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Proposal Writing: the Institutional Excellence Grant
The Misr El-Kheir institutional excellence grant 2026 for charitable associations: development, planning, positive change,…
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The Foundation’s news, meetings, events and partnerships.
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Institutional excellence grant
An organisational development programme in partnership with the Misr El-Kheir Foundation, covering institutional assessment, the organisational manual, internal working systems, financial planning and proposal writing.
The Maher Nasr Cultural Award
A literary award named after the poet Maher Nasr, one of the Foundation’s founders.
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A Field Visit under the Institutional Excellence Grant
The Foundation received a field visit with a representative of the Misr El-Kheir Foundation to follow up the institutional…
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Orman Association, Tanta Branch: Active Presence and Real Achievements
How the Tanta branch of the Orman Association reaches the families most in need, works with other associations in the…
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Jabr El-Khawater Day 2026
Planning Jabr El-Khawater Day 2026 in Abij, Kafr El-Zayat: a review of the site by the Nile, the activities on offer, and the…
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El-Kholy Foundation Leads Civil Society
El-Kholy Foundation, chaired by Eng. Hisham El-Kholy, is providing Ramadan supplies and helping to set up charity kitchens, in…
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Organisational Manual of the Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality
The Foundation works to support the Egyptian state's focus on building people and human capital, implementing the presidential…
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Cooperation protocol with the Engineer Hisham El-Kholy Foundation
The Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality signed a cooperation protocol with the Hisham El-Kholy Foundation covering…
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Institutional Excellence
The sixth meeting, attended by founding member Mr Ahmed Kamel Fayed, the Chair of the Board of Trustees and the Executive…
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The Makkah Foundation and the Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality
The Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality and the Makkah Foundation in Abshway signed a protocol to set up a sensory…
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The Fund for Supporting Projects of Civil Associations and Foundations
A note on a training workshop held on 18 December about the Fund for Supporting Projects of Civil Associations and Foundations,…
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Makka Foundation
A visit to the Makka Foundation in Abshway, Qutur, to work together on setting up a sensory integration room and a dental clinic…
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Institutional Excellence Meetings
The fourth meeting, on Saturday 27 December 2025, attended by founding members and the current Board of Trustees, reviewed the…
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Stages of Development / Meeting No. 3
The institutional development committee met on 23 December 2025 to discuss the excellence award, support for the branches, a new…
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Situation analysis meeting
On Saturday 13 December 2025 the Board of Trustees, the volunteer specialists and the Executive Director met in Kafr El-Zayat to…
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The Dawrona (Our Role) Closing Ceremony
The Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality was invited to the closing ceremony of the Dawrona (Our Role) programme,…
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EFDQ
We dedicate all our charitable and development work to the poet Maher Nasr, who died on 20 October 2020, one of the founders of…
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Meeting of the Foundation's Committees
January 2020: the Foundation's working committees met under the chairmanship of Fathia Hagras, with Board of Trustees Chair Dr…
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We Create Excellence
The Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality took part in the Gharbia Directorate of Social Affairs celebration for people…
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Kafr El-Zayat Girls' Secondary School Visits the Foundation
Kafr El-Zayat Girls' Secondary School visited the Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality on Sunday 15 December 2019 to…
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An Interview with Wadih Saadeh
The Lebanese poet Wadih Saadeh, winner of this year's Argana International Poetry Prize, talks to the Butterfly Effect initiative…
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The Foundation's Strategic Plan for 2018
The Foundation's 2018 strategic plan sets five pillars drawn from Egypt Vision 2030: people with disabilities; innovation and…
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Track record of work
A record of the Foundation's work: inventors' and thinking-skills projects, programmes for people with disabilities, Irlen…
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The Foundation's Secretary-General
Mr Mohamed Abdel Moaty El-Makkawi, Sharqia Governorate: founding member of the Foundation and its Secretary-General at national…
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The Foundation's Executive Director
Ms Olfat Ismail, founding member of the Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality and its Executive Director at national…
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Executive Director of the Sharqia Branch
A student at the Faculty of Arts. She has supervised many charitable projects, develops activities in Sharqia Governorate,…
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Members of the Board of Trustees
The members of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, with their roles on the Board, their professional positions and their…
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