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Make a Difference was an extensive program which comprised a vast number of initiatives and fundraising events that sought to engage volunteers to contribute in meeting the social and financial needs of disadvantaged children and poor families in marginalized areas. Gozour Foundation, in collaboration with volunteers from Barclays Bank, implemented the following initiatives:<\/p>
\u2022 Back to School Initiative: volunteers purchased, packed, and distributed school bags to support children in needy families and encourage them to continue their education.
\u2022 Bazar El Kheer: volunteers brought clothes, footwear (new and barely used) as well as kitchen and home supplies and sold them at Bazar El Kheer for poor families at nominal prices.
\u2022 Career Day: volunteers hosted youth in their offices to build their capacity on how to search for job, write a CV, and conduct interviews.
\u2022 Environment Campaign: volunteers participated in a clean-up campaign in El Awayed area in Alexandria and brought and distributed baskets in the street to ensure the sustainability of the initiative.
\u2022 School Refurbishment: volunteers participated in painting the class rooms and fences of schools in Alexandria, Cairo, and Giza Governorates.
\u2022 Kindergarten Refurbishment: volunteers planted and painted the playground of the kindergarten of Dahshour CDA.
\u2022 Cookout: volunteers participated in cooking and distributing meals for children in three orphanages.
\u2022 Car Wash Fundraising Event: volunteers washed the cars of their friends and relatives to raise funds to conduct Eye Medical Caravans in Gamaza village in Giza Governorate.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Social Support Program Social inequality remains to be one of the biggest challenges that Egypt faces, especially due to the fact that the country has limited resources vis-\u00e0-vis a rapidly growing population. Assisting marginalized families and developing disenfranchised communities by providing them with humanitarian assistance is pivotal to prevent such communities from resorting to extreme […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2190,"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions\/2190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gozour.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}