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
We have made inroads in ensuring every child in our care is reached in terms of access to uninterrupted education. Over the last several months, we have taken steps to provide learning material to our children, through both online and offline means. The response has been tremendous. But there are many, many more children we need to reach – and we need to do so urgently, as they are at risk of getting disconnected from formal education permanently. Your support has enabled us to reach hundreds of thousands of our children. Your continued support will help us reach more. OUR SOLUTION:- When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the effects on access to education were unprecedented. Schools were immediately shut, and in many cases, still are. We have been providing holistic support to children and their families by way of thoughtfully-designed Learning Kits for schooling at home. Here’s what a kit contains: 1) Workbooks, stationery, craft supplies, and so on 2) A daily plan that includes opportunities for parent-child engagement 3) Tracking progress of both children and parents in the learning activities 4) Lessons that promote creativity, basic literacy, emotional and physical well-being 5) Learning through technology – Videos shared through WhatsApp. Your support has led us far in this endeavour. Join us so we could keep doing this for more children!