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
Five of the top ten common diseases in Mukono District are those associated with the lack of safe water supply and hygiene/sanitation. Information collected during field surveys from the district health offices and from the community needs assessment clearly highlights water born diseases (AWD, Amoeba, Giardiasis, Typhoid, bacillary dysentery etc), water washed diseases (like scabies, trachoma etc) and water related diseases (malaria). The conducted surveillance report indicated that, the prevalence of AWD cases in Koome Island is 230(2020). For instance in 2021 year, Nama(97), Mpunge(61), and Nakisunga(53)( Mukono District health office surveillance report, 2009). Koome Island, Nama, Mpatta, Mpunge and Nakisunga Sub Counties have extremely low water coverage rates. Currently, 15% ,24 %,45%, 40% and 49% respectively . Un served areas (35 % population fetch water from unprotected rivers, springs, ponds, Lake Victoria and traditional hand dug wells respectively. Surface water resources in the project areas are not safe and sufficient for human and livestock consumption, especially during the dry season from January to May and their use exposes the communities to various water associated disease The constructed water projects of Koome Island, Nama, Nakisunga and Mpunge overload observed beyond the standard that set by the regional Bureau of Water Resources Development. This might have a quick negative impact to its delivery of services.