Activities

Health Sector

First: Supporting Health Facilities with Health Devices and Equipment

The Banque Misr Foundation for Community Development and Welfare equipped 35 university and governmental medical units in various governorates, including:

Second: Medical Convoys

SupportingMedical Convoys Organized by the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University inFayoum and Beni Suef
TheRight to Vision for All and Combating Blindness Project in Fayoum Incooperation with the Fayoum Agro Organic Development Association
BurnTreatment Project In cooperation with the Ahl Misr Foundation
Banque Misr Foundation for Community Development supports the National Institute for Research on Endemic Disease and Liver to treat hepatitis C patients

Third: Supporting Scientific Research

The foundation has also been committed to supporting scientific research through providing financial support for:

Stem cell research for diabetes patients at the Kidney and Urology Hospital in Mansoura University
Medical research for diabetes patients at Zagazig University Hospital
Scientific research for liver patients at the National Liver Institute
Scientific research at the Magdi Yacoub Foundation

Fourth: In-kind Support for Hospitals

The foundation provides furniture and accommodation requirements for a number of hospitals, whereby it provided 9,000 bedsets to the following hospitals:

Red Crescent
National Cancer Institute
Ain Shams Specialized Hospitals
New Kasr Al Aini Hospital
Old Kasr Al Aini Hospital
Children’s Cancer Hospital (57357)

National Sponsorship at the National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute was established in 1959 to diagnose, treat, and follow up with patients. The institute treats about 200,000 patients annually, approximately 80% of whom receive treatment for free, while the remainder have their costs covered by medical insurance or the state. The institute has about 230 beds, five operating rooms, and an intensive care unit, as well as a blood bank and a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit. This is in addition to the labs, the physiotherapy unit, and the pharmacy.

The Banque Misr Foundation contributes a fixed monthly sum to provide the required medical equipment for two beds in the intensive care unit.

Social Development Sector

Education and Youth Training Sector

Social Solidarity Sector

Orphans are considered among the neediest segments of society, requiring both educational, psychological, and social care to help them integrate into society and overcome the conditions of orphanhood and the loss of their families. We define orphans as children have lost one or both parents

The Child’s Law guarantees the principles and rights of childhood, among which are Article 4:

“The child’s right to life, survival, and growth under the protection of a cohesive and interdependent family, and to all protective measures, and protection from all types of violence or harm or physical, psychological, or sexual abuse or negligence, or any other form of maltreatment or exploitation.”

According to a UNICEF survey from 2006, the number of orphaned children in the world is more than 150 million. Orphan children constitute about 5% of the population, and as such constitute a significant number of the Egyptian population. Approximately 43,000 orphans are counted in Egypt annually. This is partially due to the increase in the number of breadwinning women, whereby a third of society is supported by women breadwinners. According to figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) the rate of women supporting their families ranges between 22% and 26%, and in Cairo alone, it is 19.2%.

Despite the role that society should play in supporting these children and their mothers, there is nonetheless a clear deficiency in providing care to this children amid the weakness of the role played by the state and institutions. While such institutions should be providing support in all its forms, more often than not, the support provided, if any, is limited to financial support.

The activities undertaken in the realm of social solidarity vary, including: