We are actively involved in building self-sustainable short and long term development projects in addition to providing relief and humanitarian assistance that foster self-reliance, self-directness and preserves human dignity for the sake of the disadvantaged groups in Egypt. By reading these stories, you will meet the beneficiaries of HCI programs and you will learn about the power ordinary people have to change their own lives. You will also learn about the power caring people have to help them to do so.
Egypt
Success stories from Egypt: A look at HCI’s work with struggling micro business owners
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Livelihoods and Enterprise
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Mar 062012
Mohamed is a father of two daughters aged 17 and 10. He has two prosthetic feet and he is now the owner of an expanded shop that sells spare parts and accessories for three-wheel motorcycles also called “tok-tok” commonly used for the transport of people and goods. Nagah is a 65 year old widow suffering [...]
Supporting Young Entrepreneurs in the Middle East, Case in Point Sudan and Egypt
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Livelihoods and Enterprise, Sudan
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Nov 302011
Entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly accepted as an important means and a useful alternative for income generation in young people, particularly in the developing world. As traditional job-for-life career paths become rarer, youth entrepreneurship is regarded as an additional way of integrating youth into the labor market and overcoming poverty. Throughout our long history of working [...]
Honoring and Celebrating Community Traditions: Ramadan and Adahi 2011
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Gaza Strip, Jordan & Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Regional, Seasonal Projects, Sudan, West Bank
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Nov 212011
Each year HCI makes it a point to honor and celebrate the traditions of the communities we serve; understanding the culture and living conditions of the local communities we work with is part of HCI’s philosophy while serving these communities, especially at times such as Ramadan and Eid Al Adha when great importance is placed [...]
Helping Young Disadvantaged Cancer Patients in Egypt
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Health and Sanitation
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Sep 082011
Human Concern International has been active in the universal cause of raising awareness and funds to combat cancer, which remains one of the leading causes of death. Now, we are continuing our effort by supporting Egypt’s largest and most effective children’s cancer hospital for the second time, The Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (57357). In Egypt, [...]
Orphans from Egypt have been empowered to take the first steps towards protecting their natural environment as a result of HCI’s 2011 Earth Day activities. These children celebrated international Earth Day with HCI’s team and were treated to a fun-filled day of activities promoting environmental awareness. These children who are orphans from underprivileged backgrounds live [...]
Health and Sanitation in 2010, the HCI Way
Egypt, Gaza Strip, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon
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Apr 122011
Health is widely recognized as a cornerstone of human development because it underpins the gamut of human functioning. But health is also essential to human security, since survival and protection from illness are at the core of any concept of people’s wellbeing. There are many in the Middle East with little or no access to [...]
Mahmoud; father of three and owner of cell phone repair and accessories shop, Ahmed; owner of electrical hardware shop, Doaa, owner of a small beauty center, Farouk; the sole breadwinner of a family of seven and owner of leather manufacturing workshop, Hamdeya; mother of seven and owner of sandwich shop, Abdel Hamid; tailor of men’s [...]
Emergency and Transition in 2010, the HCI Way
Children, Disability, Egypt, Emergency and Transition, Gaza Strip, Orphans, Palestine, Sudan, Woman, Youth
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Mar 092011
Life can change for millions of families in an instant: natural disasters can take loved ones and the outbreak of war drive families from their homes. When the unthinkable happens, HCI delivers rapid, lifesaving aid to hard-hit communities with the provision of food rations, clean water, non-food items, transitional shelter and emergency medical supplies and [...]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Hand in Hand with Women Entrepreneurs with Special Needs
Disability, Education and Empowerment, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Livelihoods and Enterprise, Sudan, West Bank, Woman, Youth
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Mar 042011
HCI is celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day on the March the 8th by highlighting the plight of women entrepreneurs with special needs in the Middle East and launching a year of activities focusing on this group through a series of interventions specifically targeting their needs. There is a distinct gender disparity [...]
Egypt Emergency Appeal
Egypt, Emergency and Transition, Entrepreneurs, Youth
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Mar 022011
Help Us Help The Vulnerable Youth Of Egypt The recent turmoil in Egypt completely paralyzed the country and claimed hundreds of lives, caused thousands of injuries, and resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and livelihoods, particularly among the weakest members of society. HCI realizes that the situation is highly sensitive and [...]
