Members

Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE)
www.ape.org.eg
Soheir Kamel, Adel Mounir Zaki, Mrs. Nahed Tewfik, Bekit Rizk Mitri

Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), Cairo.
Address: 5 Hakeem Attallah St, Mansheit Nasser, Mokattam, Cairo
Phone: 341 2723
Fax: 341 7149
Email: ape1@isdc.gov.eg
Chairperson of Board: Laila Takla
Board Composition: 9 persons
Geographical service area: Cairo, Tora, Hurghada, Wadi Natrun
Sectors of work: education, economic development, health, environment
Number of employees: 50
Network Participants
Adel Mounir Zaki home 515 1508 office 341 2723
Sohair Kamel mob 0127135529
Mrs. Nahed Tewfik
Bekit Rizk Mitri

Profile:
APE was founded in 1984 to improve the lives of the families of garbage collectors in Mokattam, a community of 17,000 persons whose livelihoods are directly or indirectly linked to the collection and sorting of garbage. APE empowers the families of garbage collectors to improve the quality of their lives and enable them to earn money through effective and innovative recycling of solid waste. APE works with 250 women and girls in a project to recycle rags into rugs, bags and patchwork, and with 50 women and girls in a project making high quality paper products from recycled paper. The project incorporates literacy and personal and environmental hygiene as well as life skills to enable the women to address issues such as FGM and early marriage. It also introduces the girls to a variety of business skills.

Fifty men have found employment in a composting project. The composting plant turns organic pig manure from the communities pig pens into high grade compost which is sold to agriculturists and companies reclaiming desert land.

A children’s club, launched in 1993, provides pre-school for children 4-6 years old and offers literacy classes for school drop outs.

Lessons learned in Mokattam are transferred to the garbage community in Tora, in southeastern Cairo and to the Solid Waste Management Center in Katameya district which handles all garbage collected in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Attended 2004 JHAH International Conference
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings; personnel rotated

Care with Love, Cairo
www.cwlegypt.org
Magda Iskander

Address: 44B Talaat Harb St, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: 578 7573
Email: carewithlove96@hotmail.com; carewithlove2004@gmail.com
Geographical Service Area: Cairo, Alexandria
Sectors of work: health care, employment
Network Participants
Magda Iskander Office 593 9700, magda.iskander@gmail.com

Profile:
Care With Love is a training program for home health care providers (HHCPs) partnered by CEOSS, Asalam Hospital and the Center for Geriatric Services (CGS). It addresses the need in Egypt for an alternative to expensive in-hospital care for individuals with acute or chronic conditions and disability. At the same time, it provides employment opportunities for young people.

Care with Love is the brainchild of Dr. Magda Iskander, a mission volunteer from the Presbyterian Church (USA) appointed to work with CEOSS beginning in August, 1994. Through her connections with the Center for Geriatric Services and Asalam Hospital, Dr Magda was aware of the need for alternatives to institutionalization. Then, a personal experience with a temporarily disabled sister motivated her to give the issue serious consideration. During a work leave for continuing education, Dr Magda took an International Health Management Course at Global Health Action in Atlanta, Georgia, USA where she developed the program as a course project. When she returned to Cairo, she presented the concept to Nabil Abadir, then Deputy Director of CEOSS. He was enthusiastic about the idea and encouraged her to pursue implementation.

The first training course, housed at CGS, began in September, 1996 with 20 students recruited from low income communities and carefully screened for sound minds, able bodies, commitment and appropriate education. As of April 1999, 115 students have graduated from the program and 19 are in training. The 16- 20 week courses include classroom theory, lab training in basic skills, and practical field experience at CGS and Asalam Hospital. The instructors emphasize a holistic approach to care giving that includes mind and soul as well as body. Upon graduation, the Home Health Care Providers are employed at referral units at CGS and Asalam Hospital.

Disability/Advocacy experience

CEOSS
www.ceoss.org.eg
Rafik Nagy, Soheir Aziz, Iman Mamdouh

Address: Block 1331 Dr. Ahmed Zaki St, El Nozha El Gedida, Cairo
PO Box 162, 11811 El Panorama, Cairo
Phone: 6221425/6/7/8
Fax: 622 1434
Chairperson of Board: Dr. Mervit Akhnoukh
Board Composition: 9 persons- 3 women and 6 men
General Director: Dr. Nabil Abadir
Director, Development Sector: Ibrahim Makram office 622 1425/6/7
Geographical Service Area: Minia, Beni Suef, Cairo, Giza, Qalubiya
Sectors of work: Agriculture, education, economic development, environment, health including community based rehabilitation, street children and child laborers, CBO capacity building
Number of Employees: 350
Network Participants:
Rafik Nagy Mob 0101185905 office 6221437 email dev_secr2_c@ceoss.org.eg
Soheir Aziz
Iman Mamdouh

Profile:
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) began as a literacy program in Upper Egypt in 1952. Since then CEOSS has expanded its development endeavors to include all aspects of integrated development. Today CEOSS is recognized as one of the largest, oldest, and most effective indigenous non-governmental organizations in Egypt.

CEOSS has expanded extensively over the past four decades to include comprehensive community development programs in a wide variety of programs. In all its endeavors, the poorest members of society, particularly women and children, are targeted for special empowerment. These activities are the responsibility of the CEOSS Development Sector. Since 2000, CEOSS has been involved in multiple activities related to poor disabled persons. It has established models of community based rehabilitation in multiple impoverished communities and has empowered disabled youth to claim their rights to education, prostheses, and health care. It has conducted preventative and curative health campaigns, and is in the process of establishing a model eye care center in Minia to address preventable blindness.

The CEOSS Dar El Thaqafa Publishing House publishes print and electronic media to support the Christian community in the Middle East; the SME Sector functions as a micro-finance institute to provide poor Egyptians with access to credit for micro-enterprises and small businesses; the CEOSS Forum for Intercultural Dialogue breaks down walls of misunderstanding between Muslim and Christian leaders while encouraging them to address issues facing Egyptian society.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Financial Steward 2006- present
• Network Umbrella
• Administrative assistance
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings
• Advocacy study Fall 2005


Community Development Association of Ga'afar    go to more information and photos
Sami Mahrous, Mariem Tefik Nashed, Ashraf Ramadan, Fahdy

Community Development Association of Ga’afar (CDAG)
Address: El Fashn, Beni Suef, Ga’afar
Phone 082 766 1674
Fax 082 766 1674
Email: gafregypt@yahoo.com
Chairperson of Board: Atef
Board Composition: 9 persons
Executive Director: Mamdouh Malik
Administrative Director: Samy Mahrous
Geographical Service Area: Gaafar
Sectors of work: housing, education, agriculture, health and disability
Number of employees: 62
Network Participants
Samy Mahrous Mob 0127364974 email samymahros2003@yahoo.com
Mariem Tefik Nashed
Ashraf Ramadan
Fahdy

Profile:
The Community Development Association in Ga’afar was founded in 1995. One focus of their work is on the living conditions of the people in the small rural village community outside the larger town of El-Fashn. The houses are thatch and mud brick. Since the founding of the organization, approximately 75 % of the housing in the community has been rehabilitated. The association also worked to bring clean water connections to the village, and it implements successful programs in agricultural and animal husbandry techniques that have been able to improve the lives of the community. Classes in hygiene and food preparation, improve the awareness and skills of community women.

In October 2000, the entire community celebrated the opening of Sam Habib Primary School, the first school the village has had. Until the school opened, children who attended school traveled to the nearby town of El-Fashn. Now, thanks to the local school most village children attend school. An active community education committee addresses issues of quality and teaching methodologies.

CDAG has also participated in a disabled youth network which empowered youth to claim their rights under Egyptian law and has developed an extensive data base of disabled persons in Beni Suef.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Regular attendance at workshops and meeting
• Active participation in subcommittees

Coptic Evangelical Church of Kolali District:
Reverend Emile Zaki, Venus Boulos, Soad Mounir

Address: 18 Kolali St, Kolali, Cairo
Director/ Pastor Emil Zaki
Geographical Service Area: Cairo
Network Participants
Rev Emile Zaki, Synod 591 5448
Venus Boulos, email vboulos@yahoo.com
Soad Mounir

Profile:
The Kolali Community Church is a Presbyterian founded church in one of the most crowded areas of Cairo’s inner-city. Since its founding more than one hundred years ago, it has been one of the center pieces of community social and spiritual development. The church congregation works very hard with the community in various areas, some of which are family and marriage counseling, religious education for younger and older community members, literacy classes focusing on reading, writing and computer, aid to needy families, employment service, and summer and after school camps for the children of the community.

As the pastor, Rev. Emil Zaki, has stated, “We are living in the community, serving the community, for the community. This is the Christian way.” The Kolali District of Cairo is an area to which Christians from Upper Egypt migrate in search of work and a better life. Often times, families do not stay in the Kolali area for more than five or six years, but their commitment and support of the church continues long after they move on.
Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Network fiscal agent 2003-2006
• Provides extensive administrative assistance
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings

Ekhlas Coptic Organization for Development  go to more information and photos
Dr. Nashat Nasif, Nabil Malak, Dr. Manal Maurice, Waleed (Also Soheir Mahrous, George, Iman Maher)

Ekhlas Coptic Organization for Development (ECOD), El Fashn
Address: 48 Saad Zaghloul St, El Fashn, Beni Suef
Phone 082 766 6213
Fax 082 766 8213
Email: ekhlas_Coptic@yahoo.com
Chairperson of Board: Father Kerelos Abd El Meseih
Board Composition: 9 persons, 6 men, 3 women; 3 doctors, social worker, priest
Geographical Service Area: El Fashn
Sectors of work: housing, education, health, economic development
Network Participants
Nabil Malak mob 0127364926 office num.082 666 213 email
Dr. Nashat Nasif mob 0124930805 office 082 660 671 email Nashat_9@yahoo.com
Dr. Manal Maurice
Waleed (Also Soheir Mahrous, George, Iman Maher)

Mission Statement:
Based on our distinguished experience, ECOD seeks to support and enable our society to become healthy-economically, socially, and environmentally- by carrying out developmental projects and technical support programs. This empowers individuals to create, produce, and effectively participate in their society.

Profile:
El Ekhlas Coptic Organization for Development (ECOD) in El-Fashn was founded by members of the Coptic Orthodox Christian community to deal with problems rooted in illiteracy and social under-development. ECOD was established in 1966 as a pastoral Association. In 1998 its focus changed to community development projects, many of which help the poor, women, disabled and children. Projects include literacy and parenting training for mothers and for girls preparing for marriage, housing, and community based rehabilitation for disabled individuals.. Courses for women address general health and hygiene, good nutrition for children, and the importance of vaccinating against illness.

Recent Projects include:

• Sesame Street Project, a training project to teach women parenting skills. The women met in small and large discussion groups to discuss various topics. There was entertainment for their children as well, including a puppet show, drawing, a visit to the library, a visit from an actor on a children's television program and a party at the end of for both the children and the women.

• The Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) joined with ECOD to develop and provide a women's club, scholarships and educational programs for girls and a training center for young women.

Building Suitable Housing
This project was created by the Swiss Fund and Habitat for Humanity with the cooperation of CEOSS. The project emphasis is to improve homes and create healthy communities and people. They began the project by collecting data about needs of the community through focus groups and individual meetings and town meetings Programs include teaching women, educational seminars, providing medical exams. To date, 67 homes have been improved through this project and are now suitable and healthy environments.

Community-based Rehabilitation Program
ECOD, CEOSS and six NGO's cooperatively established a community-based rehabilitation program to serve the disabled. The project includes creating accessible housing, running water and suitable bathroom fixtures, providing medical and eye exams, training for persons to more effectively assist the disabled and camp opportunities and trips for the disabled.

Board of Directors
Father Kerelos Abd El Meseih
Ayed Yanni Soliman
Naseef Tawfeek
Naeim Aziz Felobos
Nabil Malak Henen
Dr. Nashat Nasif Tawfik
Manal Abd El Shehed
Eman Nageeb Megaly
Nesreen Moawad Shafeek

The staff includes an executive manager, project manager, financial manager, accountant, cashier, manager of information systems, activity coordinator, field facilitator and a secretary and an assistant.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Attended 2004 International JHAH Conference
• Conducted advocacy study Fall 2005 with Gaafar
• Regular attendance at meetings and workshops

El Saray Church Presbyterian Church
Rev. Guindy Ibrahim, Medhat Nagah, Sameh Samir
 
Address: 35 Ekbal St, El Saray, Alexandria
PO Box 135, El Saray, Alexandria
Email: fhaven@link.net
Director/ Pastor Rev Guindy Ibrahim
Sectors of work: physically and intellectually disabled, health, SME, refugees
Network Participants
Rev. Guindy Ibrahim mob 0123738221 email rgendi@hotmail.com
Medhat Nagah num .03 536 2585
Sameh Samir num .03 322 5853

Profile:
El Saray Presbyterian Church, Alexandria - Through a call to respond to needs of the community, the El Saray Church opened up a kindergarten for the children of working mothers as their first project, this in 1985. Later, in 1989, a day program was founded for intellectually disabled children. That program began with 10 children and 4 teachers; today there are approx. 200 children with 70 teachers in 24 classes. A summer camp program was also begun for local children during this time. Staff training has been provided by Swedish and American experts as well as the SETI Center of Alexandria. Departments include early intervention, preparatory, slow learners and vocational training in agronomy, sewing, printing, carpentry, weaving and assembly. In September 2004, Fairhaven opened a group home accommodating xx individuals.

In 1990, a small health clinic was founded by the church to provide the community with a cheaper alternative to quality health care. Today, that health clinic is a 2 ward hospital, one for out-patient and one for in-patient, one surgical theatre, an eye clinic and a pre-natal clinic. The hospital sees between 450-500 cases per month; often times patients pay close to nothing or nothing for the services that are rendered.
Along with these programs, the church has founded a program to aid Sudanese refugees, a church planting program currently working in three villages, a micro-loan lending program, a small guest house and conference center.
Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Attended 2004 JHAH International Conference
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings; personnel rotated
• Conducted advocacy study Summer 2005
• Willing to provide training related to care of intellectually disabled

Habitat for Humanity Egypt, Cairo (Supporting Partner)
www.habitat.org/ame/build/ame/61.aspx
Yousry Makar, Hany Kamal

Address: 99 Omar Ibn El Khattab St, 3rd Floor, Suite 7, Heliopolis, Cairo
Phone: 419 5161/2
Fax: 419 5163
Email: no@habitategypt.org

Director: Yousry Makar direct 290 1647 mob 0123320305 email
Geographical Service Area: Egypt
Sectors of work: housing
Yousry Makar direct 290 1647 office 419 5161/2 mob 0123320305 email no@habitategypt.org
Hany Kamal mob 0105682076 email kamal_hany@yahoo.com

Profile:
Habitat for Humanity Egypt, a member of Habitat for Humanity International, aims to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. To date, 3,350 low-income Egyptian families have improved their lives by improving their housing with a mortgage from Habitat. The 14 participating communities that are working with HFHE represent the beauty and diversity of Egypt; rural and urban, Christian and Muslim. In Egypt, the repayment of the no-profit, no-interest loans is among the highest in the world with 94% repaying on time. Families Served Current Fiscal year: 467; Total Houses Constructed: 6,702; House Sponsorship Cost (USD): $1,120

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Supporting Partner since 2003
• Regular attendance at network workshops and meetings
• Ongoing administrative support
• Provided helpful input during consideration of legal status for network
• Participated in interviews of candidates for network coordinator

Masr El Mahrusa
Emad Mahmoud Rabie, Mohammed Bashir Ali

Address: 72 Nasr St, New Maadi
Phone: 516 8605
Chairperson of Board: Dr Hossein Mohammed Hossein
Sectors of work: education, orphaned students and their families
Network Participants
Mohammed Bashir Ali mob 0101361154 also 516 6126 mho.bashir@link.net
Emad Mahmoud Rabie 516 8605 emadMosi_2004@hotmail.com

Profile:
Masr El Mahrusa organized in 2000, becoming active in 2002. Their main focus is a mission of solutions and reforms in education, and behavioral and emotional care and welfare of the very poor and especially the orphaned children in their service area. This includes preventing children from dropping out of school, encouraging young people to explore their talents at children’s clubs, youth care, and post graduate support.

Many are reached through cluster families spread out over the south Cairo area. They include 30-50 households per cluster with an average of 100-150 children in each. Another area being worked on is an effort to improve all phases of education in both public and private schools, including nurseries and kindergarten. MOE recommends the schools that Masr El Mahrusa staff work with.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Membership September 2005
• Feedback, input concerning network structure
• Regular attendance at meetings and workshops

New Horizons Association for Social Development
www.nhasd.org
Mona Antar, Elham

Address: 54 E Fostat El Gedida City, Old Cairo
Phone: 918 6987
Fax: 684 5864
Email: nhasd@hotmail.com

Chairperson of Board: Nadi Kamel mob 0123409865
Board Composition: 7 persons
Director: Ali Abdel Aal mob 0105014164
Geographical service area: Cairo
Sectors of work: housing, environment, education, empowerment of women, child labor
Number of Employees: 10 full time, 28 part time

Network Participants:
Elham
Mona Antar

Profile:
New Horizon Association for Social Development was founded in May 2003.
Programs: empowerment of women through development of communication, leadership and decision-making skills; improved housing including tile floors, reinforced walls, construction of latrines, installation of clean water hook-ups; reducing air pollution by encouraging use of bicycles within the community and eliminating primitive kilns in pottery industry which burn garbage and scrap wood; encouraging education by providing scholarships for children at risk of dropping out; conducting literacy classes for mothers of working children; skills enhancement for child laborers.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Membership June 2005
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings: personnel turnover

New Vision Association
www.nvad.org
Bassem Serofim, Ramy Serofim, Riham Fadl Bekeit

Address: 7 Madrasst Nassf St, Minia
Phone: 086 235 3837
Fax: 086 235 3837
Email: newvision_fdeve@yahoo.com, nvad@nvad.org


Board Composition: 7 persons, 5 men, 2 women
Geographical service Area: Minia
Sectors of work: disabled, unemployment, environment
Number of employees: 8 including secretary, accountant, janitor, 4 field workers

Network Participants
Bassem Serofim mob 0101703406 newvision_fdeve@yahoo.com
Ramy Serofim
Riham Fadl Bekeit

Profile:
NVD, registered in 2000, is an Egyptian NGO based in Minia working in the field of human development and social justice. NVD aims to empower the Egyptian families and vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities, children, female household heads, and unemployed youth to handle their future. It focuses on small communities and on specific problems such as the situation of individuals with horse drawn taxis and families in conflict.

NVD has received funding from major donor organizations and has conducted projects installing latrines and sewage system, integrating disabled into Youth Clubs, addressing youth unemployment, and conducting awareness raising in 2 areas for the CEOSS West Minia Solid Waste Management Project.

NVD’s belief in transparency, accountability and participatory approach at all levels leads it to realize its mission: improving the standard of individuals’ lives in the governorate.

NVD believes in maximizing use of IT/ MIS.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Membership June 2005
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings; personnel turnover
• Conducted advocacy study Summer 2005 with Nor El Ommam
• Researched and presented possibilities for legal status of network
• Participated in interviews with candidates for network coordinator

Nor El Ommam
Gamil Mokhta

Address: 64 Coptic Church St., Maghagha, Egypt
Email: nationslight_maghagha@yahoo.com
Board Composition: 7 persons
Director: Nabil Ramzy Shaker
Geographical Service Area: Maghagha
Sectors of work:

Network Participants
- Nabil Ramzy Shaker, nabilramzy2000@yahoo.com
- Gamil Moktar
- Ramy Fahmy 0126502425 (speaks English)

Profile:
Nor El Ommam (Light of the People) Association was founded in 2003 in Maghagha, an area outside the city of Minia. It works within the fields of health care, agricultural planning, training for girls and mothers in hygiene and home economics and animal husbandry. The association has also provided micro-credit for income generation projects for impoverished families.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Village of Hope
www.alamalvillage.org
Nada Thabet, Samy Loutfy

Address: El Sarahna, Dawaran El Hawariyah, KM17, Borg El Arab
Phone: 03 455 3599
Fax: 03 455 3599
Email: info@alamalvillage.org

Director: Nada Thabet 0122449182 nadathabet@hotmail.com
Geographical Service Area: Alexandria
Sectors of work: employment workshops for intellectually disabled

Network Participants
Nada Thabet 0122449182, nadathabet@hotmail.com
Samy Loutfy 0121786497, sam5934227@hotmail.com

Profile:
Village of Hope was registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2000 to provide a day care program for vocational rehabilitation of intellectually disabled youth. The organization offers youth opportunities to work in a bakery, in agriculture, in carpentry, and in weaving. It brings together the disabled with the elderly to enrich the lives of both. In addition, the organization raises the awareness of society concerning the situation of the intellectually disabled and advocates for their rights. It holds conferences, symposia and workshops with various stakeholders as well as training programs for the families of the intellectually disabled.

Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Membership December 2005

Women and Society Association of Giza
Rabab Hussein, Adel

Address: 90 D Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandessin, Giza
Phone: 731 1007
Fax: 731 1007, 729 5042
Email: women_society@yahoo.com
Chairperson of Board: Seham Negm
Director: Seham Negm
Geographical Service area: Giza
Sectors of work: Education for women
Number of Employees: 50
Network Participants
Rabab Hussein Office 731 1007 mob 0105091058
Adel

Profile:
The Women & Society Association (WSA) was founded in 1994 by concerned citizens in the Giza District of Cairo. Much of the work of the association focuses on literacy training for women in the community. The programs teach women how to read and write, and provide education equivalency learning and testing, so that women can attain high school diplomas. The certificates that are given after successful completion of their courses are recognized and co-signed by the Ministry of Education. If the student desires to continue her education, she can get help either at the WSA center or at other educational institutes.

Added to literacy programming, WSA also runs training courses in cottage industry type work that women can perform from their homes, in order to increase the family’s income. WSA also works with families concerning their physical environment, stressing the need for hygiene and clean living areas for children and family members.

A popular WSA youth program helps youth with their learning, through courses at the center and/or tutoring. A computer club and lab, as well as a library are available. WSA runs a theatre club, a music club and programs of arts and crafts for local youth as well.
Disability/Advocacy experience

Network Involvement
• Attended 2004 International JHAH Conference
• Conducted Advocacy Studies Summer 2005 and Fall 2005
• Regular attendance at workshops and meetings
• Regular participation in subcommittees
• Strong understanding of and commitment to network vision
• Conducted advocacy studies Summer and Fall 2005

Women of the Synod of the Nile
Samira Ghaly, Soria Kamal Zaki

Women’s Union of Nile Synod, Cairo
Address: 32 E1 Meligy St, E1 Azbakia, Cairo, Egypt.
Chairperson of Board: Fawzia Faheem Ayyad
Sectors of work: women’s empowerment, health, SME, education
Network Participants
Samira Ghaly  email maher_asham@yahoo.com
Soria Kamal Zaki

Profile:
The Women's Union was formed in 1954, it includes the women of the Presbyterian Church of Egypt, involving women of over 200 churches in eight Egyptian presbyteries. The objectives of the Women's Union are as follows: to prepare women to play a more effective role in their family, church and society, to create a strong sense of cooperation and fellowship between church women in the various presbyteries, to provide training in several areas to women, to promote ecumenical fellowship and collaboration between the Evangelical church and the other churches of Egypt, and to develop projects in response to the churches various needs.

Some of the very successful projects founded and run by the Women's Union are a Geriatric Services Center, nursery programs for children, a care and development school for drop out girls and a micro-credit and loan program to establish and expand small businesses for female household heads.

Disability/Advocacy experience