Dubai Cares and Gates Foundation partner to improve child health and education

Dubai Cares and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have signed a memorandum of cooperation on 19 April 2009 to collaborate on new projects to improve children’s health and education in the developing world.

Speaking on the occasion of the signing, Al Hashimy said: “Dubai Cares looks forward to collectively implementing innovative solutions founded on the full value chain of education, a value chain in which the Gates Foundation’s health and development experience and expertise will contribute to making a lasting impact on the ground,” said Reem Al Hashimy, Chairperson of Dubai Cares.

Dubai Cares focuses on improving primary education in developing countries, while the Gates Foundation’s work in the developing world focuses on improving health and accelerating development. At the beginning of 2009, Dubai Cares announced it was launching a global awareness campaign to promote the integration and prioritization of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in all education programmes and budgets.

Source: Gates Foundation, 19 Apr 2009