Borealis renews its long-term commitment to UAE Educational & Social organisations at signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi

Borealis renews its long-term commitment to UAE Educational & Social organisations at signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi

Borealis announces a new round of support to three leading social organisations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2020. The support will be made available through the Borealis Social Fund. Founded in 2008, the Borealis Social Fund’s focus is on Education & Social Integration, with the express aim of enhancing the social welfare of the communities in which Borealis operates.

Three UAE organisations – the Emirates Foundation, the UAE Paralympic Committee, and the Emirates National Schools – will collectively receive a total of AED 3 million (ca. EUR 734,600) to help sustain the ongoing efforts of these social organisations. Borealis CEO Alfred Stern met with representatives of all three organisations at a festive signing ceremony held in Abu Dhabi on 28 January 2020.

“Since its creation over a decade ago, the Borealis Social Fund has been about caring for others in the communities where we operate,” says Borealis CEO Alfred Stern. “It has become an important conduit for promoting education and social integration – and thus social stability, as well. We see the Borealis Social Fund as an essential component of doing business in a responsible way, and are glad to be able to support the valuable work done by these organisations.”

Emirates Foundation and Borealis: an abiding partnership

The Emirates Foundation is a national organisation founded to facilitate public-private initiatives for the empowerment of youth in the UAE. It works with public and private sector partners to meet national goals and respond to society’s most urgent issues. Within the framework of STI, or Science Technology Innovation, The Emirates Foundation launched the Think Science Program in 2012 to help unleash the full creative and innovative potential of UAE youth by encouraging them to pursue studies and careers in the STEM subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The Think Science Competition has empowered over 100,000 youth since its inception in 2012 and reached a total number of 18,000 contestants in its annual competition during that same time frame who developed and competed with more than 2000 innovative projects.
The Think Science Program has also graduated nearly 1,260 Think Science Ambassadors who were provided with opportunities to participate in local, regional, and international science knowledge exchange

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