Our work
Projects and initiatives
Every project below is named in the Foundation's own strategic plan and track record. None has been invented for this website.
Scientific thinking and innovation
- Ongoing
Innovators and Inventors Club
A club for innovators and inventors, approved through an amendment to the Foundation’s statute, that develops scientific and inventive thinking among school and university students.
- Ongoing
“Know Your Robot”
Hands-on camps and courses introducing children and young people to robots, and to programming and assembling them.
- Ongoing
“Make Your Toy”
Workshops in which children build their own toys, developing manual skills and design thinking.
- Delivered
The Little Inventor
Sponsoring invention projects with school students to develop their inventive ability.
Women, children and youth
People with disabilities
- Ongoing
“I Feel You” — Irlen Syndrome awareness
Raising awareness of Irlen Syndrome and identifying it early. It is among the least diagnosed conditions in Egyptian schools despite its direct effect on reading and learning.
- Ongoing
“Let’s Learn Properly” — learning difficulties
Courses and programmes on diagnosing and managing learning difficulties, for children, parents and teachers.
- Ongoing
“Come and Learn What Your Child Can Do”
Intelligence and psychological assessments that help families understand their children’s actual abilities.
- Ongoing
Sensory integration room
Equipping a sensory integration room serving the governorate, providing occupational therapy for children jointly with schools, associations and care homes, and training volunteers to use the equipment.
- Delivered
“Renewed Creativity”
A handicrafts project for people with disabilities that combines rehabilitation with an income.
Cultural and human development
- Ongoing
Creative literary workshop for the poets of Kafr El-Zayat
A cultural development workshop drawing writers from across Egypt. It is the origin of the literary archive on this site.
- Ongoing
The Maher Nasr Cultural Award
A literary award named after the poet Maher Nasr, one of the Foundation’s founders.
Community initiatives
- Ongoing
“Hayah Karima” (Decent Life)
The Foundation’s participation in the national initiative to develop rural Egypt, within Gharbia Governorate.
- Delivered
“Stay Positive” — limiting the spread of COVID-19
A field and digital awareness campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Ongoing
Giving Day
An open day collecting in-kind and financial support and distributing it to the families most in need.
- Ongoing
Jabr El-Khawater Day (Day of Joy)
An annual day out for children and their families at Apeg on the Nile, after which the Foundation reviews its performance, strengths and opportunities to improve.