Nursery Social Responsibilities

At Yellow Brick Road Nursery we enjoy sharing information with our children about the world we live in. Our children learn and understand that there are children on the planet who are less fortunate than we are. Over the past ten years Yellow Brick Road Nursery has raised over 300,000 DHS in support of different children's charities.

Make-A-Wish Foundation - Parents, children and staff have raised over 177,000 DHS for the UAE Branch of Make-A-Wish Foundation. Our special fundraising days for this cause are always well supported by our Nursery families and we are honoured to bring happiness to the children residing within the UAE. The Children eligible for this special wish are children whose life expectancy is not longer than 18 years due to life threatening illnesses such as childhood cancer.
"Make-A-Wish is an international non-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of children living with life-threatening medical conditions. The Make-A-Wish Foundation UAE office was established in 2003 to grant wishes for the children across the Emirates."

"Each year in the UAE, children are unfortunately diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, thanks to advances in diagnostic and therapeutic technology many are now being cured while others have their lives prolonged for many years but some, unfortunately, lose their battle. The Make-A-Wish Foundation steps in to assist these children and their families by providing an avenue for hope and strength.

By focusing on the positive, the Make-A-Wish Foundation brings magic and joy to these children each year, by granting their most cherished wish. This is an experience that the children, their parents and siblings look forward to often holding onto their wish to get through the tougher times. From the magic and power of having their most cherished wish granted, these children are given hope, strength and much joy."
For more Make-a-Wish information, please visit www.makeawish.ae

School of St Jude in Tanzania – Yellow Brick Road Nursery sponsors the education of a young girl called Glory Joachim in Arusha Tanzania, as part of the School of St Jude Programme – Fighting Poverty through Education. This is truly an inspiring charity founded by (Australian) Gemma Sisia. You can read more about this on the school's website. http://www.schoolofstjude.co.tz

St Jude's is the remarkable story of an Australian girl from the bush - Gemma Sisia, and the school Gemma built in Tanzania that has transformed the lives of now thousands of African children – Gemma's idea was and still is simple – fighting poverty through education. The School of St Jude's (named after the patron saint of hopeless causes) is for the brightest of the poorest children, whose destiny would have been to remain trapped in a cycle of inadequate education, illiteracy and poverty.

Over the years we have raised over 125,305 for The School of St. Jude.

Dhaka Project – A very effective and joyful project was one called - The Shoe Box Appeal for children of the Dhaka Project in Bangladesh. We collected everyday items which we (often in Dubai) take for granted such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, etc. and sent them to the children.

The Dhaka Project strives to maximise human potential by bringing hope and providing sustainable skills and dignity to better the lives of the children within the Project.

SMILE – August 2008 our Nursery Directors Ms Elizabeth and Ms Sharon devoted their summer holidays to assisting with the care of young orphaned railway and street children in Calcutta, India.

GETH in Ras Al Khaimah – This charity helps to care for babies and young children locked with their mothers in prison by providing clothing, diapers, formula, cots, sheets, blankets and other necessary items. When needed, we begin a collection at Yellow Brick Road Nursery for our Nursery families to donate these items.

The innocent children are so often penalized through the actions of the adult - this is a very sad situation to occur, the children can spend the first three years of their lives locked with their mothers inside jails. Our social conscience confirms to us that if we can, we will assist these children to the maximum of our abilities. By donating clothing, toiletries, toys and educational material we can offer a little more to these young children's lives to offset the limited reality of their daily existence.

"The values that we teach our children at this young age will remain with them throughout their lives – the children learn from us – the adults in their lives. Our good and honest attitudes and opinions are vital contributions for our children's early learning years." BK-T