 We brought you the story of a Syrian boy who is now attending university against all odds He was one of thousands who benefited from a billion dollar investment by a Philanthropist here in the UAE well I spoke to two of those students and the man who helped changed their lives. This is part of our conversation The situation was my dad couldn't find job for two years So me and my elder sister we had to work instead because someone had to pay for our expenses So what's your story? I've always wanted to become an engineer then lately after discovering all the Technological advances and stuff and deciding that I want to be involved in the field of computer science I applied to this university and here I am. This is a huge investment in the next generation Why there's some why now if our nation need to go to the next phase and To me to overcome its challenges. I think it's only through education will make it. What are your expectations from the students? I think I love the students that we have a Great pool of students. We had fourteen thousand five hundred applicant So this is really the best of the best in the Arab world and the UAE I love their Excitement their determination some of the background they've been through like Said and here he comes You know he's studying at American University Chargers. This is great. Are you finding it tough? It is tough It's basically demanding time demanding what I really want to do getting a high GPA It's not for the sake of the grades basically it's for the sake of knowledge. So how Competitive was the process one assumes you wanted the creme de la creme. We made it So easy because it was all internet-based and we have two criteria You have to be academically advanced and then second is we also we want to make sure they come from there You know low-income family people who you know never thought they can ever make it to school So you have to meet the two criteria once we selected the best of the academically achievement and The most deserved candidate then we do a Skype interview We also need to make sure that their personality their skill their attitude to school to people the community fits How was that Skype interview cool? I really really liked it The way she made me feel during the interview. It just made me always smiling and talking freely and without Having to consider like okay. Oh, well who's watching me? Who's gonna see this? I was gonna be good for you inside. Yeah, I guess it was really friendly and easy-going Yeah, but you can like feel the tricky questions. They're asking it was challenging It is challenging without making you feel inadequate in any way. Yeah, it's clear that this scholarship Was incredibly important to you without it. No, I won't be here. I cannot afford the expenses of such University it's world-class university. We are talking about so the scholarship was the only solution for me We know that the unemployment rates across this region are pretty dire What are your hopes and aspirations going forward given the opportunity that you've been given it? I would like to launch An organization that's mainly aiming at encouraging young especially females who are interested in pursuing their careers in the in the field of computer science and hopefully to employ people in in in this Field in this field. So Becky to kind of solve this problem. This is music to me. We think it's Philanthropy is big business man role You don't have to be a rich person to to be a philanthropist I would love to see thousand many philanthropy across the Arab world everybody in their own You know a scope of work That is an inspiring example of philanthropy and how one person can make a very very big difference