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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

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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.

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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, and six percent in skills needed for the economy. the Arab States. These figures have Many countries are unable to create improved somewhat in the past three jobs fast enough to accommodate years. According to the Education their ever increasing number of new First (2012) report, 61 million children graduates (Bernard, 2006; RAND, were out-of-school at primary school 2008). At the same time there has been level (52 percent being girls), plus 71 the underfunding of technical and million children deprived of the right vocational education to help youth to education at lower secondary school gain skills (EFA Global Monitoring level (48 percent girls). Report, 2010).

Bruneforth & Wallet define children deprived of the right to education as childrenand/or youth ranging from age 10 to 19

There are far greater percentages of out-of-school adolescents at the lower secondary stage versus children at the primary school stage

The UN defines youth as ranging from age 15 to 24 years (as cited in Bruneforth & Wallet, 2010)

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ROTA HER EXCELLENCY SHEIKHA DR. AISHA BINT BOARD MEMBERS FALEH AL-THANI

Her Excellency Sheikha Dr. Aisha bint Faleh Al- Dr Sheikha Aisha Al-Thani is the chairperson Thani (BED, BA, MBA, PhD) is a member of the and founder of Al Faleh Group, which has Ministry of Education and Higher Education, made its mark in Qatar as a landmark initiative the government ministry responsible for that provides education products and services mapping out Qatar’s educational strategy. She of the highest quality. is also a member of the Board of Directors of Dr Sheikha Aisha Al-Thani has a Bachelor in Zaytuna College in the United States and is Education and a Bachelor in English Literature. the Chair of the Board of Patrons of the World She also received a Masters degree in Business Congress of Muslim Philanthropists (WCMP), Administration from the University of Hull and a global network of donors, foundations, and a doctorate from Cass Business School in the socially-responsive corporations established United Kingdom, which was focused on the to advance effective and accountable giving. area of corporate governance. HER EXCELLENCY SHEIKHA MAYASSA BINT HAMAD AL-THANI CHAIRPERSON, ROTA

Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani is was actively engaged in several humanitarian the Chairperson of Reach Out To Asia, an projects in the Arabian Gulf and Asia regions. organization that grew from the desire to help In 2003, she worked with Qatar’s Red Crescent the victims of recent natural disasters in Asia. organization (a partner of the Red Cross) to She also serves as the Chair of Qatar’s National raise money for clothing and school equipment Foundation of Museums and as an Assistant to for the children of Iraq. In 2001 she worked in a MR RASHID AL-NAIMI the Chief of Staff of Qatar’s Emiri Diwan. local NGO in Cambodia and lead a campaign to Sheikha Mayassa has been engaged in raise funds for the cause of Palestine. Mr Rashid Al-Naimi is currently Chief in Qatar and Board Member representing QF humanitarian efforts for many years and Sheikha Mayassa graduated from Duke Executive Officer of Qatar Foundation across a number of boards and committees, strongly believes that every individual has University in the United States in 2005 with Investments and previously the Vice- including Vodafone Qatar. the opportunity to make a difference in their a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and President of Administration at Qatar Mr Al-Naimi’s career has developed over community and the world. She has recently Literature. While at Duke, she was Vice Foundation (QF). the last 20 years. Prior to joining QF, he was increased her involvement and become a President of the International Association, Mr Al-Naimi is currently the residing the Manager of Human Resources at RasGas, leader in this arena. Vice President of HIWAR (an organization to President of the Qatar MICE Development an oil and gas producer that contributes nearly Reach Out To Asia, raised 30 million dollars promote political dialogue), and a delegate Institute, Mazaya Qatar, MEEZA, Knowledge 20 percent of the world’s liquefied natural in its first 5 months to help those people who to the 2001-02 Model United Nations. For Ventures and Gulf Bridge International. gas (LNG) production. Mr Al-Naimi has a lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones in the the 2003-04 school year, she studied at the Additionally, he is a Member of the Joint Bachelor of Science degree in Economics 2005 tsunami and the earthquake in Pakistan, Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Advisory Board at Carnegie Mellon University from Indiana State University (United States). Afghanistan and India. This initiative is also and the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris intended to develop primary and secondary (known as Sciences Po). She spent the summer education in the least developed countries of 2002 working in the Paris headquarters of across Asia including the Middle East. the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Prior to her current work, Sheikha Mayassa Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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HER EXCELLENCY MRS NORA SHARABATI JOUMBLATT ALYA AHMED BIN SEIF AL THANI

President of the Beiteddine Festival since In 2011, Mrs Joumblatt became President of Ambassador Alya Ahmed bin Seif Al Thani Rights Department. She represented Qatar in its creation in 1987 and Initiator and Artistic “The Women of the Mediterranean, between holds a Bachelor in Economics from Qatar major regional and international platforms, Advisor of the Jordan Festival 2010, Mrs Nora Traditions and Modernity” Conference. Her University, and a Masters of Arts in International including being a member of the UN Committee Joumblatt’s extensive list of prestigious executive artistic pedigree, stemming from a Bachelor Studies and diplomacy from the School of on the Rights of the Child. appointments also includes the Children’s Cancer degree in History of Arts & Fine Arts from Ecole Oriental and African Studies, SOAS University She played an important role in the Security Center of Lebanon (St Jude), the Fondation des Beaux-Arts (Paris), was also recognized with of London. Ambassador Alya is the Permanent Council Working Group on Children and Nationale du Patrimoine, the Al Shouf Cedars her appointment as Director and Artistic Advisor Representative of the State of Qatar to the Armed Conflicts. Ambassador Alya was Reserve, and the Association pour la Protection of the Opening Ceremony of the 6th Francophone United Nations (UN) in New York. She was also instrumental in managing the special des Sites et Anciennes Demeures. Mrs Joumblatt Games in Beirut (2009). the Permanent Representative of the State of negotiations at the UN General Assembly also served as President of the Executive In 2009 Mrs Joumblatt was awarded the Qatar to the UN in Geneva from 2011 to 2013, Resolution which was presented by Qatar Committee of the Friends of the American Commander of the Spanish Order of Isabella the and counselor and later Deputy Permanent during the UN General Assembly Works, and University of Beirut Museum from 2003-2009. Catholic. Representative of the permanent delegation of subsequently, the General Assembly Resolution Qatar to the UN in New York from 2007 to 2011. on the International Conference on New and She also worked at the Supreme Council of Restored Democracies at the 64th session Family Affairs as the Director of the Children (2009).

HER EXCELLENCY DR KOÏCHIRO MATSUURA ALYA HAMAD AL-THANI Dr Koïchiro Matsuura is a former Director-General Affairs. of UNESCO, having served two consecutive A widely published and respected author, Dr Her Excellency Alya Hamad Al-Thani is a Board Director of Museums: An Introduction to Museum Work, which terms from 1999-2009 after previously serving Matsuura’s recent publications include Responding of Reach Out To Asia and has a keen interest in museum- was developed by the Community Museums Association as Chairperson of UNESCO’s World Heritage to the Challenges of the 21st Century (2004, English related studies. Prior to her appointment in 2012, she was of Prince Edward Island, the Federation of Nova Scotian Committee. and French), Building the New UNESCO (2003, working at the Qatar Children’s Museum as an Exhibition Heritage and the Museum Association of Newfoundland During a distinguished diplomatic career English and French), Japanese Diplomacy at the Museum Officer and a Community Outreach Museum and Labrador, in association with the Canadian Heritage spanning half a century, Dr Matsuura was appointed Dawn of the 21st Century (1998, French), The G7 Officer. She also served ROTA in various capacities, Information Network (CHIN). to a series of diplomatic positions around the world Summit: Its History and Perspective (1994, Japanese), involving herself in community outreach and international She has a Masters Degree in Museum Gallery and before serving as Japanese Ambassador to France, and The History of Japan-United States Relations programs. Practice from University College London (UCL) Qatar, Andorra, and Djibouti (1994-1999); Japan’s Deputy (1992, Japanese). Alya Hamad Al-Thani received her professional training and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (majoring in Minister of Foreign Affairs; Director- General A fluent speaker of four languages (English, at Imperial War Museums London (IWM London) and International Politics) from Georgetown University. of Japan’s North American Affairs Bureau and French, Spanish, and Japanese), Dr Matsuura has attended several Museum Professional Development Alya Hamad Al-Thani speaks fluent Arabic and English, as Economic Cooperation Bureau; Japanese Consul completed his studies at the University of Tokyo Training programs, including one titled The Bare Essentials well as elementary French. General in Hong Kong; and Director of the Aid Faculty of Law (1956-1959) and Haverford College Policy Division at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign (US) Faculty of Economics (1959-1961).

10 REACH OUT TO ASIA www.reachouttoasia.org 11 WHAT WE DO 2005 2006 2007 2008 PAKISTAN LEBANON CAMBODIA GAZA $6,187,303 $1,087,500 $5,873,689 $8,153,543 Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: 42,335 16,210 5,922 87,782 IRAQ INDONESIA WEST BANK $2,428,403 $2,321,606 Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: LEBANON 6,359 41,630 AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN $2,621,687 SYRIA CAMBODIA YEARS TEN Direct Beneficiaries: 5,561 REACHING OUT TO YOUTH SERVICE CLUB SCHOOL SERVICE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM $60,000 $50,000 Direct Beneficiaries: schools: ASIA AND BEYOND 549 280

ENGLISH LITERACY REACH IN QATAR TRAINING PROJECT $80,000 $140,000 Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: TUNISIA 716 925

Volunteers: Volunteers: 321 130

ARABIC LITERACY RAMADAN PROGRAM TRAINING $200,000 $50,000 Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: 8100 9 Volunteers: Volunteers: 2350 10

INTERNATIONAL 2009 VOLUNTEER TRIP IRAQ YOUTH SERVICE CLUB $110,000 $1,753,543 $190,000 NEPAL Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: PAKISTAN Clubs: 8100 14 6,850 Volunteers: Members: 639 NEPAL 214 YEMEN $5,760,736 BANGLADESH Direct Beneficiaries: YOUTH ADVISORY 157,450 2010 2014 2015 GAZA - BOARD EMPOWER CONFERENCE SYRIA YEMEN TUNISIA WEST BANK INDONESIA BANGLADESH $100,000 $465,000 $350,969 $996,881 $1,488,661 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS $1,576,198 Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: Direct Beneficiaries: 12 2598 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS Direct Beneficiaries: 20,000 2,000 133,135 38,908 ALL BENEFICIARIES AND BUDGETS ARE CUMULATIVE ALL ANNUAL BUDGET 12 REACH OUT TO ASIA www.reachouttoasia.org 13 FACTS & FIGURES

REACHING OUT FOR CHILDREN 2013-2015 103,006

CHILDREN IN IN NUMBERS TARGETED COUNTRIES (enabled to access quality education) 13 728 45 COUNTRIES 7 MENA, 6 SE Asia

TEACHERS SCHOOLS trained & gained skills renovated/established

25 EMPOWERING YOUTH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (6 completed, 19 ongoing) 1,174 3,508 QATAR-BASED youth in targeted countries YOUTH ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS for better employment or engaged in volunteerism entrepreneurship opportunity 10 activities NATIONAL PROGRAMS 18 A, B, C 755 QATAR-BASED FOREIGN LABOURERS YOUTH CLUBS with improved social wellbeing through with 214 members learning basic english & ITskills

1,126 23% 13% 64% YOUTH ACQUIRED better Qatari international Qatar-based understanding of leadership, delegates youth service learning and greater awareness of two global issues: Sports for youth empowerment, and peace

14 REACH OUT TO ASIA www.reachouttoasia.org 15 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Annual Ramadan Projects NATIONAL PROJECTS The ROTA National Programs Department includes the Volunteer various service learning projects. and Community Development Programs. The department seeks The Community Development Program, on the other hand, to engage with Qatar-based youth and adults in interactive works ‘to engage youth as leaders in defining and advocating for and educational activities in order to address local community innovative solutions to education and development challenges. development challenges. More specifically, the program aims to empower youth to serve The Volunteer Program strives to create a movement of as development agents and responsible citizens in Qatar and the volunteers and responsible global citizens within Qatar through global community’.

Number of Number of Date Type of Activities International Volunteer Trips Volunteers Beneficiaries • Packing and distribution of raw food materials • 1 house renovation 2013 250 1,000 • Community Iftars • Photo Exhibition Fundraising Iftar • Garangoa with children with medical needs

• Packing and distribution of raw food materials • 1 school renovation 2014 250 1,000 • Community Iftars • Garangoa with children with medical needs

Reach Into Qatar Project Date Country No. of Vols. Type of Volunteers Types of Activities

• Facilitated student skills development Sept 2013 Nepal 18 Adult Professionals Number of classes in a range of subjects Number of Date Beneficiaries Type of Activities Volunteers • Facilitated student IT development (est.) Hamad bin Khalifa University classes March 2014 Nepal 19 HBKU Students • Constructed a 50ft retaining wall 2014 40 1 family • Volunteers are involved with tasks • Renovated the school library such as cleaning, scraping walls, 2015 90 1 family painting, assembly and installation of • Peer-to-peer skills development furniture Qatari Secondary School Female April 2014 Indonesia 25 workshops • Contractors cover maintenance and Students 2015 40 1 family • Community service at Islamic School upgrading of infrastructure

• Facilitated student skills development TOTAL 170 3 families April 2014 Indonesia 19 Qatar University Students classes in a range of subjects

Virginia Commonwealth • Peer-to-peer skills development May 2014 Indonesia 19 University in Qatar workshops regarding arts based topics

• Facilitated student skills development Events December 2014 Cambodia 16 Adult Professionals classes in a range of subjects Date Event Name No. of Activities • Peer-to-peer skills development Qatari Secondary School Female February 2015 Cambodia 21 workshops Students • Community service at Islamic School Jul-2013 iEARN International Conference 60

Hamad bin Khalifa University • Facilitated student skills development Oct-2013 Al Shaqab CHI Tournament 90 March 2015 Indonesia 23 HBKU Students classes in a range of subjects Feb-2014 Wheels ‘n’ Heels 2014 180 College of the North Atlantic • Facilitated student skills development April 2015 Cambodia 23 Qatar (CNAQ) Students classes in a range of subjects

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ROTA Adult English Literacy Program Annual EMPOWER ROTA Youth Service Clubs Youth Conference Leadership Training

Number of Number of Date Partner Number of Volunteers Beneficiaries (est.) Date Type of participants participants Number of Georgetown University School of Foreign Date Beneficiaries Partners 2013 Service Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 52 155 2013 355 Local, MENA, GCC + UK (est.) Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, and ROTA October 2014 434 International + Brazil 84 Msheireb Properties Georgetown University School of Foreign 2013 2014 Service Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 98 200 Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, and ROTA November 2015 648 International + Turkey 48 Msheireb Properties 2014 Georgetown University School of Foreign 2015 Service Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 120 200 Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, and ROTA

ROTA Youth Advisory ROTA Youth Board (RYAB) Service Clubs

Number of Number of Date Partner Beneficiaries Examples of Activities Volunteers Number of (est.) Number Date Country Beneficiaries Project themes/topics of Clubs (est.) • Participated at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in 2013 10 10 • International Education Washington, DC • Skills development • COP19 in Warsaw 2013 Qatar 22 176 • Migrant Workers’ issues • Sports for Development • Participated at the National Youth 2014 QP 12 12 Service Conference in Washington, DC • Environmental issues • Skills development 2014 Qatar 29 214 • Migrant Workers’ issues • Sports for Development • Participated at the National Youth • Community Service 2015 QP 12 12 Service Conference in Washington, DC

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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Pakistan Indonesia

“Learning the art of graffiti and murals is a great start to wider Why we work in Pakistan? opportunities. I Pakistan has more children deprived of the right to education than almost any other country, with at least 5.1 million children out of school (as of 2010), which means that one in every 12 children in the world who are see so many things not in school lives here. Two-thirds of Pakistan’s children deprived of the right to education are girls. Our Why we work in Indonesia? I have never seen goal is to provide institutional support for participatory, inclusive, and responsive education. While access to primary education is relatively high in Indonesia, there is an alarmingly high level of dropouts at the lower secondary and upper secondary school level. With before. My learning Project 1 - Skill development and income generation project in Bagh District from 2011-2014 roughly 55 million students, three million teachers and more than 236,000 schools in 500 at INDOARTAMIK’s (completed): districts, Indonesia has the world’s fourth-largest education system. However quality of project will Result : teaching and use of technology in education have been identified as prominent issues. •• Employment ratio increase by 6% complement •• Self-employment ratio increased by 13% Project 1 - Indoartamiks 2012-2014: greatly and add •• Unemployment decreased by 10 % Results: •• Creative capacity of 90 students and 10 visiting artists built value for me to Project 2 - Infrastructure Support & Professional Improvement to Revitalize Education in •• Entrepreneurial business model for commercial sustainability developed plan for my future Swat District (INSPIRE I) 2011-2013 (completed): •• Marketing strategy for promoting innovation and preservation of traditions developed endeavors.” Result : •• School enrollment has been improved by 12% in girls’ schools and 2% in boys’ schools Project 2 - Scholarship program from 2008-to date Ines Wardani - student at •• Absenteeism reduced by 8% in girls’ schools and 6% in boys’ schools Result: Indonesia Institute of Art, •• 198 students received scholarships Yogyakarta Project 3 - Institutional Support for Participatory, Inclusive and Responsive Education INSPIRE II (ongoing) Project 3 - Teacher Quality Improvement 2010-2014 (and extended for a Goals: period of 13 months from Jan 2015-Jan 2016) •• The project aims at improving access of 2,230 students (80% girls) to quality education Results: •• To improve primary level by modeling second shift/evening schools in Swat •• 1,440 elementary and secondary school teachers involved •• To enhance employment and self-employment opportunity for young men and women by providing vocational skills and •• 412 schools (98%) entrepreneurship development •• 60 Ministry of National Education Trainers trained (116%)

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Occupied Palestinian Territories Tunisia

“Thanks to Why we work in Occupied Palestinian Territories? the Ministry, The results of international exams for the evaluation of the learning skills of pupils at Qatar Charity, the basic education stage indicated that Palestinian schools ranked among the lowest in comparison to other countries. Successive waves of violence caused by prolonged ROTA, Qatar Israeli military occupation have chipped away at living conditions in the Occupied Foundation Palestinian Territories, leading to psychological damage, poverty, and lack of access to quality education. Through various projects, our goal is to open the doors to education. and my school headmaster Recently Launched Programs: Improving the Quality of Education in the Governmental Schools in the at (Qattana West Bank from 2014-2015 School) for Goals: •• To contribute in developing and upgrading the educational sector in the West Bank through the giving me this development of educational facilities, methods, and capacity building for teachers and students opportunity” Supporting Palestinian Education and Employment Development Amal Hinawi - Teacher at Qattana School (SPEED Program) in the West Bank from 2015-2017: Jerusalem district Goals: •• Employability of youth enhanced and capacity of technical and vocational education and training institutions to deliver quality education strengthened Why we work in Tunisia? Psychosocial Support through Sport and Play in Gaza from 2015-2016 Rate of unemployment among youth, regardless of their educational background ranges between 31 to 34 percent The Goals: most vulnerable unemployed groups are the illiterate and school dropouts (34 percent) and the youth (15-24 years old) •• Crisis-affected children in the targeted schools in the Gaza Strip demonstrate increased represent 18.2 percent of the population. With these statistics, it is crucial that we provide youth with the skills and resiliency, sense of normalcy, and readiness to learn knowledge they require to create sustainable businesses or prepare them for successful vocation opportunities.

Rehabilitation of Damaged Schools in Gaza from 2015-2016 Recently Launched Programs Goals: Jendouba Works, Janduba district from 2015-2017 ••To contribute to rehabilitating the environment of affected schools to help children learn and Goals: grow within a proper environment in the Gaza Strip ••Enable young people to have the skills required to create businesses and access decent employment opportunities

Enhancing Education Quality Through Science and Technology My Education… My Hope… Innovation Clubs in Gaza from 2015-2016 Medenine Governorate from 2015-2017 Goals: Goals: •• To contribute to improving Palestinian school capacities to deliver quality education ••Improve the quality of education through capacity building of schools and libraries

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Afghanistan Iraq Cambodia Why we work in Afghanistan? Why we work in Iraq? Why we work in Cambodia? Afghanistan has the highest proportion (approximately one in five) of school age children Our project in Iraq aims to change lives of the generation According to estimates of UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics in the world. Yet half of these children do not attend school, and in some provinces this of children without proper access to education. Ongoing 2011, two percent of Cambodian children of primary proportion is as high as eight percent. In the 15-24 age group, which is the best-educated instability since the first Gulf War in 1991, sanctions, school age are not in school; approximately seven percent group of the population, there is more than one third of the population, illiterate. Our the second war, and violence have displaced . of students repeat a grade in primary school; 27 percent continous efforts aim to create supportable community-based education facilities. Education in Iraq has suffered from severe deterioration drop out before completion of primary school; and the due to the decrease in spending, the lack of supplies, the transition rate from primary to secondary school for those Project 1 - Community-based Education (CBE) in Khost, Ghazni and collapse of infrastructure, and overcrowded schools. students that remain in school through the sixth grade Kapisa provinces from 2011 -2014 These are compounded with the continuing prevalence is approximately 80 percent. Net attendance rates drop of classical teaching methods that focus on lectures, to approximately 45 percent for males and 44 percent for Results: memorization, and failure to use deductive skills, all of females for those students who reach the secondary school •• All CBE classes recognized and certified by Ministry of Education (MoE) by June 2014 which fail to encourage students’ active engagement in level. By providing vocational training through our programs •• 80% CBE facilities are fully taken over by MoE by end of the project the educational process. we aim to reduce these numbers drastically.

Project 1 - Change Peoples’ Lives Through Project 1 - Vihear Suork School Project, Kandal Education from Jan 2013 to date Province from July 2007 – to date Results: Goals: Bangladesh •• 2,000 students •• 2,750 direct beneficiaries per year Why we work in Bangladesh? •• 150 teaching staff •• 88 teachers The Monitoring of Employment Survey of Bangladesh 2009 estimated that 53.7 •• 18 school administrators million from the working-age population (15 years and above) are in the workforce. Direct Beneficiaries: As many as 40.2 million workers are male and 13.5 million are female. It is important •• 10,750 (including family members of direct beneficiaries) Project 2 -Vocational Training Program at HUN that we aid in developing technical and physical skills in order to best equip these SEN – ROTA School individuals from a youth level. Goals: ••Targeted number of students in each year will consist of 200 Project 1 - Human capital development through developing technical Nepal students (100 students in electric technology and 100 students and physical capacities of Muslim Aid Institute of Technology (MAIT) in electronic technology) from 2014-2016 Why we work in Nepal? Goal: Many ill-equipped schools are situated in disaster prone •• Facilitating youth development initiatives of Muslim Aid skills development program through areas which are at high risk and a threat to access and quality developing technical and physical capacities of Muslim Aid Institute of Technology (MAIT) of education due to low capacity and negligence of relevant authorities. Nepal reached a total of 89 percent pupil Yemen enrolment in primary education as an outcome of the shift to community-based schooling. We offer support to schools Why we work in Yemen? and families affected by natural and financial disasters. Yemen is considered one of the most water-poor countries in the world with limited natural freshwater Lebanon Project 1 - Supporting the Role of Schools in and inadequate supplies of potable water. High Why we work in Lebanon? population growth combined with water scarcity puts We aim to provide education for Syrian children in Lebanon affected by the Syrian Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSD) from 2010-2013 enormous pressure on the existing resources. We work crisis in Tripoli and Akkar. The Palestinian refugee population can be described Results: towards better economic opportunities for youth in as overwhelmingly poor (two-thirds) and mostly jobless (with 56 percent •• A change of 51% in student, and 13.5 % in teacher, knowledge Sana’a and Hajjah. unemployment). Although a high percentage of Palestinian children are enrolled in and understanding of SRSD and response measures primary school, almost half of them drop out of school in their teenage years. Project 2 - Move for New Horizons (M4NH) from Project 1 - Toward Better Economic Opportunities for Youth in Sana’a and Hajjah Project 1 - Enhancing Non-Formal Education for Youth in the Nahr El 2012-to date Goals: from 2014 to date Barid (ENFE II) from 2012 -2014 Goals: Results: •• 500 children age 6-12 in Non Formal Education (NFE) classes •• 400 youth between the age of 15 and 22 in VT Program •• 1,100 youth gain the skills and knowledge needed for self- •• 91% completion rate •• 1,000 Children in our Child Clubs employment and entrepreneurship •• 74% Students placed in jobs after six months graduation •• 1,200 parents of Early Childhood Development/NFE/Child •• 1,000 youth have access to information and support services Clubs for entrepreneurship and are harnessing existing local resources Project 2 - Bringing Education to Informal Tented Settlements 2015-2017 •• Youth advocate for a stronger business-enabling environment Goals: •• 800 mothers in mothers’ groups and engaged in income generating activities and self-employment opportunities •• Targeting 1,890 •• 120 teachers at public primary schools in training on the •• Good practice and replication potential of livelihood playful pedagogical approach opportunities identified

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Mission statement: ICT for Education aims to unlock human potential and empower youth to develop their communities. Through utilizing technology to improve the quality of education, connect communities of ICT FOR educators and learners, and find solutions for education challenges; ROTA is empowering young learners to live as productive citizens and shape the development of their communities. Since 2008, ROTA has led a number of initiatives to improve the access and quality of education using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The ICT for Education department EDUCATION (ICT-E) started in 2008 with two pilot projects: the ROTA Knowledge Network and iEARN-Qatar.

iEARN-Qatar The ICT for Education program

Why? in Indonesia (improve access and quality) “iEARN QATAR program • To enable young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful connects the learning contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people standards and what the Why? • To build upon the basic principle of Project-Based Learning (PBL) by connecting students are learning classrooms around the world via an online network. iEARN’s model of Global Project- in classes with real life • Provide access to ICT infrastructure and improve teaching and learning methodologies Based Learning allows young students to acquire skills in critical thinking, and cross- by facing a problem for teachers, students, and administrators in 12 schools in Yogyakarta-Indonesia cultural awareness while connecting their learning to real world issues, making learning and trying to solve it by both challenging and enjoyable using the information that they gain during their learning journey. Project Elements Project Elements While working on our • Currently ROTA is working on a project, sponsored by Qatar Petroleum, to bring the potential of ICT to 12 of the schools in the • To implement projects with their students and collaborate online with peers from iEARN project I feel that my region where ROTA implemented its teacher training program centers in 130 countries students gained the • This program is implemented in primary schools and examines the benefits of ICT use for teachers, school administrators, and • As of the beginning of 2014, ROTA operates the iEarn-Qatar program in partnership with 21st century skills like the nearby school community Qatar University’s National Center for Educator Development (NCED) working as a team, • The Program consists of three major phases/projects: • Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) is problem solving and Project 1 – Access to ICT and awareness of its benefit for education the official sponsor for the iEARN-Qatar program for three years from of 2014-2016 critical thinking which Project 2 – ICT Capacity enables them to make Project 3 – Quality of pedagogy practice and student capability and engagement toward learning better decisions later • Currently labs are completed with all required infrastructure needs (furniture and devices such as computers, printers, cameras in life.” Beneficiaries:total direct beneficiaries and scanners) in all 12 schools 2013-2015 Since 2008 Testimony from Mai Medhat Barakat, Science Teacher • Moreover, the educational workshops have, and are, still being provided to teachers, administrators, and ICT coordinators in Teachers Students Teachers Students at Umm Maabad Girls these schools 173 435 584 1,877 Preparatory School,Qatar • These trainings are given by professional trainers on basic ICT skills and educational topics on how to integrate technology and how to benefit from ICT in teaching and learning. The last focus will be on project-based learning as a teaching methodology • The program is expected to finish in Nov 2015

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The Better Connections program

Why? Beneficiaries • To improve living conditions of migrant workers in Qatar through the provision of ICT equipment and training Total number of teachers, students, and administrators having access to ICTs • This project directly contributes to the social and human development pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030 1,440 120 12 students teachers and schools admin staff Project Elements Beneficiaries The Better Connections project, that is implemented in 4,000 workers Teachers trained partnership with ictQATAR and is sponsored by Msheireb (350 digital champions) Properties, aims to: and 100 volunteers in 1st year 96 540 24 • Improve access to digital resources within labor teachers administration accommodation ROTA will be training 100 volunteers on the Better i.e. 10 teachers students Connections program curriculum in the first year that and staff members involved in Project–Based Learning staff • Provide communication channels using technology for workers trained per school i.e. 50 students per school involved in projects using ICTs will train 4,000 digital champions in the construction i.e. 2 per school to be connected to their families and societies company’s sites. The digital champions will cascade the • Raise awareness about safety at work, contractual rights, and training to the other workers in each site. cultural information around Qatar.

Upcoming: Innovative delivery Banishing of education in Pakistan using The Boredom Testimony from Sarah Julia, mobile technology Student of Class 6 at SDN Tukangan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Why? “Last year when I was in class 5, learning tended to be boring because the teacher was only lecturing, and it • To conduct research on the effectiveness of mobile learning for the purpose of recommending a was hard for me to understand the material taught in the classroom. After our teachers received the ICT for sustainable and scalable model to improve the quality of education in Pakistan Education training and mentoring program from Titian Foundation, learning in class 6 is a lot more fun. My teacher, Mrs Erna Sri Kurniawati, frequently uses ICT devices such as laptops, LCDs, camcorders and also the internet. By doing this, my friends and I have become more enthusiastic in the lessons. Since my teacher often takes us to the ICT lab, I have also become proficient in using computers. Our tests are even Project Elements performed using the computers. Since I feel like I’m playing as I learn, I am now ranked first in the class.” In collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning, ROTA will implement this project to: • Introduce a mobile learning system to improve access to education and enhance the quality of teaching and learning in three classrooms in the Swat region • Conduct research on the effectiveness of mobile learning to Beneficiaries reach educational priorities in rural Pakistan 5 educators and 60 students

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EVENT Gala Dinner - 15 November 2014 HIGHLIGHTS The ROTA Gala Dinner in 2014 was set to comprehensively display what ROTA is all about and demonstrate the local and international community connections we foster.

Event Theme •• The 2014 dinner carried the theme of Unity & Diversity, in relation to ROTA’s activities •• Unity is represented through education, which is a key platform used by ROTA. People’s desire to learn and achieve is what connects ROTA’s activities and stakeholders •• Diversity is represented through the number of organizations ROTA works with: the volunteers, the schools, the types of programs (build schools, train teachers, send volunteers), the target audience, the stakeholders, the activities (sports, photography) and the partners

Wheels ‘n’ Heels - 7 February 2014 The event was a community day of celebration, with the purpose of promoting a healthy lifestyle for the people of Qatar. At the same time, it aimed to raise awareness of ROTA’s mission and activities like fundraising and volunteering.

Event Theme •• Education Through Sports February 2015 •• Reach Out by Having Fun! 1in11 Event - •• Show up to Qatar’s premiere community event and help ROTA provide quality at the Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona education to 48 million children across Asia The 1in11 partnership was launched on 9 February 2015 in New York as currently 1 in 11 children do not have any access to education and they are not getting the start in life they deserve. To tackle this challenge, FC •• Say ‘Yes’ to a healthy lifestyle and be there to advocate, volunteer, and donate Barcelona (FCB) Foundation, ROTA and UNICEF harnessed the power of sport in education to ensure every child can live the life they deserve. The partnership targets programs in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia as it kicked off its aim of reducing the number of children deprived of the right to education. The 2014 Wheels ‘n’ Heels site was divided into a number of activity- Event Theme based zones reflecting the educational •• Art Auction celebrated on 12 February 2015 in London, which saw Euro 3.3 million raised sports and healthy lifestyle theme. •• Discussions on how funds raised will be utilized and the next steps for this unique partnership •• 1in11 is looking ahead to start the implementation of the first programs in the above mentioned countries, where sport and education will come together as a powerful tool to get children back into school and raise international and local awareness (delete about importance of these tools in every child’s life) •• FutbolNet, the FCB Foundation methodology that uses sport as tool for individual and community development of children, will be a key element in these programs, creating a unique bond between sport and education

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