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Moderated by Education Group Chair, Gene Sperling, the Education Working Group Luncheon also heard from Valentino Achak Deng, Founder, The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation; Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive, Save the Children UK; and, Maya Ajmera, President of the Global Fund for Children.
Al Hashimy cited both Dubai Cares, a charitable establishment that aims to provide access to primary education in developing countries, and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, which seeks to develop future leaders and create a knowledge-based society in the region, as examples of Dubai's commitment to being an active global citizen.
added HE Al Hashimy.
To date, Dubai Cares has reached four million children, laid the groundwork to train 22,379 teachers, build and renovate 2,072 schools, and is helping establish 3,157 parent-teacher associations. It is actively engaged with international aid agencies - including UNICEF, UNRWA, Oxfam, Save the Children and Care International - to develop primary education programs and help countries meet their universal primary education goals, as per United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDG) 2 and 3. In its role as a strategic coordinator, Dubai Cares is also playing an important role in developing a global partnership for development, in line with UN MDG 8.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation was launched with an endowment of US$10 billion as a personal initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and aims to develop the knowledge and human capabilities of the Arab world for the creation of a future generation of leaders in the region through a wide array of pioneering projects and programmes in three main strategic areas: knowledge, culture and entrepreneurship.
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