ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROGRAMME One of the biggest assets we have as a school
Both of these groups of students are almost ready
is our parent community. Not only do we have
to launch their projects to the Raha community, so
families from all over the world, but we have
keep your eyes peeled!
families from across a diverse range of businesses and industries who bring a depth and breadth
The second part of entrepreneurship at Raha is
to our community that is unique. As part of the
our internship program, open to any student
Entrepreneurship Program and Raha, I am hoping
16 years and above. The aim of this program
to tap into that wealth of experience as we build
is simple: to immerse our older students in
towards our Summer internship program for 2020.
real-world experiences in a range of different industries; to help our students build the skills
As some parents will no doubt be aware, there are
critical to possible future career paths; and to
two strands to the Entrepreneurship Program. The
help our students make informed decisions about
first of these is entrepreneurship: taking student
future study choices. We were fortunate enough
ideas about what is possible and helping them to
last year to be able to run a pilot program for
turn vision into possibility. Entrepreneurship is not
our internships, placing students in a number of
specifically about business, it’s about ideas and
fields from engineering to hotel management with
giving the students the structures in order to turn
significant local businesses such as Etihad, the
their ideas into lasting, meaningful projects and
Grand Hyatt and Hilton Capital Grand.
enterprises. One of our main ambitions through entrepreneurship at Raha is to help students build
This year, our focus is to increase the number and
the confidence and skills to see their ideas as a
scope of positions available to students. To these
pathway that leads to new and exciting outcomes.
ends I am seeking possible opportunities from amongst our parent body.
Entrepreneurship is also about engaging with the world in a meaningful way – becoming leaders
At this stage you don’t have to confirm any
of the local and global communities in which we
involvement, though if you can see an opportunity
live. Thinking up solutions to issues of global
for any Raha students to intern with your
significance and having the courage to implement
organisation over a portion of the 2020 Summer, I
these. To these ends, student we have two student
would love to hear from you. Please also feel free
teams currently competing in the Global Social
to email me if you have any questions about our
Leaders competition, Compossible, looking at
program at gscorgie@ris.ae
ways to cut food waste with in the Raha and wider communities, and Energized to the Core who are tackling the question of health and fitness as a way of combatting diabetes amongst young people.
