In Egypt, 16.7 million children live in poverty. Millions of others are homeless, struggle to receive adequate health care and education and are faced with numerous other social and economic problems. While many people feel the urge to offer a helping hand and reach out, one social initiative has made the ability to make a difference in the lives of those in need as easy clicking a button. Nafez.org now allows you to support various local causes with a few clicks on your mouse and keyboard. The social initiative was formed with the aim to support development and social initiatives in Egypt by ensuring the public, private and civil society sectors work together. “We saw that there was a lack of visibility and transparency for three of what we consider our stake-holders. Firstly some NGOs were actually doing a good work in certain unprivileged communities, but not getting recognition and they were also facing funding problems,” said Kareem Abouelsoud, one of the founders of Nafez. “The issue mostly was that a number of NGOs were getting foreign funding and local sources were quite limited, or they simply did not know how…
This Initiative Is Changing How You Can Support Egypt’s Disadvantaged
May 30, 2015
