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• HANDS Fellow from Morocco Wins State Department’s 2017 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund!

  • By HANDS
  • On September 15, 2017
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    Hands Along the Nile offers our heartfelt congratulations to Professional Fellows Program Alum Aziz Taouri from Morocco, who has been awarded the U.S. Department of State’s 2017 Alumni Impact Engagement Fund! This annual grant competition supports community initiatives led by alumni from State Department-sponsored programs, including the Professional Fellows Program.   Aziz posing in […]

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• Compassion Project: Nour Starts a Job-Training NGO

  • By HANDS
  • On August 31, 2017
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  HANDS works hard to give people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) the opportunity to develop their socio-economic status. Our job is made a lot easier when we reach those who find it imperative to help others, too. Nour is one of those people. After participating in one of HANDS’ job-skills training programs, […]

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• Raising Families and Raising Funds: Kamila’s Poultry Micro-enterprise

  • By HANDS
  • On August 18, 2017
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  Supporting a household in rural Egypt is a business in itself. Families often find it difficult to live off of only one income, so women become valuable contributors to families’ incomes. In a village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, Kamila is doing just that. Kamila received a microloan from HANDS to jump-start a […]

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• Chronicles of an Independent Woman: Nora’s Story

  • By HANDS
  • On August 4, 2017
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  Nora is a self-made woman who doesn’t let any obstacle get in the way of achieving her dreams — and being a woman with disabilities from an under-served Egyptian province can pose a lot of obstacles. Nevertheless, she persisted. Nora learned how to be financially independent through HANDS’ Employment Through Technology and Innovation (ETI) program. […]

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