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Date:4/16/2008

hammed, raising more than AED1.7 billion (approx. US$ 500 million) in eight weeks from individuals and businesses in Dubai. At the close of the fundraising drive H.H. Sheikh Mohammed matched the donations from the residents of Dubai, bring the total to AED3.4 billion (almost US$1 billion), making Dubai Cares the largest foundation in the world focusing on primary education globally.

Since its launch, Dubai Cares has established itself as a fully transparent, multilateral, non-profit organization, making sure that every dirham raised is spent strategically for maximum impact. Dubai Cares will operate based on international best practices for foundations worldwide to ensure financial transparency. The charitable establishment has positioned itself as a strategic coordinator actively engaged with international aid agencies to develop primary education programmes and to ensure immediate impact on the ground.

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need around the world. For more than 75 years, Save the Children has been helping children survive and thrive by improving their health, education and economic opportunities and, in times of acute crisis, mobilizing rapid lifesaving assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters.

Dubai Cares is founded on the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed who believes that education is the best long-term solution to combat poverty and that educating children, especially girls, is a key component to fighting the global 'cycle of poverty'. It represents Dubai's contribution to the U.N. Millennium Development Goals for providing primary education to every child by 2015. The initiative validates the emirate's commitment to play an effective role in securing a better tomorrow for future generations.

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