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About BLACD

The Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development (BLACD) is an Egyptian non-governmental, non-profit organization working to improve the quality of life of poor and deprived people in Upper Egypt.

The association was established in the Egyptian city of Minya in 1995 and registered as an NGO with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Affairs in 2003. 
 

 

Vision

Our vision is a community free of poverty, violence, illiteracy and unemployment for a better life.

Mission

Our mission is to improve the quality of life of marginalized communities through empowering them.

Words of Beneficiaries

“Before I didn’t know how to get in touch with Government officials but now I know how to meet them and how talk to them about our problems” A fisherman in one of the rural Fishermen’s Associations/

Improving the Livelihood of Fisher Folk

Partners