In Memory of Craig Gibson

By Saarah Badr Gibson

Ends in 57 days

Craig Gibson’s commitment to supporting underprivileged young people will live on through your donations. Dubai Cares is a charity close to Craig’s heart as it provides children and young people in developing countries with access to quality education.

Education (General)

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

Craig Gibson was the most generous person I ever met. Tragically, at just 38, he has been taken from us far too soon. We opted to hold a celebration of life ceremony instead of a traditional funeral to honour my husband, Craig. A nontraditional funeral calls for nontraditional contributions, so instead of spending money on flowers, which will not last, you can make a lasting impact and honour Craig’s legacy by providing a donation to Dubai Cares. Any contribution to this charitable initiative, that helps underprivileged young people all over the world in providing them with educational and health opportunities, would make a difference. Craig was always extremely generous with his time, as well as his resources, and wanted to share what he could with those less privileged. He often included Dubai Cares and other children-based charities as part of his wider charitable focus when he was Chairman of Dubai Wasps. We feel that by setting up this page there will be an opportunity to further his commitment even though he is no longer with us. The page will be available until the one-year anniversary of Craig’s passing, and you would greatly honour Craig’s legacy by providing a donation on this page. Thank you - Saarah (his wife), Alba (his daughter) and the Gibson family

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