http://blacd.org RSS feeds for Blacd Website 60 http://blacd.org/articles-manager/tabid/131/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/52/Pages-to-support-the-rights-of-the-poor-in-Minya-villages-on-Facebook.aspx#Comments 0 http://blacd.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=131&ModuleID=632&ArticleID=52 http://blacd.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=52&PortalID=0&TabID=131 http://blacd.org/articles-manager/tabid/131/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/52/Pages-to-support-the-rights-of-the-poor-in-Minya-villages-on-Facebook.aspx Pages to support the rights of the poor in Minya villages on Facebook Minia – Better Life: Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development in Minya supported a group of young villagers in which it operates to launch pages through social network website "Facebook", where the youth of these villages raise their issues and problems and try to find solutions to them across the pages. The youth implemented a number of opinion polls across the pages. Two sets of young people in villages of Beni Ahmad and Nazlet Farajallah have launched pages on the social network website entitled "O people, where is my right" in Beni Ahmad and "I have the right to live" in the village of Nazlat Farajallah. Nevin Saad, the Project Director of building the capacity of poor and marginalized groups, say that we work through the project to support and organize the poor to have access to their social and economic rights. The support of these active young groups comes out of our faith in positive youth cards in bringing about the change and in the important and effective role played by the Internet and social network websites currently. It is worth mentioning that this is the first experiment to those villages so the Association has built the capacity of young people to design, set a goal and vision for the page, distribute roles, develop a charter work and the principles of the page where it was agreed by young people not to be subjected to political and religious issues aiming to discuss issues, problems and positives in the villages only The young people continue their activity on pages where members exceeded two hundreds members of each page within a very short period. The Association will communicate in supporting young people and spread the concept of the use of social media among the youth of the villages. admin Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:29:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:52 http://blacd.org/articles-manager/tabid/131/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/51/Soft-loans-from-Better-Life-for-the-fishermen-to-improve-housing-in-Minya.aspx#Comments 0 http://blacd.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=131&ModuleID=632&ArticleID=51 http://blacd.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=51&PortalID=0&TabID=131 http://blacd.org/articles-manager/tabid/131/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/51/Soft-loans-from-Better-Life-for-the-fishermen-to-improve-housing-in-Minya.aspx Soft loans from Better Life for the fishermen to improve housing in Minya Minia – Better Life: Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development in Minya distributed group of soft loans to a number of fishermen in the communities in which the Association operates in order to develop and improve housing conditions of fishermen.       Eng. Mina Mokbel, the project manager of "Improving the Housing of the Poor", said that the project works in more than 20 villages east and west of the Nile since 1997 and more than 6500 houses have benefited from it whether by rebuilding, restoration or finishing as well as the delivery of clean drinking water and making sanitary latrines. He added: the Association successful in making toilets with health specifications within these villages, in addition to holding a number of health trainings for women leaders, contributing to increase their community awareness and prepare them to live in a healthy environment free of disease. The Association has also built healthy houses by using environmental-friendly ores existed around them .       For his part, Fouad Saad - the Association's lending officer, stressed that the program is primarily meant poor groups whom the Association work with such as peasants, fishermen, quarry workers, women. He pointed out that concerning the group of fishermen, the Association since its establishment has provided more than 1550 loans whether for improving housing, delivery of drinking water or making sanitary latrines in order to raise the standard of living of the fishermen community. The repayment rates are up to more than 95%. Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development has got the World Habitat Award in 2010, as a representative of Egypt, provided by the Building and Social Housing Founding in London, after the competition of 9 countries in the semi-finals of the competition.   admin Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:20:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:51 http://blacd.org/articles-manager/tabid/131/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/48/Desks-from-Better-Life-for-a-Preparatory-School-in-Minia.aspx#Comments 0 http://blacd.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=131&ModuleID=632&ArticleID=48 http://blacd.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=48&PortalID=0&TabID=131 http://blacd.org/articles-manager/tabid/131/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/48/Desks-from-Better-Life-for-a-Preparatory-School-in-Minia.aspx To support the Educational Process Desks from Better Life for a Preparatory School in Minia Minya - Better Life: Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development in Minya handed desks today to Nazlat Hussein Preparatory School for Boys in the framework of the Association's initiative to support the educational process in the Governorate. The number of seats is 150 seats to meet the needs of seven classes at the school.         For his part, Shaaban Haseeb the School Headmaster, pointed out that the seats' state at the school is completely dilapidated. We have offered it on to the Better Life Association to support the school with a set of desks. Indeed, a delegation from the Association visited the school and the Association did not hesitate to support us and this is a clear result of the important and effective role played by the civil society organizations in the Society. He noted that any renovations or maintenance have not been done to the school since its inception in 1995, as well as the deterioration of school seats. Eng. Mina Mokbel, Better Life's Housing Project Manager, said that the Association's support for the educational process comes under the community role played by civil society organizations, where they are active partners in the development process and education comes a top priority. He added that the Association had supplied El-Shurafa Primary School with seats to students to cover the needs of the school. The school will hold festive for this occasion next week. admin Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:25:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:48