Multi-million dirham education initiative launched

Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has launched a multi-million dirham initiative to educate more than a million children worldwide.

“Dubai Cares,” is being launched during the holy month of Ramadan, with the aim of raising money from across Dubai’s diverse community to provide children in some of the world’s poorest countries with a primary education.

The campaign is being spearheaded by Shaikh Mohammad and his children, who will be unveiling a number of initiatives to be held over the coming six weeks.

According to organisers, in addition to the aim of raising money for those less fortunate around the world, ‘Dubai Cares’ also seeks to get Dubai’s community, including individuals and the private sector, involved in the project, instilling a sense of social cohesion.

“I expect both Emiratis and expatriates to compete in charity and to participate in any way you find suitable…In our country, we added to our Arab and Islamic tradition a diversity of values represented by the diverse mixture we have here of companies, cultures and nationalities from all over the world,” Shaikh Mohammad said at the launch.

Shaikh Mohammed is a great visionary. He always inspires people of all walks of life this effort is yet another message for the whole world about how Dubai and its leaders can make a difference to improve the children of the world in their own way.
Arun
Brisbane,Australia

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