Algeria Welcomes Two New SEED Schools

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Algeria Welcomes Two New SEED Schools

April 2008 [Adrar, Algeria]

Mohamed Kermoud, Schlumberger NAG manager, expressed his best wishes for the school community.

SEED Algeria celebrated the inauguration of two new secondary schools, the Lycée Bouda and the Lycée Timi, both in Adrar, a southwestern province, on April 16, 2008. Schlumberger transformed a classroom at each school into a new SEED lab and provided furnishings in addition to computers and internet connectivity as part of the two-year connectivity grant awarded to the schools. Today there are four SEED schools in Algeria.

Schlumberger Shared Services manager and SEED volunteer Smail Djebrouni oversaw both projects and the inaugural events. In attendance at the inauguration were students and teachers from both institutions; the directors of both schools, Mr. Brahimi Mustapha of the Lycée Timi and Mr. Harouz Mohamed of the Lycée Bouda; Representative of the governor (Wali) of Adrar; the education minister of Adrar, Mr. Lehbib Abdeldjalil; and Schlumberger External Affairs Manager, Mahmoud Amara Korba. Schlumberger NAG GeoMarket manager Mohamed Kermoud, and several other Schlumberger managers and employee-volunteers, local officials and community guests.

Spirits ran high at the ceremony. Speeches were made by the school principals and by the representatives of the governor of Adrar, who thanked Schlumberger for selecting the schools to participate in SEED, and by Mohamed Kermoud, who expressed his joy at being able to contribute to the schools, and his best wishes for the future of the students and the schools.

The inauguration was made official by the signing of the SEED agreements and by the presentation of a memorial plaque to each school, after which gifts were presented to all of the students. After some closing words, everyone attended a celebratory luncheon to memorialize the occasion.