62 % of the Egyptian publics contribute with their philanthropies annually      The material giving by the Egyptian public reaches around 1.522.364,580 (around 1 Billion and a half Egyptian Pounds) annually.      The voluntary effort given by the Egyptian public is estimated around 4,642,240 (4 Million and six Hundred Thousand Egyptian Pounds) annually.      In-kind giving by the Egyptians is estimated around 509,950,006 (around 500 Million Egyptian Pound) annually.      Around 46% of the Egyptians pay zakat al mal      Around 92% of the Egyptians pay zakat al fitr      Per Capita share of the Egyptian person from economic foreign aid reaches USD$13 annually      Per Capita philanthropic share of the Egyptian person is USD$5.2 annually      How can we invest and channel these resources and efforts to develop Egypt and enforce social change leading to a just society?

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We are proud to have carried out the first "National Study on Philanthropy in Egypt".

Egyptians rate very high in terms of their giving, however, most of these local resources are scattered, individual, haphazard, and simply go to charity with no real contribution to real development.


Could our Sadaqat, Zakat/Ushour,and Volunteerism go strategically to fund development; and could forms such as Waqf sustain our initiatives?


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From our belief that development must start from within, and that local resources are our main assets to develop and prosper, we decided to launch a program that works on understanding, directing and investing these assets in the development process.

"Our resources, our giving, our future"!
We created this website with the aim of spreading the knowledge about social giving in Egypt. We are providing on line a huge database that contains various resources about philanthropy, religion and giving, social justice, aspects of takafol, not only in Egypt, but worldwide. In addition, you will find a database on local NGOs, successful initiatives in Egypt and private sector's initiatives, for you to support, join, learn from, and for you to recommend others you fancy.

By joining us, you will join a learning group that will be concerned with discussing social ills from their roots, and working on creating local development projects using on our local resources.

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