Emergency Response

Dubai Cares is committed to ensuring that children and young people in crisis settings have uninterrupted access to relevant, adaptable, and accredited pathways for learning. Recognizing the transformative impact of education during emergencies on the lives of children and young people, Dubai Cares emphasized this urgency at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development in July 2015. Building on this momentum, in September 2015, on the sidelines of the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Dubai Cares announced its commitment to championing Education in Emergencies, addressing the critical need of providing quality education to children and young people impacted by crises.

To further strengthen its commitment, in May 2016, Dubai Cares pledged to increase the share of its financial portfolio allocated to Education in Emergencies to 33%, during the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. Moreover, Dubai Cares committed to allocating 10% of all funding for these programs to research and evaluations. During the same summit, Dubai Cares was appointed as a member of the High-Level Steering Group for the Education Cannot Wait fund. As a member of this Group, Dubai Cares contributes to leveraging additional finance and catalyzing new approaches to funding and innovation to deliver education in emergencies and protracted crises.

Explore our Emergency Response program: