The Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Cares, Tariq Al Gurg, said that the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, had followed a brand new method toward charity and humanitarian work in which resources are centered on essential regions that may assist enhance the lives of hundreds of thousands of human beings around the sector. He said that training is one of the key regions where humanitarian work can help improve the lives of millions of children and adolescents, thereby breaking the cycle of poverty worldwide.
Al Gurg said that Dubai Cares, which is a part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has been running since its inception in 2007 to provide youngsters and young humans in developing nations with entry to the best education via designing and funding programs that are incorporated, impactful, sustainable and scalable. As a result, the UAE-primarily based global philanthropic corporation has efficiently launched training programs that have benefited over 18 million humans in 57 developing nations.
Tariq Al Gurg changed into talking at a ‘Meet the CEO’ event organized by the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO) nowadays. ‘Meet the CEO’ is an everyday series of press occasions organized by GDMO for leaders of prominent Dubai establishments. Both local and international media attended the event.
The CEO of Dubai Cares underlined the dedication of the UAE toward helping obtain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which pursuits to make certain inclusive and pleasant education for all and promote lifelong knowledge with the aid of 2030 using assisting programs centered on early youth development, get entry to satisfactory primary and secondary education, girls’ schooling, technical and vocational training, and schooling for youth, training in emergencies and chronic crises in addition to education for kids with special wishes. Dubai Cares additionally finances research-oriented applications and establishes pilot projects that provide meaningful and valuable evidence for governments, policymakers, and civil society to aid them in defining an educational framework for destiny.
Tariq Al Gurg also said that Dubai Cares plans to organize a Global Education Summit, the first of its type both inside the region and the sector, in partnership with Expo 2020 Dubai and with the participation of UN aid groups, civil society, and worldwide organizations centered on education, in addition to taking part countries and non-legitimate individuals in Expo 2020 Dubai. The Summit will recognize raising consciousness across the importance of schooling and growing a worldwide momentum for education, thereby launching the ten-yr countdown to assembly Sustainable Development Goal 4, which makes a specialty of ensuring inclusive great schooling and selling lifelong learning possibilities for all.
The Summit, which is about to take location inside the first zone of 2021, will cover three fundamental subjects: adolescents and abilities, education financing, and innovation in schooling.
Al Gurg additionally stated that Dubai Cares could have its pavilion at Expo 2020 to offer opportunities for visitors to apprehend and revel in the challenges kids face. Younger people face each day in their pursuit of training, find out about answers through the paintings of Dubai Cares and its companions, and provide you with answers of their personal to combat these demanding situations.
He additionally said that as part of its renewed dedication to worldwide schooling efforts, Dubai Cares introduced a new strategic partnership on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York in 2018, endorsing UNICEF’s ‘Generation Unlimited’ initiative, a new global partnership committed to growing possibilities for and investments in younger people.
During the consultation, Al Gurg said that Dubai Cares would launch a brand new training program in the Sub-Saharan African vicinity in partnership with “Co-effect.” This follows Dubai Cares’ successful conclusion of its schooling program in India, released in 2013 in partnership with Pratham. The program is centered on enhancing literacy and numeracy capabilities and Early Childhood Education (ECE) services.
The CEO of Dubai Cares also said that the brand new program might be applied in eight Sub-Saharan African nations, wherein Dubai Cares will allocate AED7.3 million to finance studies programs related to schooling and 3 million youngsters over a length of 3 years. The program is set to price diverse entities and will finance AED158 million.
On the subject of Dubai Care a hit program in India, Al Gurg additionally shared informatiabout of him being presented as an Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Degree from Mangalayatan University in Aligarh, India, for his contribution to worldwide schooling, super leadership, and tireless efforts to address and elevate awareness about philanthropy issues.
Despite the growing range of children caught in conflicts and herbal disasters, the information shows the best 2% of common humanitarian useful resources is spent on training. Al Gurg stated that this makes children’s desires to dwell in fragile states an urgent priority for Dubai Cares. He also said that Dubai Cares was selected as a member of the Steering Committee of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). As a Steering Committee member, Dubai Cares is ready to influence the strategic direction of one of the essential conveners of information and sources within the training in the emergency.
He also stated that Dubai Cares believes training is instrumental in reworking the lives of prone children and young people in developing groups worldwide. By gaining knowledge of the experimental elements of its programs, Dubai Cares has been able to contribute to information generation inside the education area and engage in evidence-based advocacy. The company has been a vocal worldwide advocate of first-class early adolescence training, gender equality in education, faculty health, and nutrition, in addition to education in emergencies.
