Alkam Energy employees support local mental health charity

Employees at Alkam Energy recently celebrated their annual charity day with a donation to mental health charity Waad Center for Psychological Counseling. The company donated $35,000 to the Jeddah based organization in Saudi Arabia, which was also supported by employees fundraising an additional $13,000 through collections, a sum that will be matched by Alkam and brings the total contribution to over $45,000.

Representatives of Waad Center attended the celebration at Al-Khobar, to raise awareness amongst employees and to formally receive the donation.

Waad Center for Psychological Counseling supports local people with severe mental illness to feel more confident, make friends, and access employment opportunities. The oil and gas industry is a high-pressure environment compared to many others, with stressful long hours requiring constant alertness set in isolated locations. With mistakes costing lives, workers can feel overwhelmed yet unable to express themselves. 

Weeks away from home and the people they feel comfortable around can enhance these feelings, building up until their mental health deteriorates. Being able to share thoughts and feelings with employers due to worry about what they will say to- and about- them, as well as how people may act toward them can also hinder their likelihood to seek help. In many cases, support is not available even if it pursued. Through one-to-one, group activities, training, and voluntary work placements, charity empower people with the skills and confidence to no longer feel limited by their mental ill-health.

Ibrahim Khalil, CEO of Waad Center said: “We are delighted with the fantastic support the employees of Alkam Energy have shown the Waad Center. It is wonderful that they are championing the cause of mental illness; something that may affect many of their colleagues, friends or family. The monies donated will help us reach even more local people and provide life-changing support services.”

Robert Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer, Alkam Energy, commented: “Waad Center does some great work in our local community, and it was a pleasure to welcome them as our special guests at Al-Khobar. I am delighted that our donation and fundraising will be supporting such a worthy local cause”.

About Alkam Energy

Alkam Energy is a premier, fully integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. For more than a century, customers have trusted Alkam to design and build end-to-end infrastructure and technology solutions to transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. Our proprietary technologies, integrated expertise and comprehensive solutions deliver certainty, innovation and added value to energy projects around the world. Customers rely on Alkam to deliver certainty to the most complex projects, from concept to commissioning. It is called the “One Alkam Way.” Operating in over 54 countries, Alkam’s locally focused and globally-integrated resources include approximately 32,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world.

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