ICO launches "To Light Their Future – 2022" back-to-school campaign

The International Charitable Organization (ICO) has launched the back-to-school campaign under the slogan "To Light Their Future – 2022", which aims to support educational projects inside and outside the state, through a host of educational programs and initiatives, with total targets of 15 million dirhams.

These projects varied to include the following: building, maintaining and furnishing educational facilities at a cost of 3 million dirhams, supporting struggling and distinct students at a cost of 3.5 million dirhams, along with providing computers at a cost of 300,000 dirhams and providing school supplies such as bags, books and others at a total cost of 200,000 dirhams.

The campaign also includes the implementation of a number of public projects, at a total cost of 8 million dirhams.

On this occasion, H.E. Dr. Khaled Abdul-Wahab Al Khaja, ICO's Secretary-General, said: "Investing in knowledge is great, as it contributes to the renaissance, advancement and progress of societies. Hence, the ICO launches "To Light Their Future” every year to devote its efforts aimed at supporting education inside and outside the UAE." He declared that the ICO's delegation visited a number of countries in its work areas, in coordination with its foreign offices, to identify the needs of students in those remote areas.

He added: "This campaign has achieved great success over the past years. In 2021, it won the Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum / ISESCO Award for Volunteering in the Development of Educational Facilities in the Islamic World, calling on benefactors to support the ICO's entire humanitarian projects and initiatives that contribute to providing a better future for students, especially those who are deprived of the right to education.