Arabnews24.ca:Monday 9 January 2023 07:00 AM: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday underlined the important role played by the National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW) in extending help to the society’s categories in fields the government alone can not fulfill, praising the coordinated and sustained work of the alliance and its fruitful outcome.
Speaking at the first conference of NACDW, Sisi said civil society organizations can achieve a role that the government alone can not fulfill, noting that around 50,000 societies are operating in Egypt under the umbrella of NACDW.
The president voiced hope that more entities can join the NACDW to expand the help offered to society at the economic, health and other fields.
He extended thanks to NACDW, terming it as a model to be followed by a large number of Egyptians who are working hard to activate the economic empowerment initiatives.
Sisi called on NACDW and other civil society organizations to intensify their efforts during 2023 in light of the current world economic crisis which started in 2022 and will have further impact on the current year.
He underlined that NACDW has announced a package of EGP 14 billion to the charity work, calling on “Tahya Misr” fund to contribute to raising this fund and asked the government to exert more efforts in this regard.
Sisi said: “Frankly speaking, the civil society organizations play a role that the government alone could never accomplish with the same efficiency,” adding that there is a need for further expanding the NACDW to include other entities.
He said the donations of EGP 10 billion should be increased, noting that 2022 was declared as a year for civil society and the current year needs more efforts to overcome the impact of the economic crisis.
Sisi went on to say that NACDW has announced a fund of EGP 14 billion, calling on all parties to contribute to increasing its capital. The president called on the government, Tahya Misr Fund and other special fund to donate for NACDW’s fund for charity work.
The president asserted that he has been continuously contacting the civil society entities to be briefed on their work and their ideas that he admired a lot.
Sisi addressed a woman, one of the beneficiaries of the NACDW for economic empowerment, terming her as a role model for running a farm alone.
