Reach Out to Asia (Rota), Qatar’s leading non-profit organisation, has signed an agreement naming Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) as the official sponsor of Rota’s iEARN-Qatar programme for the next three years.

With the signing of this sponsorship deal with Rota, Muntajat kicks off its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme aimed at contributing to the development of society in Qatar and abroad.

The agreement was signed yesterday by Mohamed Jassim al-Naama, Rota acting director, and Abdulrahman Ali al-Abdulla, CEO of Muntajat.

iEARN is a non-profit organisation made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organisations in more than 130 countries, empowering teachers and young people to work together using the Internet and other new communications technologies. More than 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative iEARN projects worldwide.

Rota, as the sole representative for iEARN in Qatar since 2008, has been supporting iEARN’s objectives of improving learning and teaching, and arousing civil awareness and responsibility.

About 450 teachers from 95 schools in Qatar have benefited to date by attending Rota’s iEARN-Qatar workshops, and have participated in a variety of iEARN projects with their students.

Al-Naama said, “As technology plays an important role in improving learning and teaching, the support from Muntajat will provide an excellent opportunity for us to reinforce our shared goal of providing the youth of today with the tools and skills necessary for them to actively participate in the economic, social, human and environmental pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030.”

Al-Abdulla said, “We are pleased to team up with Rota to sponsor the iEARN-Qatar programme. iEARN is a pioneering educational network and through our involvement in this programme, we will be providing people in Qatar with better opportunities for a quality education.”

Since the beginning of 2014, Rota has partnered with Qatar University’s National Centre for Educators Development to co-implement the iEARN-Qatar programme.

“This agreement will be the beginning of a broader partnership with Muntajat to accomplish the noble goals that the two organisations are aiming to realise,” al-Naama added.