Better World Foundation - NGO

National Network
Egypt
Address

5 Ellan Street – Ibn Sendr Square
Mansheyiet El Bakry
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone
+202-2259-5632
Fax
+202-2259-5632
E-Mail
pr@bwngo.org
E-Mail (2)
hanya@bwngo.org
E-Mail (3)
michaelm@bwngo.org
Mobile Phone
+2012-2660-1178
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2008
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Better World Foundation (BWF) consists of 5 main departments which are Accounting, Training, R&D, HR and PR departments. Number of volunteers per semester is 20-25 volunteers in addition to 4 employees. From 2006-2011, BWF was financially self sustained organization by neither accepting donations nor grants to ensure that its system customized based on the community not the funding source, meeting its overhead costs solely through its Board of Trustees and the small fees of our training programs. As BWF is committed to keep our programs accessible to as many people as possible, it will rely on grants for funding rather than increasing the programs’ fees. Also, the entrepreneurs who will be incubated by our project will share 20% of their revenues for the first 5 years to be re-used to support and develop the program. Starting from 2014, we have participated in many international projects in Europe under Erasmus+ Programme.
Mission and Objectives

Our mission is to offer various educational, training and research opportunities along with social entrepreneurship work to equip young Egyptians youth with business and entrepreneurial skills needed to succeed, in order to pave the way to decrease unemployment rates, alleviate poverty and revitalize Egypt’s economy and community.
Our objectives are:
- Helping public university students and recent graduates to develop their occupational skills and realize their full potential as professionals.
- Preparing these students and recent graduates to be more proactive by providing them with tools and support necessary for contributing to the advancement and progress of their community.
- Facilitating the entry of Egyptian youth into the labor market as well as to enable young entrepreneurs to plan for their own sustainable businesses.
- Providing specialized vocational training and capacity building 5 days per week in technology, world languages, and professional skills for enhancing their leadership, capabilities and value to the job market.
- Utilizing a job listings database, a consistently updated list of job openings in companies throughout Egypt to link individuals with a company according to their qualifications and skills.
- Providing a simplified and efficient job search experience for the program’s participants, while also ensuring a consistent level of candidate proficiency for employers.
- Building bridges of cultural understanding between youth from different nationalities and backgrounds as we have a balanced corps of volunteers, of which 50% Egyptian and 50% international.
Better World Foundation is interested in developing the capabilities of young people. This is done by investing in resources and economic activities that contribute to the development of our emerging human capital. Developing the occupational skills of youth will allow them to pursue a higher quality work and life, making them more productive global citizens.

Main Projects / Activities

Better World Foundation aims to prepare the Egyptian youth to succeed in the modern professional world through offering various educational/training Skills in a form of training courses and workshops in (Languages-Computer-Life Skills-Knowledge-Attitude). In addition to organizing workshops, seminars, training sessions and site visits in order to develop and promote entrepreneurial skills, our activities are represented in the below three main functions:
• Offering various courses to public university students and recent graduates which include languages courses, computer courses and career skills classes. Courses are Non Formal type of Education to enable our beneficiaries to attain the necessary skills for employment and go on to find jobs.
• Research Activities to investigate critical social or environmental issues and then presenting all findings to put hands on experience on Job Market needs. This has a double impact of providing beneficiaries with specialized knowledge that may be relevant to their future careers, as well as providing the opportunity for others to educate themselves on relevant issues Egypt is facing.
• Entrepreneurial Support Training: helping young entrepreneurs establish themselves professionally through incubation and mentoring for a full 8 months period.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Better World Foundation will be an active member in the network through participating effectively in meeting, conferences and exchange opportunities. We will be sharing our experiences and ideas regarding working with youth and the intercultural exchange opportunity that we offer. In addition to, working collaboratively with the members of the network in order to come up with new ideas and establish international projects supporting the mission of Anna Lindh Foundation.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We would like to join ALF Network for below reasons:
- Our common objective to promote intercultural exchange as we have a balanced corps of volunteers, of which 50% Egyptian and 50% international.
- Our common target group which is youth will allow us to cooperate on different aspects.
-  Cooperate to implement a project that enhances youth leadership and entrepreneurial skills in addition to conducting researches on other topics such as environment and social awareness.
-  Our ability and experience to send Egyptian volunteers and host international volunteers will support your mission.
-  Provide our beneficiaries with more job opportunities, scholarships and international exchange programs
-  Expanding our partners’ network which will increase our opportunities for cooperation on an international level.

Contact (1) Full Name
Hany Amin
Job Title
Founder / Executive Director
Head of the organisation
Hany Amin
Contact (2) Full Name
Michael Moheb
Job Title (2)
International Projects Manager