“The future of any society depends on its ability to foster the health and well-being of the next generation … When we invest wisely in children and families, the next generation will pay that back through a lifetime of productivity and responsible citizenship. When we fail to provide children with what they need to build a strong foundation for healthy and productive lives, we put our future prosperity at risk.” – Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University.
Adopt a Primary School in Western Nepal
Nepal – The Western Therai in the Far Western Region of Nepal, The indigenous Tharu population continues to suffer from the effects of ethnic conflict and forced slavery. Inequitable access to education, unfair land agreements, and racial discrimination have all led to the plight of the Tharu people who are just over a decade removed from a bonded labor system that was characterized by generations of oppression.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Dubai Cares seeks to increase access to quality primary education and adult literacy in the Far Western Region of Nepal. The project will improve the infrastructure of primary school classrooms and provide a safe and sanitary area for children to learn and for teachers to teach. It will also improve access to adult education and literacy skills by providing training to local facilitators to teach illiterate women the fundamentals of reading and writing.
| Program Title | Adopt a Primary School in Western Nepal |
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| Program Type | • 1 three classroom school to improve access to quality primary education fitted with furniture• 2 years of adult education and literacy classes |
| Program Partner | BuildOn |
| Program Duration | • Construction of school: 1 year• Adult Literacy: 18 months• Total program duration: 3 years |
| Direct Beneficiaries | • 150 students per school• 60 women per school |
| Indirect Beneficiaries | 300 adults, teachers and officials per school and 300 unique volunteers per school project, project leadership teams, teachers and officials |
| Program Cost | AED 142,000 |
PROGRAM OUTPUT
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Three-classroom primary school with furniture to seat 150 students per school, equipped with separated VIP (Ventilated Improved Pit) latrines for girls and boys
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Average of 500 community volunteer work-days contributed by parents and other adults in the construction of the school
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Increase in total school enrollment by 15 to 20 percent
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Increase in adult literacy rates of 60 women in rural Nepal
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20 trained adult literacy facilitators with ability to teach adults in rural areas the fundamentals of literacy
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Primary school staff and parents report improved quality of primary school education
Program Sponsorship
Pre-event deliverables:
• Sponsor’s brand to be included on the event invitations as THOT Sponsor
• Company logo to be featured on printed event literature & email marketing campaigns
• Sponsor’s name and logo will appear on all pre promotional marketing materials including StorIT eblasts, Dubai Cares Tweets
• Sponsor to be included in the pre-event press release.
• Company Logo on 1 x dedicated HTML blast to over 10000 resellers/ end users in the Middle East
Event branding (onsite):
• Sponsor’s Logo to be featured on signage and banners displayed at the event
• 1 Company Roll up banners to be put up in the registration area and inside the venue.
• Logo on other on-site collateral
• Corporate literature distribution on delegate tables
• 5 minute company profile presentation during the award ceremony
Post-event branding:
• Company logo to be used in StorIT’s and Dubai Cares post event eblast.
• Company Logo on 1 x Full Page advertisement in leading IT Publication magazines
• Sponsor to be covered in post-event press release
• Lifetime use of Founder Member logo of THOT