Advocate for the UN Sustainable Development Goals Shaikha Moza bint Nasser visited two projects supported by her institutions to improve opportunities for young people in Sudan.
Founder and Chairperson of Education Above All (EAA), she also visited the Umm Badda Alternative Learning Programme (ALP) in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.
The programme is one of 3,900 in Sudan sponsored by EAA, through its program 'Educate A Child' in partnership with UNICEF.
Shaikha Moza, mother of the Qatari Amir, engaged with children, attended a life-skills class, and met with school management, teachers and various community members.
EAA’s Educate A Child programme is supporting UNICEF to educate 194 students at Umm Badda ALP, who were originally displaced from the regions of Abyei, Darfur and South Kordofan.
The ALP is designed for out of school children who have never attended school, have dropped out, or who cannot be mainstreamed into the formal education system due to gaps in their achievement.