge through inspirational stories and meaningful narratives. The workshops were hosted under ‘Ara’ initiative which was launched in 2017 with the aim to enhance literacy skills among children with visual