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Future Girls Association for Development (FUGAD) is an Egyptian Non-for Profit Organization working in the field of Social, Economic, Health, and legal Development. FUGAD makes use of its human resources in achieving its developmental goals. Although, it has short history in the community development in comparison to other NGOs, but it could implement successfully many different programs.
Raising awareness activities, legal empowerment and advocating rights, economic and income generating activities, increasing public awareness, literacy classes, preventive and curative health campaigns, and youth development programs are the core areas of need in which FUGAD has been involving since it had been founded.
FUGAD has gained a good reputation in the Egyptian Society as a successful NGO in community development, and as a successful provider for capacity building activities among the NGOs Community. FUGAD built its vision and mission according to the needs of the people
Vision
Better Life for the poor of local communities particularly women and the marginalized people.
Mission
Future Girls Association for Development (FUGAD) is established to develop, promote and empower the poor in the local communities in Egypt through defending the rights of the poor and spreading the democracy principles such as accountability, citizen participation, transparency, in addition to providing the poor and marginalized with Education, Health, Social and Economic Services, dealing all members of the targeted groups on an equal footing.
FUGAD had awarded many prizes for its endeavors and efforts in field of gender and empowerment of marginalized people. In September 2005, it had been awarded the prize of Ms. Suzanne Mubarak, the Egyptian First Lady, due to its work in illiteracy eradication and women empowerment.
FUGAD has a strong presence in most of the national forums and events regarding poverty reduction, women’s empowerment, and human rights.
Association goals:
1- Setup centers for training of all levels and skills both manual and electronic skills.
2- Organizing training courses in cooperation with public Communication administrative body for computers skills, special training courses for graphics, pictures and voice editing, …. Etc.
3- Setup literacy classes for girls in the country side and classes to teach girls languages and translation.
4- Organizing religious education seminars and setup classes for keeping Quraan in girls minds.
5- Take care of girls with special needs.
6- Organizing special training courses in different fields (house economics, cooking, eating etiquette, first aids).
7- Providing work opportunities for girls through making producing projects and permanent fairs for products with low prices suitable for ordinary citizens.
8- Granting loans for girls to make micro credits.
9- Hold charity parties in favour of charity projects for girls and to build care centers or to help girls with special needs.
10- Participating in medical and media campaigns.
11- Environmental development project, producing recorded films for awareness, and working on building up new generation concern with environmental matters.
12- Issuing special periodical for girls.
13- Political education project and awareness of the importance of issuing electoral card.
14- Providing training courses to generate female cadres considered as a stone corner to have a first generation of trainers in cultural, social, and professional levels.
15- Hold International conferences that discussing important issues contributed to changing concepts for girls, the instructors and lecturers are selected among the special elite in their fields, also participating in the local and international conferences that discussing issues related to the association field.
16- Cooperating with institutions that assist the association through funding or in kind assistance.
17- Designing a website for the association to facilitate the contacting process with other peer associations in the Arab and foreign countries.
18- Designing training course for Arab girls development entitled “Arab girl expresses herself”.
19- Submitting studies and researches and work papers for girls about their ambition, familial and social obstacles that they faced.
20- Discovering and training for arts and scientific talents.
21- Conducting competition in the field of media, arts, and drama.
22- Organizing sight seeing trips.
23- Setup nursery for female employees of the association.
24- Producing movies for awareness and changing citizens’ attitude.
25- Children theater and children drama project.
26- Disseminating awareness towards smoking and addiction phenomena.
Future Girls Association for Development is working in the context of Egyptian girls promotion and development to make strong link between national initiatives and development goals of United Nations to achieve integrated development vision. The Girls Education Initiative affected strongly the association work and plans as it had registered in the Egyptian girl year. The association did obvious efforts in forming and creating integrated system “integrated care” considered as a vision for cooperation among public entities, the National Democratic Party, local councils, executive bodies (ex: cultural centers administrative body – ministry of culture – public library), United Nations center for Media, State Information Service, public halls, a deep-rooted association in Middle East “Huda Sharawi”, and National Council for Childhood and motherhood. We are so proud as members of the association that all our activities and works were self-funded as we do not want money to be the main obstacle faced the voluntary and public work.
The experiences of The Future Girls Association for Development in organizing meetings and conferences:
Future Girls Association for Development is working, in cooperation with many Local, Regional, and International Institutions, on promoting society, specially poor and unplanned areas. The association has focused on holding several local and international meetings for Society Development issues like gender and how to protect young people because they are the country future generation. The association aims at achieving comprehensive development in all life dimensions like political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions.
The Association has implemented:
1- The First conference for Egyptian Girls Development, under the Youth Minster Supervision who attended the conference, in cooperation with The World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and The Ministry of Education. Ministry of Youth Theater.
2- First celebration of International Youth Day, Cairo - August-2003, under Youth Minster supervision who attended the celebration, in cooperation with many United Nations offices, It was hold at ministry of Youth Theater.
3- The Second International Youth Day, Cairo - August-2004, under Education Ministry supervision and attended by Youth Minster and High Education Minster, in cooperation with several International Organizations, It was hold at ministry of Youth Theater.
4- Sharing organizing the fifth International Fair for Children’ Song, under the First Lady “Mrs. Suzan Mubarak” supervision, January, 2004, hold at Nasr City conference hall.
5- The Second Conference for Egyptian Girls Development (partners for better tomorrow), April, 2005, sponsored by National Council for Childhood and motherhood, attended by Ambassador Moshira Khatab, hold at Sayd Darweesh Theater at Arts Academy.
6- The First Conference for Protecting Youth from Addiction, under the Minister of Education supervision who attend the conference at International Pyramids park, September, 2004.
7- International popular heritage day under Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Social Affairs, in cooperation with many governorates, Unesco, World Health Organization, Kospi, and many NGOs working in heritage arts.
8- Transparency and Reform for Development Conference, under Ministry of High Education and Administrative Development body supervision, in cooperation with Egyptian Association for young businessmen, hold in Luna Pyanka boat.
9- International Day for Literacy, September, 24- 25, 2005, under the supervision and participation of the First Lady in Egypt “Suzan Mubarak”, at Mubarak Educational City, in the sixth of October city, attended by G8 delegations, some Arab and foreign countries, in cooperation with General Institution for Adults’ Education, Unesco office in Cairo, USAID, Canadian Aid, and some International organizations concerned with Education matters.
10- Humanity Development and Future Management Conference (Different Roles for New Era, under the Ministry of High Education supervision and attended by Administrative Development Ministry, Cairo, September 17-19, 2005, at Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel.
- Organizing Charity Parties, in addition The Annually Charity Party for the Association, June 25, 2005, Al Salam Concord Hotel, the Party income has transferred to Bani Salama Village services.
- Awareness Campaigns:
1- Gender and Smoking Campaign in cooperation with the World Health Organization under “FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL”.
2- National Campaign for Protecting young people from Addiction in cooperation with National Council for Childhood and Motherhood.
3- National Campaign for Gender and Tuber Closes in cooperation with fighting T.B program at Ministry of Health and The World Health Organization.
- Training Courses:
1- Training course on Political participation supported by Internews Network, in cooperation with United Group- Attorneys At Law – Legal Advisors & Human Rights Advocates
rganization working in the field of Social, Economic, Health, and legal Development. FUGAD makes use of its human resources in achieving its developmental goals. Although, it has short history in the community development in comparison to other NGOs, but it could implement successfully many different programs.
Raising awareness activities, legal empowerment and advocating rights, economic and income generating activities, increasing public awareness, literacy classes, preventive and curative health campaigns, and youth development programs are the core areas of need in which FUGAD has been involving since it had been founded.
FUGAD has gained a good reputation in the Egyptian Society as a successful NGO in community development, and as a successful provider for capacity building activities among the NGOs Community. FUGAD built its vision and mission according to the needs of the people
Vision
Better Life for the poor of local communities particularly women and the marginalized people.
Mission
Future Girls Association for Development (FUGAD) is established to develop, promote and empower the poor in the local communities in Egypt through defending the rights of the poor and spreading the democracy principles such as accountability, citizen participation, transparency, in addition to providing the poor and marginalized with Education, Health, Social and Economic Services, dealing all members of the targeted groups on an equal footing.FUGAD had awarded many prizes for its endeavors and efforts in field of gender and empowerment of marginalized people. In September 2005, it had been awarded the prize of Ms. Suzanne Mubarak, the Egyptian First Lady, due to its work in illiteracy eradication and women empowerment.
FUGAD has a strong presence in most of the national forums and events regarding poverty reduction, women’s empowerment, and human rights.
Association goals:
1- Setup centers for training of all levels and skills both manual and electronic skills.
2- Organizing training courses in cooperation with public Communication administrative body for computers skills, special training courses for graphics, pictures and voice editing, …. Etc.
3- Setup literacy classes for girls in the country side and classes to teach girls languages and translation.
4- Organizing religious education seminars and setup classes for keeping Quraan in girls minds.
5- Take care of girls with special needs.
6- Organizing special training courses in different fields (house economics, cooking, eating etiquette, first aids).
7- Providing work opportunities for girls through making producing projects and permanent fairs for products with low prices suitable for ordinary citizens.
8- Granting loans for girls to make micro credits.
9- Hold charity parties in favour of charity projects for girls and to build care centers or to help girls with special needs.
10- Participating in medical and media campaigns.
11- Environmental development project, producing recorded films for awareness, and working on building up new generation concern with environmental matters.
12- Issuing special periodical for girls.
1- Political education project and awareness of the importance of issuing electoral card.
2- Providing training courses to generate female cadres considered as a stone corner to have a first generation of trainers in cultural, social, and professional levels.
3- Hold International conferences that discussing important issues contributed to changing concepts for girls, the instructors and lecturers are selected among the special elite in their fields, also participating in the local and international conferences that discussing issues related to the association field.
4- Cooperating with institutions that assist the association through funding or in kind assistance.
5- Designing a website for the association to facilitate the contacting process with other peer associations in the Arab and foreign countries.
6- Designing training course for Arab girls development entitled “Arab girl expresses herself”.
7- Submitting studies and researches and work papers for girls about their ambition, familial and social obstacles that they faced.
8- Discovering and training for arts and scientific talents.
9- Conducting competition in the field of media, arts, and drama.
10- Organizing sight seeing trips.
11- Setup nursery for female employees of the association.
12- Producing movies for awareness and changing citizens’ attitude.
13- Children theater and children drama project.
14- Disseminating awareness towards smoking and addiction phenomena.
Future Girls Association for Development is working in the context of Egyptian girls promotion and development to make strong link between national initiatives and development goals of United Nations to achieve integrated development vision. The Girls Education Initiative affected strongly the association work and plans as it had registered in the Egyptian girl year. The association did obvious efforts in forming and creating integrated system “integrated care” considered as a vision for cooperation among public entities, the National Democratic Party, local councils, executive bodies (ex: cultural centers administrative body – ministry of culture – public library), United Nations center for Media, State Information Service, public halls, a deep-rooted association in Middle East “Huda Sharawi”, and National Council for Childhood and motherhood. We are so proud as members of the association that all our activities and works were self-funded as we do not want money to be the main obstacle faced the voluntary and public work.
The experiences of The Future Girls Association for Development in organizing meetings and conferences:
Future Girls Association for Development is working, in cooperation with many Local, Regional, and International Institutions, on promoting society, specially poor and unplanned areas. The association has focused on holding several local and international meetings for Society Development issues like gender and how to protect young people because they are the country future generation. The association aims at achieving comprehensive development in all life dimensions like political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions.
The Association has implemented:
1- The First conference for Egyptian Girls Development, under the Youth Minster Supervision who attended the conference, in cooperation with The World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and The Ministry of Education. Ministry of Youth Theater.
2- First celebration of International Youth Day, Cairo - August-2003, under Youth Minster supervision who attended the celebration, in cooperation with many United Nations offices, It was hold at ministry of Youth Theater.
3- The Second International Youth Day, Cairo - August-2004, under Education Ministry supervision and attended by Youth Minster and High Education Minster, in cooperation with several International Organizations, It was hold at ministry of Youth Theater.
4- Sharing organizing the fifth International Fair for Children’ Song, under the First Lady “Mrs. Suzan Mubarak” supervision, January, 2004, hold at Nasr City conference hall.
5- The Second Conference for Egyptian Girls Development (partners for better tomorrow), April, 2005, sponsored by National Council for Childhood and motherhood, attended by Ambassador Moshira Khatab, hold at Sayd Darweesh Theater at Arts Academy.
6- The First Conference for Protecting Youth from Addiction, under the Minister of Education supervision who attend the conference at International Pyramids park, September, 2004.
7- International popular heritage day under Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Social Affairs, in cooperation with many governorates, Unesco, World Health Organization, Kospi, and many NGOs working in heritage arts.
8- Transparency and Reform for Development Conference, under Ministry of High Education and Administrative Development body supervision, in cooperation with Egyptian Association for young businessmen, hold in Luna Pyanka boat.
9- International Day for Literacy, September, 24- 25, 2005, under the supervision and participation of the First Lady in Egypt “Suzan Mubarak”, at Mubarak Educational City, in the sixth of October city, attended by G8 delegations, some Arab and foreign countries, in cooperation with General Institution for Adults’ Education, Unesco office in Cairo, USAID, Canadian Aid, and some International organizations concerned with Education matters.
10- Humanity Development and Future Management Conference (Different Roles for New Era, under the Ministry of High Education supervision and attended by Administrative Development Ministry, Cairo, September 17-19, 2005, at Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel.
- Organizing Charity Parties, in addition The Annually Charity Party for the Association, June 25, 2005, Al Salam Concord Hotel, the Party income has transferred to Bani Salama Village services.
- Awareness Campaigns:
1- Gender and Smoking Campaign in cooperation with the World Health Organization under “FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL”.
2- National Campaign for Protecting young people from Addiction in cooperation with National Council for Childhood and Motherhood.
3- National Campaign for Gender and Tuber Closes in cooperation with fighting T.B program at Ministry of Health and The World Health Organization.
- Training Courses:
1- Training course on Political participation supported by Internews Network, in cooperation with United Group- Attorneys At Law – Legal Advisors & Human Rights Advocates
1- Political education project and awareness of the importance of issuing electoral card.
2- Providing training courses to generate female cadres considered as a stone corner to have a first generation of trainers in cultural, social, and professional levels.
3- Hold International conferences that discussing important issues contributed to changing concepts for girls, the instructors and lecturers are selected among the special elite in their fields, also participating in the local and international conferences that discussing issues related to the association field.
4- Cooperating with institutions that assist the association through funding or in kind assistance.
5- Designing a website for the association to facilitate the contacting process with other peer associations in the Arab and foreign countries.
6- Designing training course for Arab girls development entitled “Arab girl expresses herself”.
7- Submitting studies and researches and work papers for girls about their ambition, familial and social obstacles that they faced.
8- Discovering and training for arts and scientific talents.
9- Conducting competition in the field of media, arts, and drama.
10- Organizing sight seeing trips.
11- Setup nursery for female employees of the association.
12- Producing movies for awareness and changing citizens’ attitude.
13- Children theater and children drama project.
14- Disseminating awareness towards smoking and addiction phenomena.
Future Girls Association for Development is working in the context of Egyptian girls promotion and development to make strong link between national initiatives and development goals of United Nations to achieve integrated development vision. The Girls Education Initiative affected strongly the association work and plans as it had registered in the Egyptian girl year. The association did obvious efforts in forming and creating integrated system “integrated care” considered as a vision for cooperation among public entities, the National Democratic Party, local councils, executive bodies (ex: cultural centers administrative body – ministry of culture – public library), United Nations center for Media, State Information Service, public halls, a deep-rooted association in Middle East “Huda Sharawi”, and National Council for Childhood and motherhood. We are so proud as members of the association that all our activities and works were self-funded as we do not want money to be the main obstacle faced the voluntary and public work.
The experiences of The Future Girls Association for Development in organizing meetings and conferences:
Future Girls Association for Development is working, in cooperation with many Local, Regional, and International Institutions, on promoting society, specially poor and unplanned areas. The association has focused on holding several local and international meetings for Society Development issues like gender and how to protect young people because they are the country future generation. The association aims at achieving comprehensive development in all life dimensions like political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions.
The Association has implemented:
1- The First conference for Egyptian Girls Development, under the Youth Minster Supervision who attended the conference, in cooperation with The World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and The Ministry of Education. Ministry of Youth Theater.
2- First celebration of International Youth Day, Cairo - August-2003, under Youth Minster supervision who attended the celebration, in cooperation with many United Nations offices, It was hold at ministry of Youth Theater.
3- The Second International Youth Day, Cairo - August-2004, under Education Ministry supervision and attended by Youth Minster and High Education Minster, in cooperation with several International Organizations, It was hold at ministry of Youth Theater.
4- Sharing organizing the fifth International Fair for Children’ Song, under the First Lady “Mrs. Suzan Mubarak” supervision, January, 2004, hold at Nasr City conference hall.
5- The Second Conference for Egyptian Girls Development (partners for better tomorrow), April, 2005, sponsored by National Council for Childhood and motherhood, attended by Ambassador Moshira Khatab, hold at Sayd Darweesh Theater at Arts Academy.
6- The First Conference for Protecting Youth from Addiction, under the Minister of Education supervision who attend the conference at International Pyramids park, September, 2004.
7- International popular heritage day under Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Social Affairs, in cooperation with many governorates, Unesco, World Health Organization, Kospi, and many NGOs working in heritage arts.
8- Transparency and Reform for Development Conference, under Ministry of High Education and Administrative Development body supervision, in cooperation with Egyptian Association for young businessmen, hold in Luna Pyanka boat.
9- International Day for Literacy, September, 24- 25, 2005, under the supervision and participation of the First Lady in Egypt “Suzan Mubarak”, at Mubarak Educational City, in the sixth of October city, attended by G8 delegations, some Arab and foreign countries, in cooperation with General Institution for Adults’ Education, Unesco office in Cairo, USAID, Canadian Aid, and some International organizations concerned with Education matters.
10- Humanity Development and Future Management Conference (Different Roles for New Era, under the Ministry of High Education supervision and attended by Administrative Development Ministry, Cairo, September 17-19, 2005, at Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel.
- Organizing Charity Parties, in addition The Annually Charity Party for the Association, June 25, 2005, Al Salam Concord Hotel, the Party income has transferred to Bani Salama Village services.
- Awareness Campaigns:
1- Gender and Smoking Campaign in cooperation with the World Health Organization under “FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL”.
2- National Campaign for Protecting young people from Addiction in cooperation with National Council for Childhood and Motherhood.
3- National Campaign for Gender and Tuber Closes in cooperation with fighting T.B program at Ministry of Health and The World Health Organization.
- Training Courses:
1- Training course on Political participation supported by Internews Network, in cooperation with United Group- Attorneys At Law – Legal Advisors & Human Rights Advocates

Our mission: We the Future Lights for Development Organization are a volunteer non governmental organization registered at the Social Affairs Ministry. Our areas of intervention are Egypt. We attempt to support and empower people in the local society, and to give the opportunity to the most needed categories (children, women and youth) through the development of these individual in all life sides - financial, cultural, social, educational, health and environmental. Depending on the local resources "human, financial, natural, informatics", and to support the partnership between the civil, government and private society. Preparing the local cadres and activating their roles in the society to be the base of the sustainable development. Focusing on the concepts of transparency, empowering, quality management to acquire a best future for the person and the society. Our objectives: 1- Ameliorate the financial situation of the persons in need integrated with the educational, cultural, environmental, health and social situation. 2- Support and empower the local societies, especially, rural and random areas in : - Providing and ameliorating infra-structure services. - Specifying the problems of these communities and dealing with it through the participation of the official and private sector. - Projects in education, health, environment and economic development. - Supporting and empowering youth, women and children in projects for the benefit of the local societies. 3- Support and develop the civil society organizations aiming to activate the roles in the local society and ensuring the sustainable development concept. 4-Participate in creating job opportunities, focus on the production and the micro industries to be able to export high quality Egyptian productions. 5-Participate in the education reform in all sides "childhood, early childhood, board of trustees, primary and secondary schools, universities, the education process, education quality, linkage of the education with the work market, the productive school, the school activities....etc. 6- Providing health services especially motherhood, childhood...etc, working on facing the increase of the population, dealing with the health problems for women as for children depending on the development of the medical services, awareness services, ameliorating the capacity of the heath services providers. 7-Protect the environment, presenting creative models to minimize the pollution and to solve the environmental problems, adding the awareness services for the beneficiaries in the area of intervention. And support the partnership with different sectors in the society to adopt the environment issues and participate in solving them.

- Become a creative hub for Egyptian artisans and become the intermediary party between artisans and designers
- Introduce modern Egyptian green handcrafted responsible products through product development in design, material, function and use of Green technology
- Promote the Egyptian culture and support cultural diversity of the world.
- Enhance the societal status of artisans and promote succession among community youth;
- Protect disappearing Egyptian traditional crafts using mostly natural resources with low environmental footprint;
- Build capacity of artisans and help them develop the crafts to create sustainable livelihoods

GebRaa's vision
A world where people are celebrating each other cultures and
taking pride in theirs. Where marginalized local communities
are economically and socially empowered through conscious
customers who support unique cultural green handcrafted
production
 
GebRaa's Mission
1. protect disappearing traditional Egyptian crafts using mostly natural resources with low environmental footprint;
2. build capacity of artisans and help them develop the crafts to create sustainable livelihoods;
3. enhance the societal status of artisans and promote succession among community youth;  
4. enable peasants find employment in their rural communities and hence reduce immigration rate to Cairo and outside Egypt
5. fund community development projects in different artisans communities across the country as well as
6. promote the Egyptian culture and support cultural diversity of the world.

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The overall development objective to which the programme intends to contribute is to strengthen the EU and Egypt cooperation as well as contribute to Egypt's reform process in the context of the ENP Action Plan and Association Agreement; this overall objective certainly depends on the assumption that the Egyptian government commitment towards bracing the cooperation is sustained in addition to maintaining the political stability and economic progress in Egypt.
Improve the capacity of the governmental administrations and entities involved in the implementation of the ENP AP and the AA. Support the Egyptian public administrations in upgrading their legislative and institutional frameworks through approximation to the EU legislations and best practices (acquis communautaire), taking into consideration national reform priorities and implementation needs of the AP and the AA.