Our school community is proud to support the Varkey Foundation, our chosen charitable partner. The not-for-profit campaigner for change has committed to the following projects:

• Training teachersto adopt a more student-centric approach in Uganda
• Supporting the professional development of teachers in Palestine
• Building the capacity of teachers in Kenya and Lesotho to teach science, technology and mathematics to girls and women
• Educating students in Ghana via the country’s first interactive distance-learning project
• Rebuilding a school in the Kenyan slum of Kibera
• Providing clean water and toilets in 25 schools in Tanzania with Dubai Caresand Oxfam
• Establishing ten low cost science centres in India with Pratham
• Rebuilding ten schools in Pakistan that were destroyed by floods with Dubai Cares and Oxfam
• Providing schools mealsto improve access to education in India
• Supporting the UNICEF Schools for Asiaprogramme in Philippines, Papua New Guinea, India, Nepal and Vietnam

We believe that by engaging with these projects, our students develop a better understanding of global development issues and the impact they can have in our world.

Our aspiration is that, for every child enrolled at a GEMS school, we impact the lives of 100 underprivileged children in our world.