The phrase ‘Catch ‘em young’ has found perfect synergy with the Dubai Cares Distinguished Awards for Schools, encouraging students in the UAE to come up with effective ideas for fund-raising for schools in the developing world, for which the best ideas will receive awards. A 100 schools in the country have pledged to Dubai Cares to participate in this endeavour. The brilliance of this scheme lies in its ability to harness peer-to-peer empathy. Who better than school students to help their counterparts around the world? It is a combination of micro and micro thinking that will potentially yield the most implementable results. Apart from leading to a rich harvest of ideas, the plan will also help nurture a new generation of philanthropists and entrepreneurs, an invaluable investment for any society. The earlier a child is taught to develop his vision for the world, the better are the prospects for future generations.
In contributing to the efforts of Dubai Cares to provide quality education to millions of children in developing societies, the young human-resource wealth of the UAE is learning some of the best lessons of life.