Egypt Today “The Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity has launched an initiative dubbed ‘Safe Shore’ valued at £E150 Million to aid Egyptian fishermen”, Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Qabaj announced on Thursday. The initiative was launched on 27 May in collaboration with the General Authority for Fishery Resources Development (GAFRD). …
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Amr Kandil – Ahram Online Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have launched an economic empowerment project on Sunday. It aims to enhance access for Egyptian youth and women to appropriate jobs with sustainable wages. The ILO’s project, dubbed ‘Egypt Youth Employment: Economic Empowerment under …
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Cherie Abel Azim – Ahram Online “Egypt signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on ‘Supporting Response to Covid-19’”, announced the Social Solidarity Ministry on Thursday. The project is worth €6 Million over a period of three years. The agreement was signed …
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Cairo – Times of Egypt The ‘Handicap International’ mission in Egypt held an online conference on the ‘IDMAG’ project on Wednesday. IDMAG is a transliteration of the Arabic word which means integration. However, the concept covers two other elements; that is rehabilitation and empowerment of disabled people. The aim of …
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Ahram Online Coinciding with the International day of People with Disabilities, Egypt revealed that 1.1 million people with disabilities in Egypt, benefit from support worth E£5 Billion annually. In coordination with private sector companies and factories, 3,235 people with disabilities have been employed, and coordination is ongoing to secure training …
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Egyptianstreets Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity announced the opening of a new shelter for battered women in Giza, Egypt Independent reports. The facility, opened on Tuesday, will host and mentor women survivors of violence and abuse. This comes as part of the annual 16 Day campaign to combat violence against …
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Zeinab El-Gundy – Ahram Online Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali has been chosen to become the new director-general of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “Minister …
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Sama Osama –Ahram Online Amr Othman, assistant to the Egyptian minister of social solidarity and head of the Addiction Treatment and Abuse Fund, has granted a group of recovering drug addicts loans as part of the ‘New Beginning’ initiative, and spoke to Shorouk News about the efforts to treat …
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Sama Osama – Ahram Online The Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the British Council to support persons with disabilities and to train and prepare them for the labour market, especially in entrepreneurship and the creative economy. The two parties announced their …
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Egypt Today Ministry of Social Solidarity said it has given loans for citizens who have successfully recovered from drug addiction, estimated at £E 1.76 million, to help them establish small projects. Amr Othman, assistant solidarity minister, has granted checks of £E 160,000 for people who recovered from addiction to …
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