In serving Egypt’s most vulnerable, one of HANDS’ partner organizations, the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), has secured its place as one of Egypt’s most prominent civil society organizations. CEOSS’s ethic of dynamic citizenship comes out of the Christian commitment to the poor and vulnerable in concert with an innovative approach to engagement […]
Join HANDS at our annual holiday craft sale! This is a wonderful opportunity to do some holiday shopping while supporting a great cause: employment for women in Cairo’s Manshayet Nasr community of garbage collectors. All products are made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), which provides job-skills training and […]
Join HANDS at our annual holiday craft sale! This is a wonderful opportunity to do some holiday shopping while supporting a great cause: employment for women in Cairo’s garbage collector community. All products are made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), which provides job-skills training and education to young […]
Join us for the HANDS Benefit Dinner, honoring Yousreya Sawiris. The benefit will take place at the Harvard Club in New York City, and tickets are available for $300/seat or $3,000 for a table of ten. Sponsorship options are available for $4000 and $7000. We look forward to seeing you there!
HANDS and the American Research Center in Egypt co-sponsor a lecture titled “Recent Discoveries at Amheida” at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University. Location Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 15 East 84th Street, New York, NY 10028 Date and time Thursday, May 21, 2015, […]
Come celebrate “Sham El Nessim” (an ancient Egyptian celebration of spring) with HANDS at Ten Thousand Villages in Alexandria, VA. A portion of all the sales during the day will support the work of HANDS in Egypt. Between 6 and 8 p.m., you’ll also get to enjoy Egyptian sweets and meet some recent participants in our Professional […]
Join HANDS in New York City for the chance to browse unique gifts handmade by young women in Egypt! Each product is made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), a job skills and educational program for women living and working in the garbage collector’s community in Cairo known as “Garbage […]
Location The Mansion at Meridian Hill (the Josephine Butler Parks Center): 2437 15th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20009 Date and time Thursday, October 16th, 2014 from 6:30 to 9:00pm Speakers The Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the U.S. and a former American Ambassador to Egypt Tickets $250 per person Contact us to […]