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Cairo Runners and Esma3ny Combat Hearing Loss in Egypt

November 4, 2015
Cairo Runners has partnered with Esma3ny to raise awareness on hearing loss in Egypt on Friday Nov. 6. [Picture from Cairo Runners’ Pyramids Run]

Estimated at over five percent of the population, Egypt today is home to 4.5 million who suffer from hearing loss. These figures are prone to growth seeing as an average of 130,000 Egyptian newborns are annually greeted to a mute world. However, up to 5,200 children can get a chance at hearing if they are treated before the age of five. In partnership with Cairo Runners, in addition to Etijah for Youth Development and Consultancy, Esma3ny (Arabic for ‘Hear Me’) has organized a run on Friday November 6 to raise awareness about hearing loss in Egypt and provide aid to those in need of it. In addition to the run, MED-EL, a producing company of implantable hearing solutions, vowed to donate EGP 1 for every picture showing a sign that reads #إسمعنى uploaded to Instagram, using the same hashtag. Publicist Inc. getting super excited for the run on November 6th! Take a picture with the hashtag for MEDEL to donate 1LE for the cause 🙂 @publicistinc A photo posted by Esma3ny – اسمعني (@esma3nyegypt) on Nov 3, 2015 at 8:49am PST Throughout six months, the Esma3ny Facebook community has grown to…


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