Dubai Cares Organisation

· Provide children with access to education, teacher training.

· Main objective is that children go to school and learn.

· 250 million children go to school but do not actually learn.

· Work in 41 developing countries.

· Raise awareness, raise funds, set up campaigns locally.

· Why donors choose Dubai cares? –Because to some people education is so important.

· They explain to the donors what they have done with their money.

· Get stories from beneficiaries.

· Dubai cares is different from competitors because they are very focused on education and quality of education.

· They choose UN agencies & International NGO’s.

· They choose partners who have the right expertise to help.

· The Organization has been around for 8 years, very stable, they began as a campaign to educate 1 million children & they now educate 14 million.

· They are expanding.

· Also focus on gender equality in education.

· They have a very prosperous future, always progressing.

· Their aim is to reach over 50 countries by 2020.

· Communication skills is very important in the organization.

· There are only 35 employees, so internal communication is easy, internal news portal, regular meetings.

· What makes a good leader:

· Involving people in the decisions you make.

· A true leader should inspire people & empower them to make decisions.

· Delegate them with tasks to do, motivate and encourage them.

· Atmosphere:

· Friendly environment.

· People like what they do.

· All staff members go to the field (schools, talk to teachers.)

· Work closely with partners & beneficiaries.

· Very hands on.

· Enjoy experiencing their plans.

· Travel occasionally to the countries they are assisting.

· Corporate cultures :

· Smooth, different layers & people involved.

· Everything goes through the chair & CEO.

· Craft programs as accurately as possible.

· Do not only rely on reports.

· Practical, verify things themselves.

· Volunteer work outside working hours.

· Conferences, travelling.

· Give back to the community.

· Visit and help people in need.

· Personal satisfaction, more values for things they have.

· Stressful parts of the job:

· Stress from campaigns, deadlines.

· Working from the field.

· Company Philosophy:

· Set values, constantly changing.

· Being fair, no discrimination to anyone on the field.

· Have a savings attitude.

· Not spending over 15% on overhead costs.