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‘Donate Your Own Device’ collects 32,000 devices

to support underprivileged students worldwide,

promote sustainability

DUBAI / WAM

The Digital School, one of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives, announced that the “Donate Your
Own Device” campaign, which was launched in cooperation with the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), under

the theme “Donate to Educate”, managed to collect more than 32,000 used electronic devices, which will be
refurbished and recycled, to support underprivileged students of the Digital School worldwide with devices

that support their education journey.
The announcement of the campaign’s achievements came in line with “Global Recycling Day”, on March 18,
which highlights the importance of this global initiative and its multiple humanitarian, educational, and

environmental goals, reflecting the leading role of the UAE in achieving the UNSDGs, preserving the
environment through recycling, and providing access to education for students around the world.

Al Olama stressed that the Digital School believes in promoting solutions for enabling digital education,
which is the future of education and provides learning opportunities for underprivileged students worldwide
through digital learning applications.

He further noted that the “Donate Your Own Device” campaign reflects this vision through an innovative
humanitarian and environmental initiative that goes in line pace with the UAE’s directives in the Year of

Sustainability and reflects the leadership’s visions towards promoting international cooperation to achieve
the UN sustainable development goals; environmental sustainability and access to education.
Electronic devices included 36 percent computers, tablets and smartphones, 30 percent other electronic

devices such as screens, printers and projectors, and 34 percent electronic devices accessories, which are

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