10/5/2023
On World Teachers' Day on the fifth of October every year, Qatar Charity announced that the number of teachers it sponsored has reached more than 7,000 in areas suffering from crises and poor communities such as Somalia, Palestine, Mauritania, northern Syria, and others.
It also provides opportunities to train and qualify teachers to develop their skills and abilities in cooperation with its partners.
Qatar Charity’s sponsorships for teachers include providing them with a monthly financial reward that contributes to supporting them in carrying out their educational duty and preserving their human dignity, which contributes to expanding the scope of children’s education across the world as it is their basic right and is consistent with the fourth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals, which is to ensure equitable quality education for all.
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One of the specific training projects allocated by Qatar Charity for teachers in crisis areas is the “Improving the Level of Education and Building the Capacity of Teachers and School Principals in Northern Syria” project, from which 1,028 teachers benefited last year in cooperation and coordination with the Qatar Fund for Development within the framework of the Quest 3 initiative.
In celebration of World Teachers’ Day, Qatar Charity affirms its intention to expand its educational projects to contribute to bridging the existing gap, in fulfillment of the slogan of this day: “The teachers we need for the education we desire: the necessity of addressing the shortage in the number of teachers at the global level.” It seeks to write success stories. A quality in this field that makes an impact in its field, including the story of teacher Mona.
Success story
Teacher Mona Yassin, 37 years old, lives with her three children and husband in the “Maarat Misrin” area in the countryside of Idlib city. Mona resumed her work as a teacher early last year in one of the educational centers supported by Qatar Charity and the Qatar Fund for Development in northern Syria.
Previously, Mona worked as a teacher for two years on a voluntary basis, and due to the lack of financial support, she was unable to continue teaching and turned to another profession, as she told us:
“The absence of teaching opportunities and the urgent need to secure the necessities of life forced me to work in medical centers and organizations, but the dream of returning to teaching has not left me, especially as I see children in the camps suffering from the difficulty of accessing educational services or their absence.
After winning first place in the Education Directorate’s competition, I was nominated to teach science for the middle and high school grades in Maarat Misrin.”
The project “Improving the level of education and building the capabilities of teachers and school principals in northern Syria,” which was implemented by Qatar Charity with cooperation and funding from the Qatar Fund for Development and within the Quest 3 initiative last year/2022, was able to provide the necessary training for 1,000 male and female teachers and 28 school principals, with the aim of raising their skills and abilities to Adapt to the difficult teaching conditions in northwest Syria and the learning difficulties that students may suffer as a result of interruption from education, which encouraged an increase in children’s interest in the centers and their commitment to attendance, in addition to financial support and provision of supplies that ensure an appropriate educational environment, as Mona:
“After an absence from teaching for more than two years, I was very enthusiastic about providing benefit to the children of the camps, I traveled a long distance every day to reach the educational center, but the enthusiasm of the children and their interest in educational activities increased my desire to provide education to them in the best and most enjoyable ways, especially since the project provides the necessary tools to raise awareness of Parents emphasize the importance of education through protection training and caregiver sessions.
I am proud of my participation in this project and of the commitment, enthusiasm, and excellence of my students, and I hope that these quality projects will continue.