Dubai Cares provides assistance for 200 thousand children in Haiti
The directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today directed the Dubai Cares for educational aid for the children of Haiti, which was recently devastated by an earthquake, which left a large number of victims, including more than a million school-age children Statute.
“Tariq Al Gurg, CEO of Dubai Cares” The organization works to provide immediate assistance to some 200 thousand children in Haiti in accordance with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and through its international non-governmental organizations, including CARE International, and Save the Children Organization, and Plan International, UNICEF, Who’s currently in Haiti, “explaining that” after this disaster become children need to get the basic education requirements and we are going to meet them and provide for them. “
According to the flash appeal launched by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to help victims of earthquake in Haiti 2010, “Children and young people from the affected families are most in need of emergency assistance, where at least many of the educational cadres were killed and many of them to injuries as a result of this disaster and it is expected that a large number of children, who make up 25% of the affected residents of Haiti, they are most in need for urgent assistance and immediate support, “and explained that” the education requirements will provide an essential role in the return of children to school and to overcome the effects of the earthquake, not only school students, but also for children deprived of their former study, where the available data indicate that 50% of the children of Haiti who are of school age were out of educational institutions prior to the earthquake. “
For his part, said Navraj Golani, Regional Director of CARE in the Middle East and Europe: “emphasize Dubai Cares through the support provided by its partners present in the affected areas Balzlal on the effectiveness of the partnership approach considered and adopted in the systematic implementation of programs and immediate response to emergency situations, we work together to provide a strategic program, effective and long-term meet the educational needs of children of Haiti and to help restore their lives. “
While Dubai Cares confirmed that it would continue its efforts to identify areas in which to re-hit Haiti’s children to the school atmosphere.
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