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Cartier charity gives UNHCR grant for education and sport in Zambia
Source: UNHCR
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DUBAI,
United Arab Emirates, March 30 (UNHCR) - An annual charity campaign backed by a leading member of Dubai's ruling family has granted 646,000 dirhams (US$176,000) to the UN refugee agency for education
and sports programmes.Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of the United Arab Emirates' Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Cartier International President Bernard Fornas
handed over a cheque to Hamdi Bukhari, UNHCR acting regional representative, during the annual Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge last Friday.The money was donated by the Cartier Love
Charity campaign. Princess Haya, who is patron of the campaign, chose UNHCR to be this year's recipient for the third consecutive year.Bukhari offered thanks on behalf of UNHCR and praised
Princess Haya for demonstrating "a solid commitment to promote education of refugee children worldwide." He said the Cartier donation would be used in Zambia to improve access to education; to
encourage girls to complete a full education; and to boost sports facilities in schools.Princess Haya, a daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, is a major supporter of UNHCR's Women
Leading for Livelihoods initiative. In the past, she has arranged donations for UNHCR projects that benefit refugee women and youth.
More . . .
- For refugee children sport can play a particularly important and healing role. Find out more: Sport for refugees – Let's Play!
- Education is a basic refugee right, one that is vital in restoring hope and dignity to people driven from their homes, a tool to help them get back on their feet and build a better future. More on our special pages: Refugees and Education
- UNHCR at work in United Arab Emirates and Zambia
