EpiscoCare Community Development Centre

Ain Shams, El Salam, Cairo, Alexandria, Suez

Province

The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East

Diocese

Egypt

Goal

To reach out to the poorest communities in Egypt to enable them to enhance their own standard of health and living through education and development support.

Activity

Seven community development centres in poor areas of Egypt run programs in the following areas; education, health and environmental, community organisation, training, motherhood and childhood, social care, and economic development.

Outcomes

Development of villages and marginalized communities, comprehensive development programmes for women and children, support and education for children with special needs and other disabilities, combating unemployment and poverty, building young peoples’ language and computer skills, advocacy, economic and political awareness.

Main language

Arabic