Launched in 2007 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Cares is working to improve children's children access to quality primary education in developing countries. Dubai Cares works in countries with chronic deficiencies in primary education where it implements programs that target the underlying causes that prevent children from going to school. Dubai Cares expresses the UAE's commitment to UN MDGs 2 and 3 – namely, to guarantee universal primary education and promote gender equality, respectively. Today, Dubai Cares is reaching 5 million beneficiaries in 24 countries.
