Resala was established in 1999 as a youth movement at Cairo University and Sherif Abd Al Azim, an engineering professor, supervised the movement.
It is powered by over 250,000 volunteers spanning 67 branches all over Egypt. It provides 31 activities aiming at helping the Egyptian community. These activities include: caring for orphans, helping the blind, the deaf, children with special needs, blood donation, poverty alleviation, literacy training.[2]
*Activities
Orphans care: Each branch raises round 25 orphans or less, providing them with care and big siblings through the BBBS activity, with the possibility of being adopted.
Blind care: Besides helping thousands of blind people in need, many books are being printed in Braille, recorded in cassettes and read to the orphans by thousands of volunteers, and thanks to Resala many of them have received their Master's degree and PHDs.
Deaf/mutes care: Provides them with computer courses, religious principles, art workshops, medical aids and job opportunities, besides organising trips and parties.
Special abilities care
Aiding needy homes and families
Organising second-hand clothes fair
Free tutoring
Blood bank
Recycling
Training centers (literacy/computers/languages)
Medical care
Street kids care
Caravans
Charity dish
Charity errands
Charity visits
Handiwork
Advertising
Sales
Anwar Resala
Forsan Resala
Ensan Awareness
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Sawiris Foundation is one of the first donor foundations in Egypt. Established in 2001 by the Sawiris family, Sawiris Foundation philanthropically promotes and supports innovative solutions that target comprehensive and sustainable development in Egypt.
Over the last 23 years, the foundation has addressed the most pressing issues facing marginalized Egyptians, such as poverty, unemployment, social exclusion, and limited access to quality education, by funding the delivery of programs aimed at achieving comprehensive and sustainable development in partnership with the governmental and private sectors as well as civil society. By creating thousands of job opportunities, providing quality education, and accessibility to basic services, the foundation has impacted the lives of nearly one million Egyptians in 24 Egyptian governorates, focusing on the most remote villages, with total investments of close to 2.5 billion EGP.