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
PPR Education’s I have a dream program INTRODUCTION: The words “I have a dream “come from one of the world’s greatest speeches by Martin Luther King. Those 4 magical words repeated again and again in his speech with increasing passion had ignited hope, galvanized people into action, and has changed the world forever. Those magical 4 words, now repeated again and again by a learner during those crucial years of their life will also have a similar magical impact on them. Encourages them to dare to dream. Instills a self-believe in them that they have the power within to achieve their dreams. For the privileged learners with doting parents, having a dream and ambition is instilled from childhood and so taken for granted. In contrast the poor learners, with many coming from broken families with no elders to mentor to encourage them to dream. Coupled with this, the daily struggle is so overwhelming that it creates hopelessness in life. Introducing I have a dream program is like setting up a light at the end of this dark tunnel. MODUS OPERANDI : Advertise I have a dream program at the start of each academic year. They fill up a form that involves giving their background, an academic record so far, and an essay about themselves and why they should be enrolled in this program. The best are selected to be enrolled in the program. Those enrolled will have a one-to-one session at the start of each term – to help them set goals for themselves and identify milestones at the end