Dr. Osama Al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, participated in “International Human Solidarity Day… Youth Celebration,” in the presence of Counselor Mahmoud Fawzi, Minister of Parliamentary and Legal Affairs and Political Communication; Dr. Hani Sweilem, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation; Dr. Margaret Sarofim, Deputy Minister of Social Solidarity; Ambassador Nabila Makram, Head of the Technical Secretariat of the National Alliance for Civil Development Action; Dr. Ohoud Wafi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hayat Karima; Dr. Buthaina Mustafa, Vice President of the Decent Life Foundation; Hatem Metwally, member of the founding committee of the National Alliance for Private Development Action, and Dr. Hisham Abdel Aziz, head of the Political Communication Group at the Ministry of Endowments, also attended from the Endowments side. Dr. Osama Raslan, official spokesman for the Ministry of Endowments; Mahmoud Al-Jallad, Assistant Minister for Media Affairs; In addition to a number of representatives of ministries, agencies, and civil society leaders.
In his speech, he welcomed Dr. Osama Al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, attended the event, along with all “Hayat Karima” volunteers, describing them as “soldiers of goodness and shepherds of life,” and expressing his honor as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hayat Karima Foundation, noting that it is an institution that expresses the essence and truth of the Egyptian human being.< /p>
The Minister of Endowments added that the Hayat initiative Karima was launched in 2019, and it succeeded in achieving financing on the launch day amounting to 700 billion pounds, and it was able to reach 35 million Egyptians, in all the villages and hamlets of Egypt. Pointing out that the International Day of Human Solidarity is an international occasion, which allowed us to be proud before the world of the Dignified Life initiative.
The Minister of Endowments confirmed that the Foundation’s efforts flowed with goodness and giving, as it built hospitals and schools. It paved roads, lined canals, and established dozens of medical, social, and economic initiatives. He also stressed that the institution stimulated enthusiasm, kindled hope, and provided goodness, giving, and development.
The minister added that the initiative’s role was not limited to appreciating, honoring, and serving Egyptians, but rather its goodness went beyond a regional role. It is very important and distinguished towards the Palestinian issue, as the hand of benevolence and giving extended from the Decent Life Foundation to provide relief to our brothers in Palestine. The Minister stressed that there is no solution to the Palestinian issue except by declaring the establishment of a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
At the conclusion of his speech, the Minister renewed his thanks to every volunteer in the “Decent Life” initiative, who number approximately fifty thousand young Egyptian women and men; For their dedication, time and effort. The Minister also thanked His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, for his dedication to employing all the energies of this country so that the hand of goodness, giving, life and development can be extended from all its people to every human being on the land of Egypt.
It is worth noting that the celebration is annual, and is held under the supervision of the Hayat Karima Foundation, which supervises one of the largest and most important development projects in the world. The celebration is an explicit call to remember social responsibility, unify efforts, and join forces between state institutions, the private sector, and civil society to confront the great challenges that require a common vision, a collective will to work for humanity, generous souls, and praiseworthy detachment mixed with the efforts of volunteer youth to work. Charitable.
