Decent Life initiative endorsed by H.E President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, with the main objective of improving the quality of life in the poorest rural communities within the framework of the Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030, through decreasing multidimensional poverty and unemployment rates. This is within a framework of integration and joining forces among the state institutions, private sector entities, civil society and development partners in Egypt. It is a huge shared responsibility among these different parties to provide a decent life to Egyptian citizens, especially vulnerable groups.
It is worth mentioning that this initiative has contributed to mitigating the negative impacts of COVID-19 through improving the standards of living conditions of the most in need groups. While providing job opportunities through supporting SMEs. The goals of this initiative are to be achieved through:
⦁ Providing decent housing.
⦁ Providing water and sanitation for deprived families.
⦁ Providing medical and educational services.
⦁ Establishing micro-projects for those most in need.
⦁ Providing in-kind support periodically to most in need families.
Target Groups
⦁ Neediest families in rural communities
⦁ Seniors
⦁ Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
⦁ Female breadwinners and divorced women
⦁ Orphans and Children
⦁ Unemployed youth
⦁ Volunteers
Pillars of Work:
⦁ Improving living-standards and investing in human capital.
⦁ Developing infrastructure services.
⦁ Raising the quality of human development services.
⦁ Economic development. Specially, it provides poorest villages with increased access to the basic services such as: health, education, water and sanitation…etc.
In January 2019, the first phase was launched targeting to cover 375 villages across Egypt. By launching the second phase, in January 2021, the number of targeted villages increased to 1500, with the number of beneficiaries representing 20% of the overall Egyptian population.
The initiative comes as an affirmation of the state’s willingness to implement the participatory planning approach through integrating citizens in the need’s identification stage, along with the government and civil society’s participation in the implementation and monitoring process.
For more information on the “Decent Life” initiative, please visit the initiative’s website.
Aswan University’s Key Role:
Aswan University plays a pivotal role as a key partner in the “Decent Life” presidential initiative, through several meaningful insights and practical ways to improve the quality of life in the poorest rural communities through:
⦁ Identifying Problems and challenges in the rural communities in the City of Aswan.
⦁ Conducting studies, analyzes and developments related to the local rural communities, for example:
⦁ Addressing the causes and potential solutions of the groundwater problem in “Kustul” village in Nasr El-Nuba.
⦁ Addressing the causes and potential solutions of water leakage and accumulation on roads in Abu Al-Rish and High Dam regions.
⦁ Implementation of scientific, medical, veterinary, agriculture, and other convoys in various fields.
⦁ Execute Educational and outreach programs.
