This exceptional visit was carried out based on the kind invitation of Inner Wheel Club of Zamalek and its president Mrs. Samia Aboul Fetouh to Mrs. Mona Aref Chairman of District 95 Egypt and Jordan, to participate in the Project of IWC of Zamalek of “Khair and Baraka Association”, and witness on the ground the nurseries and rehabilitation center for young people from both Medical and cultural aspects.
The attendees highly praised the efforts made by Mrs. Nevine El-Ibrashi and Mrs. Suzanne Iskandar in creating a psychological climate to rehabilitate and educate not only young people but their families in order to create a pleasant and harmonious society. The concern for safe cities was one of the great projects in this neighborhood, and on the other hand the foundation of several nurseries that educate children from their early ages.
The visit was not limited only to the nurseries and classes, but also stretched to listening sessions and watching descriptive videos.
Under the supervision of specialists and scholars, discussions with the boys and girls covered their impressions in regard to their personnel experience in their lives and how it affected each of them and how it changed many of their misconceptions, such as the female genital mutilation, the harassment through the implementation of awareness programs and how are safe cities elaborated?
We participated in a meeting at the Integrated Services Complex of the Ministry of Social Solidarity with the youth, our young ambassador’s champions of the changes in the Safe Cities project. Indeed it was one of the most enjoyable meetings, each the youth spoke about his own experience and the impact of the human interaction that weighed his personality and changed many concepts in life’s matters and issues, and even how much benefit he acquired from that unique experience that changed his behavior, ideas, planting love and trust, eliminating feelings of fear and dread and made him excel and looked forward to a better life filled with love of beauty and ideal.
The meetings ended with the student’s parents meeting. Parents expressed their gratitude and how happy they are and how the whole family’s life has changed for the better. We were pleased with that discussion, which was the fruit of that social rehabilitation for all family members. In fact, this project saw the light in two years. As for the Safe Cities project, it started four years ago.
.Samia Aboul Fetouh, presented a check to donate 200,000 pounds to the Khair and Baraka clinic in Ezbet Khairallah from the club to support the project.
They were received by Mrs. Heba El Sewedy, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Ahl Masr Foundation.
A cooperation protocol was signed between the club and the Association.
A sum of 140,000 pounds was donated for an intensive care bed.
Ahl Masr Hospital is considered the defining moment hospital because it is the first and largest research center for treating burn victims and accidents free of charge in Egypt and the Middle East.
Mrs. Samia Abou El Fotouh, President of the Inner wheel Club of Zamalek, stated: The club chose the village of Al-Amani to permanently adopt its needs, as the club recently participated in alleviating the burden on the poorest families in the village by distributing Ramadan cartons during the holy month, and we follow up on the needs of the village permanently to provide all aspects of support to it.
The development work of Al-Amani Village included roofing trellises, implementing interior and exterior paint and cladding, installing doors and windows, finishing bathrooms, installing ceramics, floors and walls, instillation of internal plumbing and electrical connections, and clean water connections to the homes of the unprivileged, to turn them into suitable and decent place.
The project aims to comprehensively improve the needy villages through the reconstruction of dilapidated houses. The reconstruction includes demolishing, rebuilding, roofing, arbor, cladding, paint and ceramics, in addition to delivering water, electricity and sanitary ware to the incapable of the village and completing the possible infrastructure of Basics in the village.
All these donations added up to 1000000 LE during the holy month besides the food boxes that were distributed to the poor families amounting to 140000.LE.
A special gratitude and appreciation to our colleagues Tahany Zaher and Hanan Sabri for their great efforts and of course the big support of the members of the club. A very big thank you to our finance minister Mrs Nelly Helmy.
It should be noted that among these families there are 350 families that are sponsored by the club on a continuous, regular basis, which are rotated according to the social research that the club does by itself through specific hired employees. The project of Old Cairo families has been going on for 20 years now by the club.
