Reach Out To Asia

Projects in Youth

	Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund
	The long-term commitment of ROTA and Titian Foundation to increasing educational opportunities in Bayat has seen the creation of the Qatar-Titian Scholarship Fund, a 3-year scholarship program providing financial assistance for 200 students in the SMKN 1 ROTA Bayat Vocational and other high schools students in the region.

	Literacy, Primary Education, and Community Development Program
	Turquoise Mountain and Reach Out to Asia (ROTA) entered into a three-year partnership in July 2008, for a total of US$ 355,637, designed to improve the lives of members of the local community in Murad Khane.

	Generation Amazing: Youth Development through Football in Nepal
	Increasing opportunities for disadvantaged youth in Nepal to participate in football by improving access to facilities and training; harnessing the power of football to mobilize, educate, and address critical social issues by implementing awareness-raising activities in conjunction with football programming

	Generation Amazing: Youth Development through Football in Pakistan
	ROTA has always believed that sports are an excellent platform to promote confidence-building, and personal and social development. Building on the excitement of the 2010 World Cup, ROTA and Mercy Corp developed a leadership program using football as the mechanism for delivering the initiative.

	Construction of a State of the Art Intermediate School for Girls – Al-Fao District
	The project focuses on improving access of female students residing in seven villages to intermediate education and reducing the number of dropouts by at least 50%. Through creative activities and access to information technologies and training in essential skills, the project aims to help the girls realize their true potential and give them hope for a better future.

	Enhancing Non-Formal Education for Youth in Nahr El-Bared
	In May 2007, Nahr El-Bared Camp (NBC), a refugee camp of 40,000 Palestinians in northern Lebanon, was devastated by three months of fighting between Fatah Al-Islam militants and the Lebanese army. Up to 60% of the buildings and 80% of the homes were either severely or completely destroyed as a result of the shelling and bombing. More than 433 businesses were directly affected by the fighting, 4,976 jobs were lost, and unemployment rose to 80% compared to the 27% before the fighting. Now, three years later, many families still remain dependant on the distribution of food and supplies from humanitarian organizations.

	Global Citizen Corps (GCC)
	The program’s goal is to inspire and equip an expanding network of young leaders to take informed actions that build and secure productive and just communities throughout the world. Qatar joins a host of other nations in the network, including the United States, United Kingdom (Scotland), the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

	Beirut19 Writing Competition
	The Beirut19 writing competition offered the opportunity for young Arabs who reside in Qatar to participate in a writing competition involving Arab youth from 11 countries. The Beirut19 philosophy was inspired by Beirut39 which aims to encourage debating of important issues between young Arab writers, as well as to allow them to share and cultivate their writing talents.

	Youth Development
	Inspired by The Heir Apparent H. H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani's call for strong and active organizations to work on developing active and involved Qatari society, ROTA’s community development strategy supports the establishment of a secure and stable society operating on the principles of justice and equality.

	Establishment of a Youth Centre in Al-Zubier District – Basra Governorate
	The project is to harness youth potential and talent to promote creativity, as well as a culture of peace and tolerance, amongst the youth through active engagement in sport and creative activities.