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AHED is an Egyptian NGO established and registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs in November 1987, and mandated in 1998 to work anywhere in Egypt.
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- To assist in identifying appropriate strategies and policies in the areas of health, disability and environment which particularly respond to the needs of the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups from a developmental viewpoint.
- To raise awareness and advocate around issues related to the above through campaigning, dissemination of information and publications, training, etc.
- To develop and/or assist the development of grassroots comprehensive interventions/models through which these strategies could be tested, evaluated and lessons learned.
- To help in strengthening cooperation and integration among different bodies working in the above areas, particularly on the NGO level both nationally and regionally.
- To facilitate and assist in the empowerment of marginalized groups through the development of organizations representing their interests.
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Better Life Association is a non-governmental organization, which was established in 1995 in Minya governorate and changed into a Foundation in 2003. The organization aims at improving the living conditions of the marginalized sector in rural and urban areas. Its field of work focuses on facing the causes of poverty and violence in these areas. It works under the principle of social justice and human rights, with a special focus on women, farmers and fishermen. It works on raising health and environmental awareness, a process through which lectures and training are given and direct services are provided such as small loans.
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- To improve the quality of life of fishermen in the governorate.
- To improve the status of waged farmers in the governorate.
- To empower girls in the age bracket (8-12) belonging to deprived and marginalized communities, and enhance their conditions of security through the benefit of socio-economic, health and human rights.
- To improve the status of women living in the East coast of the Nile in Minya.
- To promote the role of the civil society/Local Popular Councils and enable women to participate in public life.
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The Center was established in 1995 as non-governmental non-profitable organization. It tries to enhance the notion of gender equality and activate the law of the Egyptian constitution in regards to women’s rights and according to the international agreement for human rights.
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- Raising consciousness in the district of Boulaq Al-Dakrour with regard to women’s rights. This district was mainly chosen because of its lack of services offered to women, and it has high rate of illiteracy.
- Providing legal education for women regarding their human and legal rights.
- Monitoring women’s rights violations.
- Providing women with basic legal services and legal aid free of charge.
- Offering legal procedural services for women such as obtaining a birth certificate, identity cards, pension cards, social assistance.
- Organizing seminars and workshops for women to simplify the legal concepts.
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The Center was established in Helwan district in 1990. This district is known to be the largest industrial district in Egypt with the largest number of workers. The idea emerged out of a need expressed by the democratic workers and trade union movement, which began in the seventies, for an independent and democratic trade union organization, that is free from government control. The Center is concerned with two issues: the democratization of the trade union movement, as part of a general democratization of society, and the effect of structural adjustment policies and privatization on the workers and poor in Egypt. Based on these concerns, it organizes lectures, training workshops to raise the awareness of the workers of the reality of workers’ movement in Egypt and its labor laws. The Center also works on the documentation of workers and unions’ news. It provides legal assistance and legal consultancy for workers.
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The idea to create this group emerged in 1983 and included some sporadic performances until a homogeneous theater group was created between 1987 and 1989. However, the group remained with no legal status till 1998 when it registered as a joint-stock company. Since that date, its artistic and management performance have developed to meet the constant growth and diversity of activities.
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The group aims at contributing in the establishment of a free, democratic society where all individuals benefit from full citizenship; a society that respects diversity and pluralism as well as the freedom of expression without any form of discrimination based on gender, ideology, class, or age.
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- To provide new dramatic sources which can develop the arena of theater production in Egypt and to explore it in our own performances.
- To support the artistic field with new well-rounded talents which can raise the standard of the performing arts in Egypt.
- To integrate cultural activities within the field of development through traveling performances as well as supporting NGOs who want to introduce culture as a component in their work.
- To assist in the development of independent theater groups and to help develop a common agenda among these groups.
- To develop the institutional and legal structure of the company in order to provide the necessary stability and framework for development.
- To develop the financial resources of the company.
- To develop a constant and stable relationship with the audience, through obtaining a permanent place for performing.
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The Association was founded in 1996 based on personal initiatives. The land was donated to the Association to be built on. The working fields were mainly eliminating illiteracy, health care, and environmental protection.
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- Improving community basic services, especially in the area of health and environmental protection.
- Improving access and control of poor farmers over agricultural related resources, such as irrigation water and facilitating their access to knowledge and skills related to agricultural development and sustainable land use.
- Addressing the problem of unemployment in the community.
- Helping in eradication of illiteracy in the community, especially women.
- Improving community members’ awareness of their cultural, political and legal rights, as well as the negative impact of the different forms of discrimination and divisions on development.
- Improving women’s status within the community.
- Providing direct legal support to farmers against the different forms of persecution.
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The Center was established in 1987 as a limited partnership company working in the district of Helwan, and was then registered in 2004 as a Foundation under the Ministry of Social Affairs. The Center’s main objective is to provide the necessary institutional support and action which would lead to the empowerment of different groups, especially women and children of Helwan, so that they can gain better access to services, control over available resources and decision making affecting their lives.
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The Center mainly targets women, however its services are not limited to women but address the community as a whole through the other activities, like the day care center and the youth summer club.
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The Women Program: It includes a sewing workshop, literacy classes, legal aid, a listening center for victims of violence, and a women’s club. It aims at:
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- Fighting discrimination and violence against women, and raising women and social awareness in order to overcome the negative perception of women.
- Improving the economic status of women through training and job opportunities.
- Diminishing the rates of illiteracy, especially among girls.
- Improving the legal rights of women and helping them to access their rights through awareness raising and legal aid.
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The Youth Program: Enabling youth to participate in the programs of development in their local community.
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The Children Program: It includes a kindergarten for early childhood and training workshops for workers in the field of childhood for NGOs located in Helwan. It aims at:
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- Disseminating the adequate pedagogic principles among the institutions concerned with childhood and the society as a whole. This occurs through the model of a kindergarten that encourages children self-expression and develops their talents and capacity of innovation. It also involves the dissemination of the culture of children rights among children, their families, and the social institutions.
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The Center works in the field of human rights and it provides legal assistance and consultancy, and works on legal research and studies. Its main aims are to improve conditions of human rights in Egypt, conduct legal research that is related to and focused on the cases of human rights abuse, and raise the awareness of lawyers and judges themselves. It tries to activate the already existing human rights laws in the Egyptian Constitution and in accordance with the international agreements for human rights.
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- Contribute in the improvement of human rights in Egypt.
- Develop legal research and studies related to human rights.
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The organization begun in 1984 as an informal group of women activists. In 1991, it registered as a non-profit civil company, then registered as a foundation in 2003 under the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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- Contribute in the efforts aiming at developing and supporting the Egyptian women movement.
- Mainstream gender issues in the agenda of all social and political forces.
- Establish cooperation and networking with a number of Egyptian and Arab women organizations in order to elaborate a common vision.
- Interact with the international women movement and coordinate efforts about common issues of concern.
- Support marginalized women and empower them through access to information, the establishment of pressure groups, and awareness raising.
- Establish a democratic society where forms of gender discrimination disappear, and where social, political, economic equality take over.
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