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Arab Youth Venture Foundation

Arab Youth Venture Foundation. The AYVF is a non-profit entity – essentially an idea

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Arab Youth Venture Foundation

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  1. Arab Youth Venture Foundation The AYVF is a non-profit entity – essentially an idea lab and incubator -- dedicated to imagining, then delivering initiatives that nurture the innovative spirits and entrepreneurial mindsets of youth across the Arab world in hopes of creating an empower-ed culture of (educated) risk tolerance from which to grow the next generation of scientific researchers, inventors, business builders, corporate leaders – and job creators!

  2. Arab YouthSTEAM[Science/Technology/Engineering/Aeronautics/Math]Program 2008 Introducing the

  3. Delivering on Articulated Needs “Our nation’s founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, created a huge momentum in educating and developing our country. We want to maintain the momentum by investing in our future generations…” Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahayan The secret for success lies in learning better how to think and how to use our power of thought so that we are not only a part of the future – we are designers of the future, creative thinkers who can imagine how things can be, and show the way. Sheikh Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education & Technology & Chancellor HCT/CERT “Learning here plays a pivotal and basic role, hence the flourishing of any country is related to the educational level of its people, which explains the international concern and interest in this field, as well as the educational jump witnessed in China and India. In these two countries alone, 950,000 engineers graduated this year"Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “(Ms. LaBonte) I would like to thank you for bringing this idea forward to my attention; I too share your belief that this would benefit the school and college students of the regionimmensely…”Dr.Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor, HCT/CERT

  4. AYVF STEAM Program Rationale • To ignite interest and passion for math and science among Arab youth using space exploration as hook • To empower the next generation of Arab scientists, engineers, etc. • To spotlight the existing talent among our Arab youth – support for “high potential” youth in STEAM • To foster team building and cohesion within the fields of math and science across GCC • To highlight and recognize excellence in teaching and education sectors

  5. Arab Youth STEAM Program & Challenge • WHO – 20,000 UAE Students Ages 7 to 16+ • WHAT – Fun, Engaging STEAM Program: Home Gadget Challenge, Trading Cards, STEAM Festival & Awards Gala • WHERE – Abu Dhabi, UAE • WHEN – Summer 2008!

  6. Information & Contact Arab Youth Venture Foundation c/o Lisa LaBonte P.O. Box 13338, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE +971-050-149-3131 lisa@ayvf.org

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