We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday, October 12, at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York City to celebrate the work you are making possible in Egypt! We’ll enjoy a silent auction of Egyptian handicrafts, stories from beneficiaries, dinner, and some special speakers. This year we will be honoring Chris Khalifa, the founder of Zooba, […]
Join us as we sell beautiful crafts made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), a job skills training program for women living and working in the garbage recycler’s community in Cairo. The handicrafts are made from clean, recycled materials. At the training center, young women learn marketable skills (such as […]
After last year’s hiatus, we are resuming our annual craft sale! Join us as we sell beautiful crafts made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), a job skills training program for women living and working in the garbage recycler’s community in Cairo. The handicrafts are made from clean, recycled materials. […]
After last year’s hiatus, we are resuming our annual craft sale! Join us as we sell beautiful crafts made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), a job skills training program for women living and working in the garbage recycler’s community in Cairo. The handicrafts are made from clean, recycled materials. […]
We hope you’ll join us on the morning of Saturday, October 2, 2021 for our annual fundraising event. Our fall benefit event this year will be a brunch at the Army & Navy Club in Arlington, VA as well as over Zoom so our friends from around the country–and world–can join us. We will have […]
HANDS is pleased to announce, with our partners in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, that we are hosting a four-day regional online conference focused on gender equality in the MENA region on March 2-5, 2021. Click here to view the conference agenda, and here to view the full list of featured speakers.
Please join us for our annual fall benefit event! Due to the coronavirus, this year’s event will be held virtually. We hope you will join us for a celebration of the work you are supporting in Egypt. The afternoon will include testimonials from beneficiaries in the field, a silent auction of Egyptian handicrafts, special entertainment […]
Join Hands Along the Nile and tennis instructor Joseph Awadalla for an afternoon of tennis games at McLean Sport and Health. You’ll enjoy light-hearted tennis competitions in teams as well as food and music to celebrate the new year. Please bring your own tennis racket with you. Tennis court time will be divided into […]
Join HANDS in the DMV area for the chance to purchase handicrafts created by women in Egypt! We will be hosting a craft sale of products made by artisans from the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE). This is a job skills and educational program for women living and working in the garbage […]
Join HANDS in New York City for the chance to purchase handicrafts created by young women in Egypt! All products are made by artisans from the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE). This is a job skills training and educational program for women living and working in the garbage collecting community in Cairo. […]
Like many young Egyptians, Mario, from Malawy in the governorate of Minya, had been facing long-term unemployment, which left him unable to provide for himself. At 28 years old, he knew he had to make a change if he ever wanted to move out of his parent’s home and start his own family. So, […]
CONTINUE READING →Experiences, achievements, lessons-learned and recommendations gathered during the implementation of our pilot project “Activating Private Sector to Act as an Advocate for Women’s Economic Rights in the MENA Region” are now available in the booklet, in English and Arabic languages! We hope that the accomplishments and experiences in this project will continue to inspire new […]
CONTINUE READING →Mounira was grateful for her family and content with the simple life she led in rural Egypt, but worry over her ability to provide for herself and her loved ones on her meager seamstress wages consumed her. The house she lived in was small and unfinished. Her daughter was soon-to-be married, and Mounira worried she […]
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