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
In Kenya, many families live far below the poverty line. They struggle to afford basic needs, leave alone school fees. This forces many children to drop out of school and stop pursuing their dreams. Tenda Wema is a community based organization is a grassroot organization that supports needy and vulnerable children. We are setting up this campaign because no child should be forced to drop out of school because their family cannot afford school fees. This is about giving needy and vulnerable children in Kenya the chance to dream, to hope and to build a better future for themselves and the community.