39 shahid Gamal Abdel Azim Street
Begam-Shobra el Kheima
Cairo
Égypte
- Democracy and community development
The purpose of the organization is to support and give allowance to:
Swedish and Egyptian students and researchers for travelling to and studying in Egypt, respectively Sweden.
Price for best translated book from Swedish to Arabic and from Arabic to Swedish
Conference activities;
Support translation of Scandinavian literature and dubbing of Swedish and Egyptian films
Financial support to Swedish Culture Center and Swedish House in Cairo.
Swedish House is run by the Egyptian non-profit association al-Moasasa al-Masreya al-Swedeya (Swedish Egyptian Institute).
Swedish House is a five-floor building, situated in Shubra al-Kheima, a poor and polluted area in a suburb to Cairo.
Here we initiate:
Accommodation for two Swedish guests
Day care center for children when their mother work or study
A center where women can be taught to read and write and also give them possibility to learn an activity where they can earn money. The goal is to give these women social protection and higher status in the society.
Library and place for studying
A center for youth to learn computer and English
We are looking for cooperation with students, voluntary workers and researchers. We are also looking for cooperation with institutes, organizations, companies etc for our projects in Egypt.