Dubai: UAE-based global philanthropic organisation Dubai Cares on Tuesday joined a $5 billion (Dh18.3 billion) education support programme for children in 90 lower-income countries and territories. The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Dubai Cares, part of Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, on Tuesday committed $202.5 million for the ‘Raise Your Hand’ financing campaign of Global Partnership for Education (GPE). First pledges Dubai Cares contributed $2.5 million (around Dh9.18 million) and IsDB pledged $200 million (around Dh734.6 million). The pledges are the first from the Middle East. With its latest pledge, Dubai Cares has doubled its previous contributions to GPE in 2014 and 2018. Dubai Cares was the first non-government and philanthropic organisation to contribute funding to GPE.