Arada trains children of TBHF Educational Centre

Organised in Aljada, the programme benefited more than 250 persons of several nationalities in Sharjah and Dubai. In addition, more than 50 trainers from Arada employees contributed, with 360 hours, to providing basic educational assistance to children and teaching them management, planning, marketing and digital skills.

This programme comes within a partnership between Arada Foundation and The Big Heart Educational Centre, which was established by The Big Heart Foundation, a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, chaired by Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs.

The final session of the programme included a field trip to the Aljada nursery, where Arada grows more than 120,000 trees before planting them in its Aljada and Masar projects. Twent-five children participated in the last programme, accompanied by Shadia Al-Jabri - from the Big Heart Educational Centre and Hisham Saeed - Director of Government Relations at Arada Foundation.

The Big Heart Educational Centre provides the best educational solutions and practices in order to empower children, adolescents and youth residing in the United Arab Emirates, as it includes more than 200 students of different nationalities from Pakistan, Syria, Comoros and others. 

Most of the children have struggled due to missing years of education as a result of war, poverty or a poor standard of living, and they require remedial catch-up courses and assistance with accessing the formal education sector in the UAE.

The Centre aims to provide them with the opportunity to access literacy and vocational training opportunities to become productive and contributing members of society. In the Center, the students develop the necessary skillsets to advance their circumstances, which would also have a positive impact on their families and communities.