Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation (AGF)
AGF was launched in 2015 by Emirati businessman and philanthropist Abdulla Al Ghurair to support education opportunities for Arab youth. One of the UAE's largest and most strategic philanthropies, AGF provides youth with access to inclusive, high-quality education and career development opportunities through online training and university and career readiness programmes. It also administers the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund.
- Organisation type Foundation
- Year founded 2015
- Headquartered Dubai, UAE
- Registration United Arab Emirates
- Website https://www.alghurairfoundation.org
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Education
- Graduate and professional
- Higher education
- Education services
- College preparation
- Computer literacy
- Educational exchanges
- E-learning
- Vocational education
- Student services
Community and economic development
- Economic development
- Employment
- Job training
Focus populations
- Young adults
- Refugees and displaced people
Focus geographies
Middle East
- United Arab Emirates
- Lebanon
- Jordan
Programmes
Abdulla Al Ghurair Hub for Digital Teaching and Learning
A partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB) to improve access to quality online education for thousands of Arab youth across the region. In addition to new materials being created, existing residential courses will be digitised to enable improvements in the teaching and learning experience for students.The University Consortium for Quality Online Learning (UCQOL)
Through strategic partnerships with top universities and the UAE Ministry of Education, UCQOL will make online learning programmes available to a larger pool of Arab students from the UAE and beyond.Open learning scholars programme with Arizona State University (ASU)
This gave 550 young Arab students the chance to pursue a Master’s degree online with Arizona State University (ASU).Al Ghurair STEM Scholars Programme
Giving more than 600 young people from 17 Arab countries the opportunity to pursue their undergraduate or graduate studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects at 15 partner universities. The programme included a career-readiness component as well as mentorship, internships, skills development, and networking and leadership opportunities alongside other AGF scholars and alumni from across the region.Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund
Providing secondary, vocational, and tertiary education to refugees and vulnerable youth. In Jordan and Lebanon, the Fund supports high impact education programmes, and in the UAE, it benefits Arab children of families, who due to wars and disasters temporarily reside in the UAE.
Financials
Funding model
- Private
Primary funders
- Abdulla Al Ghurair
Types of funding and awards
- Foundation-administered programme awards
- Programme related investment
Operations
Key staff
- CEO, Sonia Ben Jaafar
- Director of programmes and partnerships, Danah Dajani
- Director of knowledge and innovation, Malakeh El Haj
Board members
- Chairman, Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
- Rashid Abdulla Al Ghurair
- Sultan Abdulla Al Ghurair
- Ali Rashid Lootah
- Rashed Saif Saeed Al Jarwan
Contact details
- info@alghurairfoundation.org
- https://www.alghurairfoundation.org
- Post Box No. 1250 DIFC, Dubai, UAE.
Further information
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