For most students, the first day of the school year is a mixture of excitement and nerves, as they begin new chapters of their lives. Students are happily reunited with their friends and are greeted warmly by their teachers, ready for a year of new experiences. However, for Karim El Mougy, a 25-year-old Egyptian living […]
CONTINUE READINGSamiha hails from the village of Hassan Basha, where she attended school until the fifth grade and now works as a chicken farmer to support her husband and four school-aged children. She started with just a few chicks, which she bred, grew, and sold. She carried on this way until she had two wooden cages […]
CONTINUE READINGRecently, HANDS managed to catch a brief interview with our very busy Professional Fellows Program alumni Jaouad Benaicha. In addition to his day job of working to establish a hostel in his hometown of Oujda, Morocco, Jaouad is the General Secretary of the Oriental Region Youth Hostel Association, Project Manager for the Integration of […]
CONTINUE READINGSOY students completing an assignment on computers Mina Rashed is nineteen years old and has been living in Manshiyat Naser, a garbage collection community in Cairo, since he was a little boy. In these communities, families survive by collecting, sorting and recycling about 80 percent of the city’s waste. Like many others his age, Mina […]
CONTINUE READINGHepatitis C is a major global health problem, and it is estimated that more than 80 million people are chronically affected worldwide, with 3-4 million new infections and 350,000 deaths each year because of hepatitis C health-related complications. Egypt has the highest hepatitis C prevalence in the world. The World Health Organization estimates that one […]
CONTINUE READINGHANDS is now accepting applications for a new round of Professional Fellows Program focused on NGO Development for Organizations Improving the Status of Women. Funded by the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Professional Fellows Program is an amazing opportunity for professional development and cultural exchange for young NGO practitioners from Egypt, […]
CONTINUE READINGWe hope you are planning to join us for our DC-Area Fall Benefit Dinner. Thursday, October 13, 2016 6 – 9 p.m. at Top of the Town 1400 14th Street North Arlington, VA 22209 In addition to enjoying one of the best views of DC, our guests will take home Egyptian handicrafts they win in our silent […]
CONTINUE READINGUpon graduating from college, Christine faced a challenge that is all too common among youth in Egypt: unemployment. Recent years of turbulent transition in the region have resulted in a staggering 67% youth unemployment rate. Further, while the Egyptian economy has the means to produce high-tech goods and services, there lacks a workforce with the requisite […]
CONTINUE READINGMohamed El Shami is 24 years old and lives with his family in a two-bedroom apartment in a crowded Cairo neighborhood. Although Mohamed had attained a bachelor’s degree in 2011, he was unable to find a job after graduating. Mohamed’s dilemma was not uncommon; in Egypt, two-thirds of young people between the ages of 15 […]
CONTINUE READINGHANDS recently hosted ten young men and women from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia who work in non-governmental organizations that promote disability rights. These professionals participated in month-long fellowships at disability-focused organizations in Seattle, WA and Chicago, IL through the Professional Fellows Program. This program is funded by the US Department of State Bureau of Educational […]
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