Hands Along the Nile (HANDS)

Read the newest Hand on the Nile Newsletter, "Helping Hands" here.
 

Middle East

BMPC Liaison: Sara Griffin

Mission:
HANDS provides comprehensive development work in Egypt including personnel and materials, training for local leadership to continue projects in education, health, agriculture, economic development, and Christian education. It is an American not-for-profit organization that is committed to building relationship between the people of Egypt – both Muslim and Christian, and the US. It has joined with the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), the oldest and largest non-governmental agency in Egypt.

Volunteer Opportunities:
Even if you can’t travel to Egypt there are many ways to help: Host a “Crafts of Cairo” sale in your community. The Association for the Protection of the Environment is a literacy and job-skills training center for girls and young women from the garbage collector community in Cairo. Women learn to weave, quilt and recycle paper as well as to read and write, empowering them to support their families and have a voice in their communities. HANDS organizes sales of their handicrafts in America, sending the income to APE to support their training programs.

Lend your expertise to the HANDS office in Arlington VA – Data Entry; Preparing mailings; Accounting; Proposal Writing; IT issues; Translation and Program Support.

Rev. Sherri Hausser participated as a delegate in Hand’s Egyptian-American Dialogue and BMPC hosted a group of Egyptian delegates in November 2007. Watch for opportunities to host future dialogues.

Web Site: www.handsalongthenile.org

HANDS Contact:
Jennifer A. Cate
Executive Director
Hands Along the Nile Development Services, Inc.
1601 North Kent Street, #803
Arlington, VA 22209
703-875-9370
info.handsalongthenile.org