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 Jumana, and I am a postdoctoral neurology Research Fellow at University of Arizona at Dr Micheal Kruer's Lab. I have had the privilege of learning by observing children with movement disorders and the opportunity to collaborate with specialists from various fields, such as neurologists, child neurologists, neurosurgeons, geneticists, bioinformaticians, pediatricians, movement disorder specialists, therapists, child psychiatrists, and many others. It's heartbreaking to see children suffering from movement disorders, unable to lead a normal life. Despite decades of efforts, there hasn't been enough research into the causes, prevention, and treatment protocols. This lack of progress is incredibly frustrating not only for the children and their families but also for us, as we continue to witness the loss of so many innocent lives' happiness and potential. This is high time that we focus on these our kids and work to reach the end of these disorders. We want kids to grow and flow without worrying about their limitations and their sounds of laughter, joy, and happiness will echo through the skies, shaking the heavens with their boundless spirit.