Would you employ a blind person?
Would you employ a blind person?
What can be done to get blind people into work? Is it too expensive to employ blind people or is there just not enough faith in them? This is a success storyof building effective partnerships between private sector companies and NGOs from Egypt and abroad with an ultimate goal of enabling the visually impaired to have equal opportunities of services and integrate in their society. ...full story
Letter from Our Chairman
Ten years have elapsed since the launching of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in 2001, at the beginning of a new millennium and amid great hopes for Egypt's economic and social development. The Foundation was born particularly to create jobs for young Egyptians aspiring for good careers and better living standards. Our aim was to invest in human welfare and sustained development, and provide vital safety nets and much-needed services in some of our most deprived communities. ...