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Education is the key to sustainable development. The Millennium Development Goals had a very special focus on achieving universal primary education and, as we move into the post-2015 era, we must ensure that civil society and policy makers continue to invest and build on making education a fundamental cornerstone of our global developmental agenda.

芒篓Disasters, war and strife have severe impact on schools, children and on the educational infrastructure. Education is amongst the first casualties of war or disasters and this has a hugely detrimental effect on young people whose future and progress get drastically affected in the process.

Our children need 鈥渟afe schools鈥� and a protected 鈥渆ducational system鈥�.芒篓芒篓 With this objective, scores of members took part in a laudable initiative of to pack 50,000 school kits for the school children of Gaza as part of their 鈥淩ebuild Palestine: Start with Education鈥� initiative.芒篓

We spent a full day in assembling school kits that will provide the conflict-affected children the basic educational supplies required for school.

The contents of the kit, sourced by Dubai Cares in accordance with guidelines, include a backpack, notebooks, sketch books, geometry kit, calculator, pencil case for stationery including pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, crayons, rulers etc.芒篓芒篓

It was a hugely fulfilling experience and we hope that this great initiative will help address the shortage in basic educational supplies in Gaza and provide the affected children a new hope and a better future.