Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading premium international schools organisation, published its 2021 community impact report showing that students across its schools, including The British International School Abu Dhabi, volunteered more than 55,000 hours for community outreach activities and raised nearly US$800,000 for charity.

Despite the ongoing challenges created by Covid 19, students also collected and donated a record-breaking 63,000 goods for charity partners during the year. According to the report, community outreach and fundraising accounted for 33% of all activities in 2021, followed by research and advocacy projects (19%) and goods collection (15%).

As part of Nord Anglia’s collaboration with UNICEF, students’ outreach activities align to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2021 the top three goals addressed by student projects were: Goal 1 – No Poverty, Goal 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing, and Goal 4 – Quality Education.

For example, Nord Anglia schools in Southeast Asia and the Middle East collectively raised more than $117,080 in 2021, with nearly 27,000 hours volunteered and over 20,617 goods collected.