Almotamar.net, Al Khaleej - DUBAI — Dubai Cares has teamed up with a leading children's organisation, Save the Children to promote primary education programmes in Yemen over a five-year period, benefiting nearly 46,000 children.
According to a Press release, Dubai Cares will work with 25 rural schools in five districts in the governorates of Lahej and Abyan, and 10 schools in the urban districts of the Aden governorate to improve enrolment among vulnerable groups.
The programme will also work towards improving the quality of education, ensuring that the schools become truly inclusive to all children, especially girls, who continue to be the largest group excluded from education.
The Yemen programme marks the second partnership between Dubai Cares and Save the Children, following the primary education programmes that were jointly launched in Sudan in April.
Reem Al Hashimy, Chairperson of Dubai Cares Board of Directors, said, "In Yemen, lack of education is a key factor abetting poverty - about 87 per cent of the poor are either illiterate or have never completed primary school.
The programme will help Yemen meet its Millennium Development Goals for providing all children access to primary education by 2015.
Securing access to primary education is crucial if the nation is to seize opportunities and realise tangible development results."