Dubai Cares helps displaced Iraqi kids continue schooling

dubai — More than 4,500 Iraqi children who were displaced by the war will be resuming their education with the help of Dubai Cares. A one-year emergency support programme will be rolled out for children in Mosul with support from the Iraqi Ministry of Education.

The move comes after the full liberation of the city, which was under Daesh control for more than three years.

The ‘Supporting a Return to Education in Mosul City’ programme is part of Dubai Cares’ strategy aimed to address the urgent educational needs of children affected by war and natural disasters.

Twelve schools will be rehabilitated under the programme and more than 7,200 community members will benefit from outreach activities. The total number of beneficiaries of this programme will be 12,200. The Dh1.8 million programme, launched in partnership with ‘War Child UK’, will focus on providing quality education in safe and inclusive spaces to conflict-affected children in 12 schools in Western Mosul.

The Dubai Cares will also help 60 teachers and 24 headmasters receive intensive training along with on-going support and mentoring. Additionally, 96 teachers-parents and other community stakeholders will benefit from training.

Tariq Al Gurg, chief executive officer at Dubai Cares, said: “The plight of children in Mosul starkly illustrates fragility of societies driven by conflict and the urgency of addressing their needs, with education being of paramount importance.”

Not only is education a fundamental human right, he said, it is absolutely essential to the rebuilding of Mosul’s social fabric and to its future.

“Without swift, focused, tailored, and tangible action, the risk of generations of children and young people missing out on the education is intensifying.”

In its end stages, the outcome of this programme will make a pivotal contribution to lifting the people of Mosul out of the climate of fear and despair inflicted on them for so many years.