Using Arts to empower the comunity

The Society for International Development (SID) is a global network of individuals and institutions concerned with development, which is participative, pluralistic and sustainable. The Society was founded in Washington D.C. in 1957 and is based in Rome since 1978. Through its programmes and initiatives, organized in key centres of development policymaking in the North and in the South, SID plays a crucial role in promoting dialogue between various stakeholders and interest groups, both locally and internationally.

To be a non-partisan organisation that contributes to the peaceful coexistence of all people regardless of conviction in Egypt. Providing non-partisan information/background studies is a prerequisite for dialogue and mutual understanding. Translation Arabic/English in proper cultural context is main part of our work.

نسعى الى تبنى قضايا الاعاقة وتمكين منظمات الاشخاص ذوى الاعاقة والفئات المهمشة حقوقيا وسياسيا واقتصاديا
اهداف الاتحاد: دعم الدعوة وكسب التاييد الذاتى لتمكين منظمات الاشخاص ذوى الاعاقة والفئات المهمشة من الوصول لتقديم خدمات للفئات الاكثر احتياجا من المجتمع المصرى
2/ تمكين منظمات الاشخاص ذوى الاعاقة من تحقيق اهدافها ورسالتها نحو القضايا المجتمعية
3/ التمكين الاقتصادى والسياسى والحقوقى لمنظمات الاشخاص ذوى الاعاقة والفئات المهمشة والاكثر احتياجا داخل المجتمع

• الرؤية: الوصول لبناء كيان انسانى متوازن مقراً بحقه وحق الأخرين فى الحياة.
الرسالة : (رفع الوعى والإدراك بأهمية المشاركة و المطالبة بالحق فى التنمية المستدامة على كافة المستويات والترقى بالذات )

To be a non-partisan organisation that contributes to the peaceful coexistence of all people regardless of conviction in Egypt. Providing assistance to student interns.

We assist Danish schools in establishing educational partnerships with schools in Africa, Asia and The Middle East. The aim is to strengthen the students' understanding of the global world they are part of - and their engagement in it.

lutter contre la marginalisation sociale ; économique et culturelle des femmes des régions défavorisées ;encourager la participation des femmes a la conception et a la réalisation des projets de développement.

- Inciter les jeunes à la participation active à la vie publique et à toutes les formes de création.
- Plaidoyer pour une société pluraliste qui accepte toutes les opinions à condition qu'elles n'incitent pas à la violence.
- Plaidoyer pour les valeurs de la citoyenneté et de la modernité tout en affirmant l'attachement à l'identité arabo-musulmane.

Based on the information we have gathered through research (primary, secondary and tertiary) we have visited areas of high illiteracy and poor living conditions in the capital and other governorates. During our visits we got to know a few of the residents of these areas who were highly interested and showed us locations where we could hold our exhibition. We decided that we would visit a different area every Friday, which would involve the exhibition, performances, readings and so on and return to it the Saturday of the following week to host a seminar in which readers will discuss the events of the previous week.
Therefore the areas in which we will hold the exhibition will be decided on a month in advance, with promotion beginning approximately two weeks before the events are held in the area.
Promotion will include basic posters and leaflets that will be displayed in the area and distributed to its residents. Primary research of visiting areas has shown that residents accept the concept and are almost always extremely cooperative.
We arrive at the chosen location Friday morning and begin setting up the exhibition and the stage, which will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 7p.m. During the day there are three events that take place on the stage, musical performances, theatrical performances, poetry readings and the like, in addition there will be small sittings within the exhibition where illiterate children will be read to. In the exhibition, people can exchange books with us for free, buy books at highly discounted prices and read. On the Saturday of the following week a seminar is held at the same venue to discuss with readers the books they have read, this seminar will be hosted by a public figure (someone involved in art or literature), this will include debates and discussions with readers involved in the events of the previous week. At the end of the seminar a prize will be given to the reader who has shown most interest and enjoyment during the course of the events, this will be a set of books. The exhibition will return six weeks later to the same area.