Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi launched the initiative ‘Decent Life’ in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Solidarity to help 32 million people living in Egypt’s underprivileged villages. With EGP 2 billion, Egypt will aid 377 villages in 11 different governorates in the first phase of the initiative, specifically those in Upper Egypt where 75 percent of the residents live below the poverty line. The first phase, which began early this year, is currently on-going. The aid consists of providing drinking water lines, ceiling roofless buildings and houses, and donating blankets and furniture to at least three million people in the governorates. “The country is in dire need of radical solutions to solve the problem of poverty in Egypt. Although these initiatives are important and people need them, they are not a solution; they just act like tranquilisers,” Nevine Al-Qabbag, deputy at the Ministry of Social Solidarity, told the press. Medical teams will visit villages and offer medical assistance and surgeries to those who need it. People with physical disabilities will be provided with prosthetic devices, wheelchairs and crutches. Al-Qabbag said that part of the project is to construct 15…
Egypt Launched ‘Decent Life’ Initiative to Assist People Living in Underprivileged Villages
July 14, 2019
