Deyaar Development signs cooperation agreement with Dubai Cares

DUBAI, 9th March, 2015 (WAM) --Deyaar Development PJSC yesterday signed a cooperation agreement with Dubai Cares, a global philanthropic organisation that aims to provide children in developing countries with access to quality primary education. As part of the Dubai Cares' adopted school initiative, Deyaar will build a school in the western region of Nepal and equip it with furniture and gender specific latrines, with 150 students benefitting from the school. The school will also offer adult literacy programmes to 60 women. Deyaar will also send a group of employees to volunteer their time and effort in support of the construction of the school. The agreement was signed by Saeed Al Qatami, CEO, Deyaar Development, and Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Cares, during a signing ceremony held at Deyaar’s headquarters yesterday. The Dubai Cares Adopt a School initiative aims to provide children and adults living in remote areas in a number of developing countries with access to quality primary education by building new schools. Each school is built to host at least 150 students and 60 women. In Nepal, the initiative strives to increase school attendance in the western region of the country by 15 to 20 per cent, in addition to increasing adult literacy rates by educating 60 women who did not go to school or receive education. Dubai Cares designs and funds integrated primary education programs that are impactful, sustainable and scalable. Education is a critical factor in every child’s development. Yet, 58 million primary-age children around the world today do not have access to education and a further 250 million are still not able to read, write or count adequately. Dubai Cares work is in line with Deyaar’s social responsibility strategy which focuses on education as a basis for its contributions in the community. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395277696544.html