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
I am a 22 year old Armenian Lebanese social worker, living in Lebanon. After the year 2019, a lot changed, especially for the children. To start with, in 2019, the Lebanese money started to lose its worth and the minimum human rights were almost impossible to secure. For example, access to fuel was almost impossible. In 2020, the coronavirus started to spread in Lebanon and people started to lose their jobs. However the highlight of that year was the Beirut Port explosion, which marked a scar on every Lebanese person. Finally, in 2023, the ongoing Earthquakes added the fear and the trauma in us and affected so many children. All of these affected 3/4 Lebanese people's financial stability, including the access of education for children. Most of the people were left without a home, some parents lost their jobs and massive number of children were left without an education. As a social worker, it is my priority to secure the education for children, since they are our future and education is the key to success and a fruitful future.