27/08/2015

Coinciding with its efforts to promote creativity among youth, the Royal Health Awareness Society has recently concluded its participation in this year’s New Think Festival, entitled “Fikristan.” The event, which took place on the 22nd and 23rd of August at the King Hussein Business Park’s Cultural Village, was in cooperation with MedLabs Consultancy Group.

RHAS have presented different health segments over the two days within the health section where it tackled different health topics, such as healthy nutrition, physical activities, and healthy sketches. Additionally, RHAS underlined the importance of maintaining a healthy and balanced diet and further highlighted several safety issues. Afterwards, MedLabs specialists conducted detailed blood examinations for participants, which included checking for diabetes.

New Think Festival have presented more than 200 speakers, where its activities was divided into six key segments: social networking, health, culture, arts, the world of business and all new things. Comprehensive workshops and challenging mind games were also introduced during the two-day event which sought to touch upon new topics and improve individuals’ critical thinking skills.

The Director of Communication and Media at the Royal Health Awareness Society, Mouath Tarshihi, commented on the event saying: “For the third consecutive year our participation in New Think Festival, comes to coincide with our mission and vision of promoting a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle among Jordanians. Our close cooperation with our loyal partners specializing in the public and private sector as well as several civil society organizations, aims to reinforce the mental and physical health of citizens.”

The Royal Health Awareness Society was founded in 2005 by Her Majesty Queen Rania to spread health awareness and strengthen the role of the community. The organization has and continues to launch social projects designed to meet the precise needs of communities while remaining aligned with national health regulations.

Launched in 2009, the New Think Festival is a non-profit initiative that aims to promote creativity among youth. The festival is one of many events organized throughout the year that reach out to youth and encourage them to demonstrate creativity, as well as introduce them to new social trends in order that they may become active members of society.