Shadiah Al Jaberi

MS Shadiah Abdullah Al Jaberi is the founder & Director of Rawafed Development & Learning Centre. In her role as director of the centre she has steered its growth from a startup to a respected local organization that has won recognition as an innovative provider of solutions to some of the issues faced by youth.
Rawafed Centre, was established to address the issue of youth who had no access to education or higher-education due to different reasons. The centre offers academic remediation, life skills training and job integration programs in addition to helping reintegrate children back into the schooling system.
Previous to this, Ms Al Jaberi worked as a journalist with newspapers such The National, Time Magazine, Gulf News, The Saudi Gazette & Arab News, Reuters, amongst others. She holds a Bachelor›s Degree in English Language and Translation from Ajman University of Science & Technology.