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
Bwesumbu Sub-county is found in hard to reach area of Kasese district in the western part of Uganda. People in the area are below the poverty line as it is described by the UN. 95% of the households depend on subsistence farming as they produce for consumption rather than for sale. It is on record that in 2016 the government of Uganda rided the palace of Rwenzururu Kingdom in Kasese where they confronted with the royal guards of the King. The situation resulted to the killings of more than 100 royal guards and more than 200 royal guards were arrested including the king. In this scenario, Bwesumbu sub-county was the most affected where more than 40 royal guards were killed and more than 30 were arrested. This situation left untold suffering at community level where by many children were left orphaned and women were widowed. The situation left others to abandon their families with fear to be arrested. Children failed to attend classes due to lack of school fees and this prompt the community to start a primary school. The two classroom block will require $ 5500 to be completed.