QF Grants Scholarships for Female Afghan Robotics Team to Study at Education City

Doha, September 07 (QNA) - Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, with a joint funding by Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), granted scholarships for members of an all-female Afghan robotics team evacuated from Afghanistan to Qatar to continue their education at the Education City. The team, known as the Afghan Dreamers, arrived in Doha following the current conditions in Afghanistan and were hosted by the Education City, where they will receive scholarships that enable them to keep pursuing their studies through a strategic partnership between Qatar Foundation (QF) and Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD). "These talented, creative students have been living through a time of uncertainty and upheaval, and at Qatar Foundation we want to do whatever we can to ease their concerns in the present while also helping them to look to the future," said HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani, the Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation. "By providing them with scholarships to study at Education City, their education can now continue uninterrupted. We are currently assessing their specific needs to ensure they receive the learning experience within our schools and our pre-university preparatory program that best suits their abilities and their goals," HE Sheikha Hind added. "Our priority is to ensure that these students feel safe, cared for, and confident in the knowledge that their education will not be affected by this immensely difficult period in their lives," HE stressed. For his part, HE QFFD Director-General Khalifa bin Jassim Al Kuwari noted that the educational program jointly funded by QF and QFFD provides high-quality technical training in the use of modern technologies which will enable Afghani female students to acquire the skills and knowledge that will allow them to be appropriately qualified and in demand within the labor market. "We hope that this program and the strategic partnership between QFFD, QF, and the Digital Citizen Fund will renew hope for a new generation of Afghani girls," he said. Roya Mahboob, the founder of the Digital Citizen Fund, parent organization of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team, said: "The team is excited and grateful for this opportunity to study abroad. "Qatar Foundations Education City, a remarkable campus made of up of leading academic and research institutions from around the world, is a place where the girls can realize their full potential. The children of Afghanistan are eager and ready to continue making great contributions to the world," she said. At QF and in collaboration with QFFD, the Afghan Dreamers will be supported in continuing their high school studies and preparing for higher education, with placements being based on their educational assessments and their goals. They will also have the opportunity to keep enhancing their robotics skills through the facilities and expertise available at QF member Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and QF partner universities Texas A&M University at Qatar and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. QFs Education City houses the largest education ecosystem of its kind in the world, comprising eight universities including branch campuses of some of the world’s leading universities and both mainstream and specialized schools, and offers education spanning K-12 to postdoctoral level. The strategic partnership that has enabled the Afghan students to study at Education City reflects QFs belief that nothing should stand in the way of education and its commitment to ensuring people from Qatar and beyond can realize their potential, while also further demonstrating how Qatar and its people show support and solidarity for those experiencing hardship and upheaval. (QNA)