Doha: Education Above All Foundation (EAA), an initiative of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, established in 2012, has signed a memorandum of understanding with The Closet, the luxury fashion boutique in Doha.
As part of the deal, The Closet will support EAA’s Educate A Child programme, generating visibility for EAC on the issue of universal primary education.
Marcio Barbosa, CEO, EAA, said: ‘We are pleased to add The Closet to our growing list of supporters in Qatar. EAA aims to provide access to quality education to 10 million out- of-school children by 2016 and the support of private sector partners is critical to our efforts to raise funds for and awareness about this important issue.
“Our agreement with The Closet will help EAC reach a new audience: Consumers of high-end fashion’.
The Closet will help connect EAC with potential partners and advocates in the fashion industry, promote the programme on social media, and collaborate with EAC on local events to help publicise the issue of out-of-school children.
‘We’re thrilled to join forces with EAA to support and promote the work of EAC programme,” said Ahmed Ali Al Mohannadi, Co-Owner and GM, The Closet.
“Every child deserves to receive a basic education. We’re happy to do what we can to raise awareness of the issue of out-of-school children to our customers and the wider Doha community,” he added.
This year, EAA has signed agreements with and received funding from local and international organisations, including Men’s Handball World Championship, Qatar Equestrian and Racing Club, Qatar Insurance Company, W Hotel, Korean International Cooperation Agency, French Development Agency and Ali Bin Naser Al Misnad Transport & Trading, among others.
This year, the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will end, including MDG2 (guaranteeing universal primary education).
There are 58 million out-of-school children worldwide, and this is a critical time to ensure those hard- to-reach children out of school are not forgotten, particularly in the new phase of Sustainable Development Goals 2016-2030.
EAA supports a final push by the global community, financial and political, to ensure the completion of the unfinished goal of primary education for all as soon as possible.
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