Feb 17, 2024

Saturday 2-17-2024

Dr. Nevin Al-Kabbaj, Minister of  Social Solidarity The closing ceremony of the Misr Al-Kheir Award for Leadership in Charitable and Sustainable Development Giving, in its fifth session, which relates to the second goal of the Sustainable Development Goals, “Zero Hunger”, in the presence of Alessandro Fraxetti, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Dr. Talaat Abdel-Qawi, President of the General Federation of Associations and Member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Mohamed Al-Rifai, CEO of the Misr Al-Kheir Foundation, and Dr. Iqbal Al-Samalouti, General Supervisor of the Award and Member of the Council of Representatives. The Trustees of Misr Al-Khair, Professor Ayman Abdel-Mawjoud, Assistant Minister of Social Solidarity for Civil Society Institutions Affairs, and representatives of civil society associations.
 
The first place was won by the “Nada Al-Khair Kitchen Project” by the Nada Al-Khair Association in Safaga in the Red Sea and received 250 thousand pounds. The second place was won by the Charitable Endowment Project of the Sharia Association, Azab Al-Qasr Branch, and it received 200 thousand pounds. The third place went to the Sawaed Kitchen Project of the Sawaedna Charitable Foundation. The value of the award is 150 thousand pounds, and the discretionary award was won by Mrs. Nez Arafa Zahran, Beni Suef Governorate.
 
The Minister of Social Solidarity confirmed that the fifth session of the Misr Al-Khair Award for Leadership in Charitable and Sustainable Development seeks to support civil society institutions in light of the seventeenth sustainable development goals, through which the award is given to associations, institutions, development projects and youth initiatives that contribute to making an impact in the development of local communities, offering greetings to the judging panel, which includes a group of experts in the field Development and influencers from local and regional organizations.

On the issue of awareness, Al-Kabbaj stressed the importance of promoting positive awareness and confronting rumors and negative and extremist thinking, and the important impact this issue has on progress. She thanked the Coordination of Youth of Parties and Politicians, the National Alliance for Civil Development Action, and the private sector for the efforts made in the social responsibility sector.
 
For his part, Mr. Alessandro Fraxti, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, stressed that the increase in the rate of hunger and Nutrition represents a major obstacle to achieving development, and unfortunately the rate of hunger has returned to the rise that the world witnessed in 2005 as a result of conflicts, and by 2030 about 600 million people will be exposed to the risk of hunger, and that achieving food security requires a multifaceted approach and providing good social protection.
 
He added that civil society institutions have a major role in achieving the second goal of the sustainable development goals, protecting communities and fighting poverty and hunger, and allow me to acknowledge the important role of civil society in implementing the goals. Development, and that civil society organizations work as channels of communication with regard to strengthening the voices of citizens most in need, and they also work based on principles that give priority to the most affected people on this planet.
 
For his part, Dr. Mohamed Rifai, CEO of the Misr Al Khair Foundation, explained that the goals of the award vary between a training goal to raise the efficiency of institutions in applying for awards and a competitive goal to push associations to excel and compete in a way that is reflected in the quality of their services to citizens, and then the goal of the associations’ ability to prepare policy papers.
 
The CEO of the Misr Al Kheir Foundation thanked the participants in the Charitable Giving Leadership Awards and conveyed the greetings of Dr. Ali Gomaa to the attendees, saying: As we celebrate the fifth session of the Development Charitable Giving Award, we present a wonderful model of cooperation between civil society, the government, and the private sector, and we are always honored by the participation of the National Bank of Egypt.
 
At the conclusion of the celebration, the National Bank of Egypt was honored for its role in serving the community field, and the members of the jury, headed by Dr. Iqbal Al-Samalouty, Professor Ayman Abdel-Mawjoud, Assistant Minister of Social Solidarity for Civil Society Institutions Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh, Head of the NGO Development Sector, Dr. Talaat Abdel-Qawi, President of the General Union of NGOs, and Dr. Salah Hashem, Advisor to the Ministry of Social Solidarity for Social Policies.