Hanaa started creating leatherworks in 2008 to contribute to her family’s struggling income, however she was only able to make about five sales a month. After hearing about YEP, and its offering of training for young female craft makers, Hanaa applied and was selected for the program. “That was a turning point in my artisan […]
When we first met Martha, she was struggling to sustain her porcelain sculpture business from her home in the Upper Egypt province of Minya. She was chosen to attend the YEP female craft makers training program in the U.S., which proved to be a huge turning point in her career. Martha returned home with new […]
For Doaa and her husband, paying for essentials was difficult on his income. With the help of CEOSS poultry project she was able to generate a second income to help support her family. Though she was initially worried that she knew nothing about starting or managing a business, the organization provided her with trainings and […]
Before Nourah lost her husband, her family was barely making ends meet. After she was left alone with three young children, she was struggling to find work to feed her family. When she heard about the micro-farms program, she realized there was a way to feed her children and earn an income. When she […]
Are you an Egyptian-American young adult between the ages of 18 and 26 who is interested in deepening your connection to the Protestant community in Egypt? If so, consider joining our first annual service-learning trip to Egypt this summer! Come explore the work that the Church is doing in communities throughout Egypt. You’ll meet with […]
An online training and exchange program for high schools students from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and the U.S. August 3-21, 2020 Attention, high schoolers in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia! HANDS, in partnership with World Chicago, is inviting interested and talented high-school students from the MENA region (Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia) to apply for an intensive social […]
To help increase women’s economic empowerment and participation in the Middle East and North Africa, HANDS is embarking on a new two-year regional initiative in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia aiming to activate and equip the private sector to lead and be a meaningful participant in advancing women’s economic rights in these countries and in the […]
HANDS facilitates personalized, one-on-one Arabic classes conducted online by professional teachers based in Egypt. Beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of instruction available. Conversational Egyptian dialect, as well as Modern Standard Arabic classes offered. Profits from classes support non-profit work in poorest of the poor communities.
HANDS is pleased to announce our new online seminar “Understanding Contemporary Egypt,” which will explore Egypt through a variety of topics over the course of six weeks from October 2 to November 6. Each week a new topic will be introduced and analyzed by leading experts in the field. The seminar will bring together speakers […]
Our local partner organization on this project, Think And Do, has provided vocational training to close to 15,000 Egyptians since 1998. The program targets the most marginalized and impoverished residents in both rural and urban areas of Egypt, offering them a chance to learn a marketable skill (including carpentry, professional driving, hair-styling, secretarial work, computer […]
