Qatar- WISE Prize Education Laureate visits Newseum

Date

5/2/2016 9:52:02 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula

The WISE Prize for Education Laureate Dr Sakena Yacoobi (left) with Mary Landrieu former US senator from Louisiana.

DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) recently hosted the WISE Prize for Education Laureate Dr Sakena Yacoobi at the ‘Newseum’ in Washington DC.

The event focusing on Dr Yacoobi’s work as the winner of the WISE Prize For Education was hosted by Andrew Rotherham co-founder of Bellwether Education Partners and by Stavros N. Yiannouka CEOWISE. It also provided an excellent opportunity to bring the work of WISE an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF) to the attention of an audience of high-level international stakeholders.

Dr Yacoobi a US citizen who founded the ‘Afghan Institute of Learning’ (AIL) has worked diligently for over 20 years to bring education to those suffering from the effects of war displacement and oppression under Taliban rule in her native Afghanistan.

During the event Dr Yacoobi shared her personal experiences and described the diverse strategies AIL uses to provide access to education and crucial healthcare services for young people and their families. In addition the organisation endeavours to provide training programmes to educate communities about general health hygiene and nutrition.

Engaging guests in an informal conversation Yiannouka praised Dr Yacoobi for her creative dedication and personal courage in spite of the many difficult circumstances she has encountered.

He added that Dr Yacoobi is an inspiration for all who are committed to empowerment through education. Among the local guests were Mary Landrieu former Senator from Louisiana; John Engler President of the Business Roundtable and former Governor of Michigan; Roger Nozaki of the US Department of Education; Katherine Haley of the Philanthropy Roundtable; Giuseppe Basili of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and Krishanti Vignarajah of the White House.

Also in attendance were Sara Al-Saadi from the Qatari Embassy in the US and other diplomatic representatives and US government officials as well as several senior representatives of the US media.

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