{"id":29447,"date":"2020-06-11T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=29447"},"modified":"2020-06-11T12:16:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:16:05","slug":"vfs-global-donates-it-devices-in-support-of-education-uninterrupted-campaign-in-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/vfs-global-donates-it-devices-in-support-of-education-uninterrupted-campaign-in-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"VFS Global Donates IT Devices In Support Of &#8216;Education Uninterrupted&#8217; Campaign In The UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most school children in UAE are required to continue their education from home through online learning due to security measures taken to curb the spread of COVID-19. But a substantial number of these students do not have access to a home computer. Through \u2018Education Uninterrupted\u2019 campaign, VFS Global, the world&#8217;s largest visa outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide, joins Dubai Cares and the UAE Ministry of Education in their effort to help students from less privileged families to continue with their online schooling.<\/p>\n<p>VFS Global donated well-maintained IT devices such as computers, monitor screens and thin client servers in support of the \u2018Education Uninterrupted\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Brun, Chief Communications Officer who spearheads CSR initiatives at VFS Global said: \u201cDuring these unprecedented times, VFS Global strives to bridge the gap between children and their continued education through access to technology. By donating these devices, we are supporting local communities to enrich academic and professional well-being of students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, \u2018Education Uninterrupted\u2019 is a nationwide campaign that tackles the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the education of children and youth in the UAE. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dubaicares.ae\/supports-us\/education-uninterrupted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.dubaicares.ae\/supports-us\/education-uninterrupted\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29449\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PHOTO-2020-06-02-14-39-30-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PHOTO-2020-06-02-14-39-30-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PHOTO-2020-06-02-14-39-30-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PHOTO-2020-06-02-14-39-30-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PHOTO-2020-06-02-14-39-30-2-732x412.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most school children in UAE are required to continue their education from home through online learning due to security measures taken to curb the spread of COVID-19. But a substantial number of these students do not have access to a home computer. Through \u2018Education Uninterrupted\u2019 campaign, VFS Global, the world&#8217;s largest visa outsourcing and technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29450,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29447\/revisions\/29450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}