Misr Association for Development

National Network
Egypt
Address

1 Goda Abozhara street, nearby Kobry Oraby Shubra Elkhema, Kaliobia governorate
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone
+202 6041513
Fax
+202 6041513
E-Mail
Misr_cda@yahoo.com
E-Mail (2)
Bassal37@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone
+2012 3909721
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1994
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
General Information
- Misr Association for Development is a central NGO, working in Egypt since 1994 in Kaliobia governorate, for implementing different developmental projects, targetting disadvantaged groups. There are three main departments, Loans, Projects Development and Training Center with 12 employees. - Last funding Agencies were Alamal Program/Agfund (L.E. 200,000), and Self Help Program/USAID (L.E. 56,000) at 2006. - Concrete projects: Loans for women, Protecting Environment, Care of Street kids, Awareness seminars and workshops related to rights, and health, in addition to literacy courses.. - Partners involved were NGOs support Center, CIDA, SFD, Alamal/ Agfund, Self Help Program/USAID and local grassroots NGOs.
Mission and Objectives

Mission: is to promote the Egyptian disadvantaged groups for sustainable development.
Objectives:
- To provide a community based, integrated poverty reduction mechanisms.
- To enhance community participation, through different civil society.
- To empower people, specially youth and women.
- To activate the implementation of “International Conventions on Human Rights with special emphasis on women, children and handicapped and focus on sustainable Environment.
- To raise awareness of the society on the constitutional and legal rights.
- To develop policies with other partners, that helps in creating suitable environment for community participation and political reform.

Main Projects / Activities

- Work through Social Fund for Development to stablishing literacy classes, implement loan system for poor disadvantaged women.
- Work through CIDA programmes to enhance the livelyhood of street children.
- Work through NGOs Support Center to empower Environmental Law, to enure sustainable environmen.
- Work through Self Help Program/ American Embassy to continue loans [rogram.
- Work through Alamal/ Agfund program to continue loans program.
- Cooerate with industrial workshops in Shubra Elkhema to compete Environmental pollution.
- Cooperate with Youth Centers in Shubra Elkhema to empower their role for community participation.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mohamed Mahmoud Elbassal
Head of the organisation
Dr. Mohamed Hassan Abdel Aal
Contact (2) Full Name
Samah Mahmoud Mohamed