Qatar Airways Supports Educate A Child
Striving to bring quality primary education to millions of children, the EAC programme serves as a catalyst to
help break down the barriers preventing children from being in school, working with global and local organisations to turn commitments into action. The funds contributed by Qatar Airways will be utilised to benefit children in co-funded education programmes in more than 30 countries around the world, driving towards EAC’s vision of a world where every individual has the opportunity to learn through a quality education. Countries served are affected by poverty, gender discrimination, and natural disaster.
To date, more than 2.5 million children have access to education programmes thanks to projects co-funded by EAC.
Qatar Airways Group chief executive His Excellency Mr Akbar Al Baker commented: “Qatar Airways is honoured to be a communications ambassador for the Educate A Child initiative, championing its messages to a worldwide audience through our travelling public. The funds presented today symbolise the overwhelming support received from our
passengers, together with the matched funds from Qatar Airways, and highlights the enthusiasm which this initiative has drawn from all corners of the globe.”Speaking about the partnership, Marcio Barbosa, chief executive officer of the overseeing Education Above All Foundation, said:
“Qatar Airways is a special partner, a leading Qatari company supporting a Qatar-based international NGO. We appreciate the resources that Mr Al Baker and the Qatar Airways team have put towards raising awareness of the issue of out of school children and their financial contribution towards accelerating our efforts to close the gap.”
Befitting Qatar Airways’ global reach and that of Educate A Child, the airline’s financial contributions represent a commitment made by Qatar Airways in April 2013 to match funds donated by passengers aboard its flights in seatback envelopes. Cabin crew introduce the EAC programme and invite passengers to donate any amount, in any currency. This approach leverages the airline’s communication platforms and reach of more than 23 million passengers per year to 145 destinations worldwide to advance the goals of EAC.
EAC provides co-funding to implementing partners with established education approaches and ongoing interventions within communities where they work. EAC recognises and appreciates the wealth of knowledge and experience that its partners bring to the issue of out of school children. Therefore, EAC does not dictate the types of interventions or the approaches that partners use to address the needs of out of school children.
Rather, EAC and its partners often implement more than one strategy to address the multiple barriers that children face, be it infrastructure, post-conflict instability, geographic challenges or financial strains.
EAC’s goal is to reach at least 10 million children with quality primary education. Support from organisations such as Qatar Airways goes a long way towards making that vision a reality.
Picture: from left to right with the funds presented by Qatar Airways are; Mr. Fahad Al Sulaiti, Deputy CEO of Education Above All, Mr. Marcio Barbosa, CEO of Education Above All, Mr. Mohsen Alyafei, SVP of Contracts and Procurement at Qatar Airways and Ms. Salam Al Shawa, SVP of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Qatar Airways
