Association of Upper Egypt For Education and Development (AUEED)
Category: Local Organization
Target groups: Children, youth, women, and men
Main field: Social and economic empowerment; health awareness; education
Setting: Urban and rural
Year founded: 1940
Target groups: Children, youth, women, and men
Main field: Social and economic empowerment; health awareness; education
Setting: Urban and rural
Year founded: 1940
- Official education which targets government schools
- Unofficial education which targets adult literacy groups, women age 14-45, parallel schooling, non-government nurseries
- Healthcare program which considers school health, motherhood and childhood care.
- Cultural development through public libraries
- Talent development through loom and weaving classes
Main Activity:
Micro-finance programs, literacy classes, awareness campaigns, and training courses
Ongoing projects
- Teaching girls modern tahtib (stick fighting)
- School football teams for girls
- Gender training programs
- Anti-illiteracy campaigns
- Sewing workshops
- I am Here initiative: screening films which emphasize women's role in society
- Educated Village, which targets female school dropouts and uneducated mothers
- Akhmeed Center for Weaving and Art
- Microcredit programs as an independent unit
Past projects
- Mother and child health projects
- Economic empowerment projects (micro- and medium-sized credit)
- Interest-free loan projects in rural areas and disadvantaged individuals
- A project that supports girls' education at the preparatory stage and funds girls unable to pay for their education
- Awareness campaigns for mothers of young girls and sex education for children
- Adult literacy for mothers
Future projects
Bader Initiative, which proactively supports education and health, in collaboration with Plan International