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 Qatar Airways & Jazz At Lincoln Center Named Partners For Education ProgrammeSeeking To Put 61 Million Children Into SchoolNEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Educate A Child (EAC), a globaleducation programme designed to ensure every child has access to a qualityeducation, officially announced two new worldwide partners - Qatar Airways, andJazz at Lincoln Center.  (Photo:   
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 )  Qatar Airways and Jazz at Lincoln Center will both serve as partners to raiseawareness about the EAC programme and its objectives. The announcement was madeat a press conference in  New York, held at Dizzy's Club  Coca-Cola  in Jazz atLincoln Center's home,  Frederick P. Rose Hall.Launched by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of  Qatar  in  November 2012,Educate A Child addresses the plight of 61 million out-of-school children aroundthe world, who are denied access to quality primary education. In the last sixmonths alone, the initiative has given 600,000 children the opportunity tofulfill their right to primary education, which would otherwise have been deniedto them because of poverty, discrimination or conflict. Educate A Child haspartnered with numerous NGOs and other organisations to seek out new andinnovate ways of providing education.Educate A Child was founded as a direct result of Her Highness Sheikha Moza'smandate as a UNESCO Special Envoy on Basic and Higher Education, a UnitedNations Millennium Development Goal Advocate and a Steering Committee member ofUN Secretary-General  Ban Ki-moon's Global Education First initiative.  Flying to over 125 destinations around the world, Qatar Airways is uniquelypositioned to reach many of the countries where Educate A Child is active. Theairline has pledged to provide food, cargo, and personal transport services forthe programme as well as promoting awareness of EAC and the plight of the 61mout-of-school children in the world through its in-flight communicationschannels.Speaking in  New York  today, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer  Akbar AlBaker  said: "We believe that global aviation can bridge communities and peopleto galvanise support for causes that affect individuals across every continent. "Qatar Airways is proud to partner with an initiative that matches our spiritand ambition as an organisation.  "Guided by the commendable vision of Educate A Child, we have already begun tosupport out-of-school children around the world, with the basic human right theydeserve - education," he added.In addition to flight services, Qatar Airways will use its communicationplatforms to reach the airline's global passenger base, showcasing theinitiative through in-flight entertainment, in-flight magazines and thecarrier's web site  qatarairways.com  and social media channels.  The press conference took place at Dizzy's Club  Coca-Cola  and featured anumber of key individuals associated with Educate A Child. Joining Mr.  Al Baker were Special Envoy - Educate A Child - Office of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bintNasser and Executive Committee member at the Qatar Foundation Endowment, Dr.Tidu Maini; Chief Executive Officer of Education Above All, Mr.  Marcio Barbosa;Executive Committee Member of Education Above All Foundation, Mr.  Mohammed AlNaimi; and Jazz at Lincoln Center Chairman of the Board, Mr.  Robert Appel.  Education is a core tenet of Jazz at Lincoln Center's mission.  Through variouseducation initiatives, Jazz at Lincoln Center strives to foster an appreciationfor jazz and underscore the importance of arts and culture in global society. The organisation plans to leverage its global audience and institutional assets(concerts, tours, special events, education programmes, recorded music) to raiseawareness for EAC's important work.    Jazz at Lincoln Center Chairman,  Robert Appel  said: "Jazz at Lincoln Center,Educate A Child, and Qatar Airways enter this unique relationship with a sharedvision to to enrich the lives of as many children as possible through education. "Building an appreciation for the arts and advancing education are central toJazz at Lincoln Center's mission.  We are proud to support and help raiseawareness for Educate A Child's cause."  On  May 16th, Educate A Child, Qatar Airways and Jazz at Lincoln Center willinaugurate this new global partnership with a dinner reception at Jazz atLincoln Center, during which Her Highness will introduce the programme to  NewYork  attendees. The dinner will be followed by an evening of world-class music,featuring a performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with  WyntonMarsalis  with special guest Chick Corea.  Qatar Airways, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, has seen rapidgrowth in just 16 years of operations, currently flying to 126 key destinationsacross  Europe,  Middle East,  Africa,  Asia Pacific  and The Americas,including  Chicago, the airline's newest point introduced on  April 10.Over the next few weeks and months, Qatar Airways will launch scheduled flightsto a diverse portfolio of new routes, including Salalah,  Oman  (May 22); Basra, Iraq  (June 3); Sulaymaniyah,  Iraq  (August 20);  Chengdu, China  (September3);  Addis Ababa,  Ethiopia  (September 18); .Clark Airport,  Philippines (October 28) and  Philadelphia,  USA  (2 April 2014).  Notes to Editors:Qatar Airways currently has orders worth over  US$50 billion  for more than 250aircraft, including Boeing 787s, 777s, Airbus A350s, A380s and A320 Family ofaircraft. In addition to winning Skytrax's prestigious  Airline of the Year2011and 2012, Qatar Airways was named Best Airline in the  Middle East  for theseventh year in a row, and its Premium Terminal at  Doha  International Airportwas named Best Premium Service Airport for the second consecutive year in 2012.Skytrax is the only global independent passenger survey monitoring airlinestandards and is considered the ultimate benchmark for excellence in the airlineindustry. In  October 2012, Qatar Airways became the first of the major Gulfcarriers to officially announce plans to join a global alliance having beeninvited into the  oneworld group. For more information, visit 
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