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
This organization operates through 5 different programs:
  1. Official education which targets government schools
  2. Unofficial education which targets adult literacy groups, women age 14-45, parallel schooling, non-government nurseries
  3. Healthcare program which considers school health, motherhood and childhood care.
  4. Cultural development through public libraries
  5. 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