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
At CERD, we work closely with communities across South Sudan, where ongoing localized conflict, displacement, and recurring climate shocks like severe flooding continue to interrupt children’s education. We have seen schools destroyed, classrooms submerged, and families forced to move again and again leaving children without safe places to learn. For us, this campaign is deeply personal. Every time learning stops, children lose more than lessons; they lose safety, routine, and hope. Girls face higher risks of early marriage, and many vulnerable children become exposed to protection risks and long-term poverty. Together with Dubai Cares, we are launching this campaign to restore safe learning spaces, provide school materials, and ensure children can continue their education even during crisis. This initiative represents our promise to communities that emergencies should never take away a child’s right to learn or their chance for a better future. CERD is raising funds to help children in South Sudan whose education has been disrupted by ongoing conflict, displacement, and severe flooding. Many schools are damaged or inaccessible, leaving vulnerable children especially girls and displaced learners without safe places to study. In partnership with Dubai Cares, this campaign will support temporary learning spaces, school supplies, and protection-focused education services so children can continue learning despite crisis. Your support will help restore hope, safety, and a path to