Her Highness visit the First Assalam School

Today, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Education Above All (EAA) Foundation and Sustainable Development Goals Advocate visited the First Assalam School. The school is supported by EAA’s “Together Project”, the Ministry of Education in Qatar, and other local partners to provide quality education and training to children and youth who have been deprived of formal education opportunities because of wars and conflicts.

Her Highness was accompanied by Her Excellency Mrs. Rosângela Lula da Silva, First Lady of the Republic of Brazil, who is visiting to participate in the 5th observance of the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, which will be hosted in Doha tomorrow.

Her Highness toured various educational facilities and met with students from Sudan, Yemen, and Palestine, a large number of whom relocated following the recent aggression against Gaza. In partnership with the Al Fakhoora programme, the First Assalam school offers vocational and entrepreneurship training to older students. Disability accommodations and counseling are provided to ensure the students’ physical and emotional wellbeing.

An Al Fakhoora exhibition at the school features home projects such as embroidery and cooking skills and other efforts designed to empower and support Palestinian families residing in Qatar. Her Highness met with recent graduates who will join the local labor market with the help of the Al Fakhoora programme.