Distinguished Philanthropic Award in Schools launched by Dubai Cares

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Distinguished Philanthropic Award in Schools launched by Dubai Cares
Dubai Cares launches 2016's Distinguished Philanthropic Award in Schools.

Dubai - Recognising this, Dubai Cares - part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - has announced the second edition of the Distinguished Philanthropic Award in Schools.

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Published: Mon 3 Oct 2016, 11:15 PM

Last updated: Tue 4 Oct 2016, 1:19 AM

It's not just adults who can practice philanthropy - quite often, it's the kids who have the biggest hearts when it comes to giving and doing good.
Recognising this, Dubai Cares - part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - has announced the second edition of the Distinguished Philanthropic Award in Schools.
Launched by Dubai Cares in 2015, this award proves how enthusiastic and enterprising school children can be when it comes to philanthropy. All public and private schools across all seven emirates were invited to participate last year, with the aim of encouraging the integration of philanthropy into the educational agenda of youth across the country. What resulted were extremely well thought out and executed fundraising campaigns.
Scoring highly in 2015 were GEMS the Millennium School in Al Qusais, GEMS The Kindergarten Starters and Dubai National School in Barsha, GEMS Jumeirah College, Dubai English Speaking School and Pristine Private School, as well as Adnoc Schools (Female Branch) in Abu Dhabi.
For the 2016 awards, with the support of its strategic partners, the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) and Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), Dubai Cares is seeking the participation of at least 100 schools in the award.
How students can win
The award is divided into two categories: The Young Philanthropists Award and The Philanthropic School Award.
The first recognises the school with the most creative fundraising concept, while the second rewards the school raising the biggest amount of funds.
Between October 3, 2016 and March 5, 2017, registered schools will carry out their fundraising activities and, during April, an executive committee will evaluate all submissions according to the established points-based scoring system and will recognise the winning schools and students at an awards ceremony.
Students participating in The Young Philanthropists Award will be required to submit a fundraising report and schools will be permitted to nominate one project each for consideration by the awards committee.
Dubai Cares will shortlist the top 10 to 15 concepts, after which the top three winners will be revealed.
Amal Al Redha, Director of Fundraising at Dubai Cares said, "This year's award will no doubt build on the impressive momentum that we established last year and we are working towards enhancing the excellent relationships we already enjoy with schools, their student bodies and parents."
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