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Achievements 2013 - 2015 www.reachouttoasia.org FIND OUT MORE Contact Reach Out To Asia 2 (ROTA) for more information or to find out how you can EVENT HIGHLIGHTS become involved. Address 28 Qatar Foundation/Reach Out To Asia PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar Phone Message From the Chairperson ------------------- 2 +974 4454 1603 Fax Message From the Executive Director ------------ 3 +974 44541636 Who We Are ----------------------------------------- 4 www.reachouttoasia.org twitter.com/reachouttoasia www.facebook.com/reachouttoasia What We Do ----------------------------------------- 12 INSTAGRAM.COM/ reachouttoasia www.youtube.com/user/reachouttoasiaTV Facts & Figures -------------------------------------- 14 WWW.REACHOUTTOASIA.ORG Project Highlights: National ------------------------ 16 © 2016. Qatar Foundation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication Project Highlights: International ------------------- 20 may be reproduced without the written permission of Qatar Foundation. Project Highlights: ICT -------------------------------- 26 Event Highlights -------------------------------------- 30 Partnerships ------------------------------------------ 32 Looking Ahead -------------------------------------- 34 Financial Statement ------------------------------- 36 Find Out More ---------------------------------------- 38 www.reachouttoasia.org 1 Message from the Message from the Chairperson Executive Director ROTA (Reach Out To Asia) has always been a very rewarding experience for everyone involved. It gives us great pleasure to present this Achievement Report to you, as we proudly look back on The difference that has been made with the commitment of dedicated partners, volunteers, the success of our endeavors over the past few years. and local communities has been life changing for not just those we are helping and educating, but also for those involved in our numerous initiatives across Asia and the world. It is my hope that what you are holding in your hands right now provides you with the same motivation to make a difference that it does for all of us involved. No contribution to the youth While this report highlights our achievements thus far and documents the successes we is too small, and with the dedication of a few comes a reward to many. have worked so hard to attain, it also serves as a reminder of the challenges that still lay ahead; challenges which continue to evolve in their unpredictability, no matter how prepared we are. For all those who have been involved in ROTA, we offer countless “thank-yous”. Our volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization, and without them, the path to making a change Over the past two years, ROTA has seen many of its already established projects bear the fruits would be so much more challenging. of a long and arduous process. The challenges faced have been unique to each project, but the goal has always been the same: to help. Our partners, of course, have been essential to getting various ROTA projects, both nationally and internationally, off the ground. Those projects would not achieve their goals without the Through our National Programs, we continue to be a leading contributor in Qatar’s contributions, support, and significant aid of a partner who believes in the same vision that we volunteering field with youth development, while our International Programs significantly do. increase our focus on the development of human capital. From our efforts across war-torn countries like Afghanistan, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Iraq, to a country such as Moving forward, ROTA will continue to increase its volunteer network, as we look to expand Nepal overwhelmed by natural disasters, our aim has always been to reach out to those caught our short-term projects into sustainable long-term efforts. We will focus on expanding our in the aftermath of devastation, no matter the cause. School Service program into all Qatar Independent Schools in order to ensure that the youth understand the importance of accessible high quality education and that it is something every It remains our mission to provide the highest quality primary and secondary education child has a right to. to the affected youth to help them reach their full potential. We envision a world where the youth are given access to this education, so that they in turn will be able to provide As we continue to face the challenges of 2016 and beyond, ROTA will maintain its commitment for their own communities. to make a real difference through the continued investment of resources, time, and effort to ensure that the impact we make to communities is a sustainable change. By empowering the youth with a better understanding of leadership values, we are certain that our efforts will yield changes that will make an impact on a global level, ROTA welcomes the support of all, and we hope to see you get involved through one of our through diversity and unity. many exciting initiatives in the future. Sheikha Mayassa bint Essa Al Mannai Hamad Al Thani Executive Director, ROTA Chairperson, ROTA 2 REACH OUT TO ASIA www.reachouttoasia.org 3 WHO WE ARE Towards Education For All... revitalizing the use of Arabic. In the coming Today, Tomorrow, Forever years, ROTA will continue to deliver on its MISSION, VISION, VALUES mission as a pioneering and high-ranking Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) is a Qatari non-governmental organization Qatar-based non-profit organization that (NGO) with a significant donor and empowers local communities across Asia partnership base, directly supporting by providing access to quality primary and education programs in Asia. secondary education to children affected by crisis. Our Values ROTA was launched in December 2005 Empathy and Respect under the patronage of His Highness We care for and respect every human being, The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al and believe in their fundamental right to Thani, and is chaired by Her Excellency quality education. We seek to comprehend Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani. the needs, feelings, problems, culture, social The organization operates under the background, and diversity of those we work auspices of Qatar Foundation (QF), and for and with. seeks to extend QF’s mission to people throughout Asia. Involvement and Engagement We value and involve community Mission members, beneficiaries, and partners to Together with partners, volunteers, move beyond existing solutions, ensuring and local communities, ROTA works to that the provision of activities and programs ensure that people affected by calamities will have optimal impact on not only the across Asia and around the world have youth in crisis affected countries, but continuous access to high quality primary also on everyone involved in making our and secondary education. programs a success. Vision Commitment & Passion ROTA envisions a world in which We are driven by our commitment to all young people have access to the making a valuable difference to the lives education they need in order to realize of the people we aid. We believe that their full potential and shape the continously investing our resources, time, development of their communities. and effort is essential to ensuring significant and sustainable change. Strategic Pathway ROTA’s pathway to achieving this vision Opportunity and mission is through enhancing skill We believe that crisis situations that development, using sports as a tool for destabilize educational systems should education, promoting an integrated result in opportunities for positive environment, and where relevant, change. 4 REACH OUT TO ASIA www.reachouttoasia.org 5 WHO WE ARE Crisis, Conflicts & An Increasing Youth Bulge Disasters Youth makes up almost half the world’s seven billion population. From 1999 WHY ROTA IS One of the greatest challenges for to 2007, South and West Asia and the education is in the provision of post- Arab States reported decreases of 10 primary education for youth located and seven percent respectively in the in conflict-affected and fragile states, REACHING OUT TO ASIA percentage of out-of-school adolescents. especially for young women and girls. However, in the same time period, There are 27 million youth and children these regions experienced natural affected by armed conflict, who do not population growth, making it difficult to have access to formal education and decrease the number of out-of-school from this out-of-school group there adolescents (Bruneforth & Wallet, are more than 90 percent who are 2010). The increasing global youth bulge internally displaced children and youth has important social, economic, and (Women’s Commission, 2004). cultural development implications. It is challenging for countries to provide High Number of Children education and employment for this Deprived of the Right to growing youth population. Education In 2010, it was estimated that there were High Rate of Youth 72 to 75 million children out-of-primary- school across the globe (EFA Global Unemployment Monitoring Report, 2010; Last in Line, Evidence shows that in Arab states Last in School, 2009). There were also and Asia, there is substantial 71 million out-of-school adolescents of unemployment among youth. In these lower secondary school age (Bruneforth regions, many youth leave school & Wallet 2010; EFA Global Monitoring unprepared for the world of work. In Report, 2010). Reports show that 40 some cases, there is a lack of alignment percent of these were found in South between learning in education and West Asia, 15 percent in East Asia systems, and the type of employment and the Pacific,