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Reach Out To Asia Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) is an initiative launched in December 2005 in Doha, Qatar, by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, daughter of the Emir of Qatar. Operating under the auspices of the Qatar Foundation, ROTA is a non-governmental organization committed to providing quality education, encouraging relationships among communities, creating safe learning environments and restoring education in areas with serious social difficulties. VISION ROTA envisions a world in which all young people have access to the education they need in order to realize their full potential and shape the development of their communities. MISSION Together with partners, volunteers, and local communities, ROTA works to ensure that people affected by crisis across Asia and around the world have continuous access to relevant and high-quality primary and secondary education. FOCAL COUNTRIES In our efforts to promote education in Asia, we implement educational projects in countries where immediate action is needed. Ten countries have been identified as ROTA’s priorities for 2006-2008: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine and Yemen. Funds are allocated, and the projects implemented include: • Building and/or adopting schools • Founding training centers • Equipping libraries and community centers • Donating textbooks and teaching material • Supporting literacy programs • Connecting the educational entities through a shared Knowledge Network • Creating job opportunities for the youth ACHIEVEMENTS • Built 62 schools • Trained over 1,000 teachers • Created over 500 job opportunities • Provided access to education to over 13,000 students each year • Developed a volunteer base of 800 individuals in Qatar • Established 19 Partnerships • Connected 8 schools to the Knowledge Network • Organized 4 volunteer trips and 7 public events
Reach Out To Asia Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund ROTA has been engaged in education projects in Bayat, Indonesia since 2006 when its emergency program intervened to rebuild the schools in Bayat, Indonesia that were destroyed during the earthquake of 2005 in Java. The earthquake ripped through the island of Java killing 6,500 people and destroying homes and buildings of over one million. The village of Bayat in Jogjakarta was one casualty of this disaster. With the beginning of the school term at its heels, ROTA, together with its partner, Titian Foundation, moved quickly to rebuild the kindergarten, primary and secondary school while also providing make-shift structures for the interim. The completed schools, built to earthquake resistant specifications, benefits over 1,000 students and also includes a hall for recreation activities, a sports ground, and a library/community learning center which won first prize as best library in the Klaten region. Nearly 150 student volunteers from Qatar came to Bayat in April 2007 to help in the construction of the school and beautification of the school grounds. The Scholarship Fund As part of ROTA’s commitment to provide further capacity building in Bayat, ROTA continues to work with local communities to improve the quality of education in the region. The Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund, which facilitates financial aid for Bayat School students entering higher secondary school by covering all tuition costs for three years, is one of the ways that ROTA has been involved. The reason behind providing tuition for the full three years is to ensure that the scholarship recipient is able to complete his/her studies and reduce the chance of dropping-out, a common occurrence in Bayat due to insecure financial resources of the family as income is often dependent on ad-hoc seasonal employment. Most students in Bayat come from poor families whose parents are unable to read or write, and therefore, are unable to give their children appropriate academic guidance or encouragement. Some parents even consider it a burden to send their children. For this reason, the program also provides ongoing mentoring to students and families through professionals who monitor the performance of scholarship recipients, liaise with parents and the school, and offer the students counseling support to help them take full advantage of the opportunities provided through education. Selection for the Qatar-Titian scholarships is based on a meritorious and needs assessment criteria. The specific criteria can also be provided by the donor organization. A Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) signed between Titian Foundation and the parents of scholarship recipients stipulates the roles and responsibilities of all parties to ensure that the management and commitments of the grant are fully understood.
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