About the Cause
Dubai Cares’ programs are designed to reduce, if not remove, the greatest obstacles that prevent children and young people in developing countries from attaining quality education. With each intervention, Dubai Cares evaluates the need for assistance across two key areas:
Access to Education which allows Dubai Cares to improve children’s health and learning environment, increase education enrollment and attainment, increase access to education, reduce absenteeism, increase gender parity and increase promotion rates.
Quality of Education which enables early learning, enhances educational attainment and school progression, improves literacy and numeracy skills among children, enables teachers to access teacher training resulting in better learning outcomes, reduce dropout rates and increase primary school attainment.
Dubai Cares is a long-term advocate of safeguarding children and young people’s right to education and is currently playing a global advocacy role in spreading the knowledge about the importance of providing education to the unprivileged children.
We also champion education through research - There is an overwhelming lack of evidence as to what works to promote children’s learning in crisis-affected contexts. Research plays a pivotal role in tackling this issue.
My Story
It all started with one woman and a promise. Lida first arrived in the Turkana desert as a visitor, but she left as a founder. Unable to ignore the sight of children with no access to food, water, or a single book, she decided to return and build a school from zero. She began with nothing but a mat in the shade of a tree, teaching children who had never seen a classroom. Through her personal blog, a miracle happened: a community of volunteers formed. We raised the first funds to build a Dining Hall and then the first permanent classrooms. Today, "Life for Unity" is a movement. Our volunteers leave their comfortable lives to fly into the desert, living with lack of electricity and water, just to give these brilliant children a future. But the children are growing, and our mission must grow with them. We are building in one of the harshest places on Earth. Our vision is to turn Akanakon into a sustainable sanctuary: with its own agroecology garden for fresh food, a sports and dance hall, and our ultimate dream—a Boarding school. In their huts, these children face extreme poverty; in our boarding school, they will have safety, full nutrition, and a real environment to thrive. Your support isn't just a donation; it’s a brick in a wall that protects a child's right to dream. Join us in building a future where there was once only sand.
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