Doha (UNA-OIC) – Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), Ooredoo Group and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership agreement, which aims to transform the lives of millions of children around the world to recover after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a virtual signing ceremony, attended by QFFD Director-General Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari, Managing Director of Ooredoo Group Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo, and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, the strategic partners confirmed their shared commitment to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals for children globally.
Under the agreement, Ooredoo, UNICEF and QFFD will develop national-level strategic partnerships to support children’s rights and UNICEF programs across the 10 markets where Ooredoo has operations namely, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, State of Palestine, Tunisia, Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar and the Maldives.
Key elements envisaged to be at the core of the national level partnerships include supporting the global vaccine roll-out to end the pandemic, improving formal and informal education and skilling opportunities for children and youth as well as empowering adolescents and engaging them in their communities.
