URC is a strategic sponsor of the Youth Empowerment through Purposeful Theatre by Alnowair, a young women’s leadership program.

Through purposeful theatre, young people are equipped with tools and provided with a platform to express themselves, develop essential social-emotional skills, foster critical thinking, and cultivate empathy. The purposeful theatre pillar’s initiatives will use the transformative power of Applied Theatre and its tools, exercises, and activities. Applied theatre is a practical use of theatrical practices to help bring about personal, emotional, and social development in individuals. It employs and adapts various techniques used in the creative art field for positive personal growth.

Alnowair, founded in 2013 by Sheikha Intisar AlSabah, is a pioneering non-profit organization in Kuwait and the GCC region, dedicated to bringing positive social behavioral change within Kuwait’s community, youth, and workplace environments. Alnowair aims to equip as many people as possible with evidence-based resources, tools, and strategies to ignite a positive transformation in their lives and positively impact their wellbeing.

Facts and Figures

• The program encompasses workshops tailored for female students aged 14 to 25, delivered by skilled instructors in diverse fields.

• The focus of this theater is to nurture leaders equipped with the competence to lead the nation through their resilience, enlightened intellect, and unrestrained and courageous voices.

• The initiative engages a significant number of female students from various schools in Kuwait for an entire year.

• The First Board of Experts Meeting took place on Monday, 9th of October 2023 at Chairman’s Club – KIPCO Tower.