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
In Tigray, families continue to face the compounded impacts of conflict and disaster—food insecurity, disrupted schooling, and psychosocial distress. This campaign is our commitment to help children and caregivers rebuild their lives. By providing high‑energy biscuits to 2,591 children, we reduce hunger‑related absenteeism and keep them in school. Through structured mental health and protection awareness sessions, 1,200 caregivers gain tools to support their children and access referral services. We are also strengthening 15 mothers’ self‑help groups, equipping 300 vulnerable women with business training and cash‑supported livelihood recovery. Finally, 50 teachers and school leaders will be trained in trauma‑informed teaching and socio‑emotional learning, ensuring classrooms become safe spaces for healing and growth. This campaign means more than aid—it is a bridge from relief to recovery. It integrates gender equality, disability inclusion, and safeguarding, ensuring no one is left behind. For me, it represents hope: that children can learn without hunger, women can rebuild their livelihoods, and communities can heal together. With your support, we can restore dignity and resilience for 4,141 direct beneficiaries in Tigray.