Sheikha Moza attends Educate A Child event

HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser at an event at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York to raise awareness about the work of the Educate A Child programme which is designed to tackle the plight of 61mn out-of-school children around the world and those who are denied access to quality primary education. Addressing the gathering,  Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the Unesco special envoy on basic and higher education, said: “These 61mn have been forgotten by the world. It is unacceptable. Educate A Child has set itself the goal of reaching 10mn of these by the end of 2015. This may sound ambitious, but I know it is possible. In just four months, we have reached out to 600,000. There is so much to do, but we cannot do it alone.”  The event was hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center and Qatar Airways who both announced their support to the Educate A Child programme at a press conference. Educate A Child seeks to provide a quality primary education to children affected by conflict, natural disasters and restrictive cultural practices. After a series of field trips by Sheikha Moza, Educate A Child was launched in Doha last November and has already found school places for over 600,000 children. PICTURE: AR Al-Baker/HHOPL