A Dubai-based start-up has announced a pledge to raise more than Dh150,000 to help fund and build a school in Malawi.
In collaboration with the Dubai Cares Adopt-a-School programme — part of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives — Cafu is aiming to raise about Dh154,000 in donations that will help to provide Malawian children with access to education.
As children around the world head back to the classroom, the fuel-delivery and vehicle services platform hopes to construct and run a two-room primary school that will cater to 100 pupils.
It plans to build the school within a year and also create 18 months of literacy activities that will benefit parents and adults in the surrounding community.
Through its Brick by Brick campaign, Cafu’s pledge to sponsor the school will ultimately increase school enrolment in the community by 15 per cent to 20 per cent, helping to break the cycle of poverty in the area, the company said.
With the money raised, and with help from Dubai Cares, the campaign will also provide everything the school needs to run successfully, including furniture and textbooks.
The school will also host up to 60 adult men and women for literacy classes and educational programmes.
Cafu has rolled out several community initiatives in the UAE, including Al Ihsan Charity Association, which provides free fuel to low-income families in Ajman, and “Cafu Creates”, a programme that aims to empower young people by offering a platform for them to pitch innovative ideas, the company said.
Brick by Brick is the company’s first international campaign.
Senegalese pupils benefit from Dubai Cares programme — in pictures
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Ms Ndiaye Diouf stands next to one of the several hundred publications and teaching materials printed by ARED to help students learn French in a language where the majority of official work is conducted in the lingua Franca. Naser Al Wasmi / The National -
The basis of a bilingual programme, newly sponsored by Dubai Cares in the capital of Dakar, is to teach students in both local languages and French, Senegal’s official language. Naser Al Wasmi / The National -
This bilingual programme is the first in a series of Dubai Cares aid in Senegal. Naser Al Wasmi / The National -
Students participate in the bilingual classes. Naser Al Wasmi / The National -
Mauri Bicesse, 1st grade, 9, rights down the amount used to buy a coffee as part of the schools bilingual programme. Naser Al Wasmi / The National -
Seven-year-old Astau Diouf, 1st grade, writes down the phonetic spelling of 10,000 Senegalese Francs in an attempt to impress her classmates with a correct answer. Naser Al Wasmi / The National -
Amy Diouf teaches students maths. The students will repeat the same subject in both French and their local language, Wolof. Naser Al Wasmi / The National
