Some of the ROTA-Vodafone beneficiaries in Malaysia.
DOHA: Senior executives and project managers from Reach Out To Asia (Rota) and Vodafone Qatar recently attended a meeting to assess progress of their education and community projects and establish plans to take the partnership forward.
After three years of partnership, Rota and Vodafone are reporting life-changing successes from their cooperation. In 2012, Vodafone Qatar confirmed the strength of the partnership with a QR9m donation to support education and community initiatives implemented by Rota in Qatar, Nepal and Indonesia.
“Rota is grateful to Vodafone Qatar for their generosity in allowing us to continue our mission of helping people affected by crisis across Asia and around the world have continuous access to relevant and high-quality primary and secondary education,” said Rota Executive Director, Essa Al Mannai.
In Indonesia Bayat school teachers, along with the Indonesian Ministry of Education officials, are learning modern teaching skills through the Teacher Quality Improvement initiative, improving teacher’s soft skills and equipping them with social, personal and pedagogical skills to better manage the classroom.
Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund, sponsored by Vodafone Qatar, provides access to higher education for 200 disadvantaged students in the village of Bayat, devastated by an earthquake in 2006.
Teachers in Nepal are also reaping the benefit of learning modern training techniques.
In a country where many towns and villages are prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and flooding, Rota and Vodafone Qatar are helping to build the capacities of the communities on disaster risk reduction, as well as promote safe school standards through disaster prevention initiatives.
During 2012 over 650 students, 50 teachers and 400 families benefited from Rota Vodafone Qatar sponsored volunteer trips to Cambodia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
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