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This center provides holistic care to its 80 elderly Egyptian residents. A building project is currently underway, designed to accommodate an additional 40 residents, provide services for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, introduce day-care facilities, expand training for caregivers and increase outreach services, especially home healthcare.
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This church-led program in Cairo is providing medical, educational and counseling support to needy people in the community.
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The Village of Hope is a non-governmental organization in Alexandria, established to provide much needed care and attention to one of the most marginalized groups in Egyptian society – mentally-challenged young people. This center also offers a day care that includes medical and psychological services. Young adults have the opportunity to attend vocational training programs […]
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In villages and urban areas across Egypt, HANDS is pleased to sponsor microloans to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch or expand small businesses. We work through two local partners: Think and Do and CEOSS. These loans are given to economically vulnerable individuals and families to start small businesses or make their existing small businesses commercially viable. […]
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This organization assists working children (mainly boys) from garbage collectors’ communities in Moqattam. In this area, often called “garbage city,” families survive by collecting, sorting and recycling about 95 percent of Cairo’s trash. About 80 percent of this work is done by hand. Children actively participate in this work, and most of them drop out […]
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Lillian Trasher Orphanage, in Assiut, was founded in the early 1900s by a young American woman, known among Egyptians simply as “Mama Lillian.” She dedicated her whole life to caring for orphaned children. Since its establishment, the orphanage has cared for over 20,000 children. Besides children who lost ether one or both parents, this organization […]
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This is a program dedicated to preserving the environment while improving the lives of those who live and work amidst city waste. In poor areas of Cairo, entire families live on trash dumps, earning their livelihood by collecting and sorting the city’s garbage at their homes. These areas are often called “Garbage Cities”. APE offers […]
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In June 2005, HANDS was awarded its first US Agency for International Development (USAID) grant to help establish an eye care center in the Upper Egyptian province of Minia, one of the poorest areas in Egypt. The project will be implemented in cooperation with our largest Egyptian partner, CEOSS. Horus Hostital, formerly known as the […]
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In a country that has high levels of unemployment and low job creation rates, people are often prevented from reaching their potential. Millions of Egyptians are trapped in the cycle of poverty that has plagued them for years. It is our mission to lend a helping hand to those who are consistently denied the opportunity […]
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HANDS’ commitment to the people of Egypt is not bound by any divisions within society. We are determined to empower Egyptian communities that have seen the horrors of discrimination, whether it be because these people were part of an ethnic or racial minority, victims of religious intolerance, or physically or mentally disabled. We understand that […]
