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
My name is Baraa Abu Sallout, born in Gaza, Palestine, on September 6, 1998. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and am currently pursuing a Master's degree in the same field. Despite facing immense challenges due to the war in Gaza, I have only one course (3 credit hours) left to complete out of 10 courses (30 credit hours), in addition to my Master's thesis. My journey in artificial intelligence began in 2018 during my second year of Bachelor's studies. I developed a passion for AI and started self-studying online, learning Python and then specialized in AI through online courses. I later studied the structure of AI applications and machine learning algorithms, obtaining a Nanodegree in Machine Learning. In 2020, I started freelancing in AI and programming, working on projects such as facial emotion recognition. I completed my Bachelor's degree with a project on sentiment analysis of Twitter tweets, achieving a 94% grade. I then pursued a Master's degree to deepen my knowledge in AI. Unfortunately, the war in Gaza in 2023 halted my work and studies. The destruction caused by the war left me without a job, and my family's house, as well as my own, were destroyed. Despite these challenges, I left Gaza in May 2024 for Egypt to seek job opportunities and complete my Master's studies. My goal is to rebuild my life, deepen my knowledge, and work on advanced projects in AI. Your support will help me overcome the challenges I face and achieve my dreams of making