Boubyan’s Initiatives during the Holy Month Embodied the Meanings of Social Cohesion

Boubyan Bank concluded its program for social initiatives and contributions launched during the Holy Month of Ramadan in 2024, which aimed at daily engagement with various segments of the society to reinforce our leadership role in CSR and sustainable development. This year’s program comprised of many activities and events for the bank’s customers and the public, thereby reinforcing our leadership in social and humanitarian work

Boubyan Team of Volunteers

In order to instill the spirit of volunteer work among our employees and to spread the culture of volunteerism in our society, and to implement our busy program in the best manner possible, we formed our Boubyan Team of Volunteers comprising of a group of our employees from various departments.

Moreover, this year we opened the door for customers’ participation in our team of volunteers for meal-preparation out of our keenness on sharing the reward of good deeds with them, and we saw an unexpected huge turnout ultimately increasing the number of Boubyan Team of Volunteers, comprising of both customers and staff, to 100+ members.

Boubyan Steps.. More steps, More Eye Surgeries

Boubyan Steps Campaign was organized for the 10th year in a row to continue its message to motivate people to exercise walking on a daily basis at Al Shaheed Park or through Boubyan Steps App, which makes it easier for participants to exercise walking anytime and anywhere.

This year saw a broad participation by various age categories as the number of participants reached more than 4600, whose steps exceeded 120 million steps, against which Boubyan donates KD 1 for each 1,000 steps walked. Such donations are dedicated to performing Noor Boubyan’s eyesight restoration surgeries.

The 10th Ratel with Boubyan Competition

In Boubyan Bank, we are committed to launching our annual “Ratel with Boubyan” Competition for the Glorious Qur’an during the Holy Month, out of our keenness on contributing to raising a generation that memorizes the Glorious Qur’an by heart and understands its meanings. With the 10th edition of this competition, we complete together a whole decade of success, religious excellence, and reaffirming the meanings of the Glorious Qur’an, acting upon Almighty Allah’s Words: “…and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation.”

As we announced the results of the “Ratel with Boubyan” Competition, with more than 1,000 participants, we celebrated and recognized the winners who memorized the Qur’an by heart in a great ceremony held at the Grand Mosque, while encouraging them to keep up their hard work and commitment to the recitation of the Glorious Qur’an without abandoning it.

Neqsat Boubyan and the Iftar Meals Initiatives

Neqsat Boubyan and the Iftar Meals initiatives are part of the program of the Holy Month of Ramadan in order to provide hundreds of daily meals to the underprivileged individuals and to workers during the Holy Month, to reinforce the values of social cohesion, giving, and sharing.

Neqsat Boubyan is one of the unique initiatives of Boubyan Bank due to its exceptional idea, where a number of renowned Kuwaiti chefs join efforts to prepare around 700 Iftar meals on a daily basis, and to distribute the same to the visitors of the Grand Mosque and various areas in Kuwait in collaboration with a group of volunteers from Boubyan Team of Volunteers, who are keen to contribute with their efforts during this Holy Month.

Throughout the days of the Holy Month, we distributed more than 25,000 Iftar meals on a daily basis in order to contribute to supporting underprivileged social segments, and to emphasize our social message aiming at social sustainability.

“Neamaty” Initiative

During the early days of the Holy Month, we launched our charitable initiative to prepare and distribute Ramadan food supplies “Ramadan Majilah” to the needy families in Kuwait, in order to meet their needs of food supplies in collaboration with “Neamaty” Initiative, thus succeeding in making distributions of more than 3,000 food baskets.

This partnership even survives Ramadan, as it continues for one full year to spread awareness among consumers to minimize foodstuff waste, in addition to focusing on a humanitarian aspect by fulfilling the needs of underprivileged families and individuals in terms of food supplies, while contributing to delivering an awareness message about the risk of waste and encouraging them to change their approach towards food consumption.

Partnership with the Grand Mosque

Our partnership with the Grand Mosque of Kuwait continued for the second year in a row to reinforce the spirit of cooperation and cement the Islamic identity. With this partnership, most of the bank’s events during the Holy Month were held at the mosque such as the “Ratel with Boubyan” Competition and honoring the winners thereof, “Neqsat Boubyan” initiative, and the Iftar Meals Campaign, in addition to a busy program during the last ten days of Ramadan to provide service and hospitality to worshippers, with the participation of a group of volunteers from Boubyan Bank’s employees.

Kuwait’s App for the Glorious Qur’an with the 10 Recitations

“Kuwait’s App for the Glorious Qur’an with the 10 Recitations” was launched under the sponsorship of Boubyan Bank in collaboration with the Public Authority for Printing and Distribution of the Holy Quran, Sunnah, and Related Sciences. It is the first official App of its kind in Kuwait and the Islamic world to translate the meanings and interpretations of the Glorious Qur’an, and to distribute the Qur’an in Kuwait, the region, and the world. As of now, the Qur’an App has more than 250,000 users.

The Mosques Hospitality Program in the Holy Month of Ramadan

During the Holy Month, we offered hospitality services to worshippers at more than 50 mosques across Kuwait’s governorates as a part of our Mosques Hospitality Program in the Holy Month of Ramadan, in addition to supporting the efforts of the organizers of Qiyam Prayers “Night Prayers” at the Grand Mosque during the last 10 days of the Holy Month of Ramadan.

The Minute Challenge

Boubyan launched the “Minute Challenge” where customers participated through Msa3ed, our digital assistant in Boubyan App. Customers needed to correctly answer 5 questions within a minute at any given time they visited the App per day, and then they would qualify for a draw to be one of the 30 winners of KD 20 per day.

Throughout the Holy Month, the “Minute Challenge” saw the participation of more than 800 thousand participants.

Additionally, we have allocated a KD 100 prize for 20 of our customers who participated in the challenge on a daily basis and answered all questions correctly.

Bu Jarrah’s Initiatives for Change

To encourage volunteer work and positive change, we launched 8 new initiatives in collaboration with Bu Jarrah, the known leader of community initiatives. Moreover, we offered instant and valuable prizes to anyone who made a mark and led to a significant change in specific neighborhood in Kuwait.

Your Ghabga Is on Us

“Boubyan Ghabga” is one of the unique initiatives in our Ramadan program, as we gave our customers the chance to be among the winners in “Your Ghabga Is on Us” by registering through Msa3ed, our digital assistant in Boubyan App, and we saw a great engagement with more than 8,000 participants.

Boubyan Gergean

True to its annual tradition, Boubyan celebrated Gergean with children at Al Shaheed Park. “Boubyan Gergean” event was attended by more than 1,500 persons, and Gergean giveaways were distributed to bring joy and happiness to hearts in celebration of this Ramadan tradition, which is cherished by people of all ages in the Kuwaiti society.

Eidya Service for All Customers

Out of our keenness to share our customers the joy of various Eids and occasions, we provided Eidya service to them at all the bank’s branches across Kuwait, or through selected ATMs that allow them to choose various denominations of the Kuwaiti Dinar (KD 1, KD 5, KD 10, and KD 20 denominations), as we approach Eid El-Fitr to be always closer to them.???

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Hence, we can say that Boubyan Bank’s program for the Holy Month of Ramadan made a unique social mark that aimed at reinforcing the meanings of giving, volunteering, and committing to an unprecedented social engagement throughout the Holy Month.

Wishing you many happy returns!