Dubai Cares, a United Arab Emirates based philanthropic organization recently announced that it will donate Dh3.67 million (1 million USD) for a school-based de-worming program that will treat children in Angola.

Partnering up with The END Fund, the first private donor-advised fund dedicated to NTDs, Dubai Cares has plans to treat children across five districts. This contribution will move the END Fund closer to its goal of treating over 50 million people in the next five years.

Speaking with news outlet, Trade Arabia, The END Fund’s chairman William Campbell stated that, “This pioneering investment in partnership with the END Fund adds further momentum behind our goal of eradicating Africa’s seven most prevalent NTDs by 2020.  The END Fund offers an exceptional social investment opportunity for those interested in transforming millions of lives and getting children back into school.” He also thanked Dubai Cares, “for its generosity in providing treatments for over one million children in some of the poorest areas of the world.”

Launched in 2007 by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Cares is a philanthropic organization that works to improve children’s access to quality primary education in developing countries. Global Network is a partner of Dubai Cares.  Click here to learn more about the organization.

Click here to learn more about The END Fund.