The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation has highlighted the vital work undertaken by its programme Educate A Child (EAC) to transform the lives of millions of the poorest and most marginalised children around the world through education, at the Qatar Total Open 2017.
The Qatar Total Open, which is one of the world’s biggest women’s tennis tournaments, concluded in Doha yesterday.
Sport and education are vital components of a child’s development, which was emphasised by EAA’s presence at the sporting event.
Attendees at the Qatar Total Open were invited to take part in a ‘leap motion game’ while children helped to paint map showing the 48 countries in which EAC is working with partners to enable out-of-school children to access the quality education they deserve, according to a press statement.
Young supporters of the programme’s work were able to have their picture taken with the Qatar Total winner, Karolina Pliskova, and runner-up, Caroline Wozniacki, to raise awareness of the importance of providing education in some of the hardest-to-reach communities in the world. There are currently 61mn children around the world who are unable to attend primary school.
Educate A Child is focused on breaking down the barriers preventing access to education, which include culture, poverty, conflict and instability, and gender discrimination.
Through Educate A Child and its strong partnership network, EAA is “significantly reducing” the number of children worldwide who are missing out on their right to education.
Since 2012, EAC has committed to enrol more than 7mn out-of-school children, of whom more than 4mn are already enrolled in quality primary education programmes.
EAA set up a booth at the tournament, which included a ‘leap motion’ game with EAC-branded tennis balls, a map for children to fill in, using paints to mark the locations of EAC’s 50 projects, a rotating globe showing EAC projects and a donation box for attendees to contribute to the foundation’s work.