#SDG1 poverty
As the first large-scale project aimed to fight poverty across rural Egypt, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the first phase of the 'Decent Life' (Haya Karima) initiative at the Cairo International Stadium on Thursday. Al-Sisi declared that the initiative sets off "Egypt’s new republic" in his speech. “I am declaring the beginning of Egypt's new republic, as this is the largest project aimed at upgrading and developing the Egyptian countryside." The initiative aims to provide decent housing, water and…