Geographic Area:

Cairo and Alexandria

Area of Development:

Social and human development

Sector:

Poverty alleviation

Executive body:

DGCS

Institutional counterpart:

CARITAS

Other funding parties:

-

Beneficiaries:

The youth of the particularly disadvantaged communities affected by leprosy

Period of implementation:

2003

Amount and nature of the funds:

223,000 € grant through the debt swap

Type of intervention:

Training and economic support

Objective:

Sending young people to schools

Description of the project:

The project intends to intervene in some marginalized communities affected by leprosy. In particular, it aims at offering food and economic support to the families, in order to allow children to go to schools and follow an educational course that will permit them to acquire professional knowledge, thus, guaranteeing a long-term support to the family