Dubai Cares Crowdfunding

TFG 7 Emirates Cycle Challenge 2024 - MC

By Mark Colbourne MBE

Ends in 277 days

Our team of amateur and professional riders will cover 550km cycling across all seven emirates in four days, helping raise funds for Dubai Cares’ Early Childhood Development program.

Education (General)

AED 10,000.00

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

Once upon a time as a small boy, I had a strong desire to become a professional athlete and maybe even one day an Olympic Champion like my sporting idol Daley Thompson. Having participated in various sports all throughout my life, unfortunately in May 2009 my flying passion nearly killed me, as I experienced a near fatal paragliding crash and broke my back in the violent impact. Even with a thoracic fracture at T12 and lower leg paralysis for life, I never gave up as, I knew my life ahead was not going to be the same but with hope in my heart and a will to succeed, I faced the London 2012 Paralympic Games with a burning desire to win at all costs in track cycling. Having achieved my childhood dream in world record style to become a World and Paralympic Gold Medallist, my vision since 2012 has been to give back and help good causes like Dubai Cares to support others who need the opportunity to dream big. I’m so proud to be able to contribute through the 7 Emirates Cycle Challenge with The First Group team, and will ensure all my network contributes and is aware of the fantastic work being done by Dubai Cares. Kind regards Mark Colbourne MBE

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