Dubai Cares
Malini N Menon is an accomplished leader with extensive experience in educational and business initiatives across the Middle East. As the Founder and Managing Director of IEDEA since July 2006, Malini has driven high-profile projects and influential events, leveraging expertise in outreach and fundraising to secure esteemed partnerships with government entities. In addition, Malini has served as Chief Architect and President of the Executive Council at the Asian Business Leadership Forum since 2005 and is a Co-Founder and Chief Advisor for Outreach & Funding Initiatives at Dubai Cares, one of the largest NGOs for Education globally. Other key roles include advisory positions for notable organizations such as Imperium Ventures, Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation, and the UAE National Program for Happiness and Wellbeing. Malini holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Sociology, and English Literature from Bangalore University.
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Dubai Cares
Since its inception in 2007, Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has been working towards providing children and youth in developing countries with access to quality education through the design and funding of programs that aim to be impactful, sustainable and scalable. To date, the UAE-based global philanthropic organization has successfully launched education programs reaching over 116 million direct and indirect beneficiaries in 60 developing countries. Dubai Cares plays a key role in helping achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and quality education for all, and promote lifelong learning by 2030, by supporting programs in early childhood development, access to quality primary and secondary education, technical and vocational education and training for youth as well as a particular focus on education in emergencies and protracted crises. Moreover, Dubai Cares adopts a strategic approach to improve student enrollment and learning outcomes through an integrated school health and nutrition model that is made up of school-based deworming activities, school feeding, and WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) in schools. Dubai Cares is a civil society organization formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications (UN DGC), as well as a registered non-government organization under IACAD, the charitable activities regulator in Dubai. The UAE-based global philanthropic organization is authorized to raise funds through direct donations and fundraising campaigns, as well as process all permit approvals with IACAD. Volunteerism is a powerful tool to Dubai Cares in order to engage people in tackling development challenges. Dubai Cares rallies the UAE wider community through a large spectrum of volunteering and awareness initiatives that are linked to its global mandate.