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Fellow Egyptians around the world, Your country remains proud of you. Over the past few years, I have been witnessing and following with a sense of pride the great accomplishments that Egyptians

are capable of bringing to life every day, in every sector and in every country across the four corners of the globe. You are the best representatives to your homeland and the incarnation of the true spirit of Egypt Egypt has been making great strides on all levels. Security, stability, economic development and social cohesion in Egypt have become a success story that the whole world recognizes and appreciates. Egyptian citizens have endured many challenges and made significant sacrifices in the course of this journey. Now it is time we moved to recognize, honor and reward those sacrifices. “Haya Karima” or Decent Life is an initiative launched and sponsored by H.E President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, with the main objective of improving the quality of life in the poorest rural communities within the framework of the Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030, through decreasing multidimensional poverty and unemployment rates. In January 2019, the first phase was launched targeting to cover 375 villages across Egypt. By launching the second phase, in January 2021, the number of targeted villages increased to 1500, with the number of beneficiaries representing 20% of the overall Egyptian population Your role as Egyptians abroad has been pivotal in every stage of this success story. And we need your support once again. Let me mention 2 of the projects of the initiative where your contribution can make a difference. 1- Haya Karima digital trucks; a mobile classroom aims to bring digital skills to the underserved communities. They can get to where it is needed most, reaching communities that conventional classrooms cannot. Each truck is equipped with 15 laptops, interactive screens, and built-in Wi Fi. It aspires to close the digital gap, expand digital literacy and make digital skills available to everyone. 2- Training and operation aims to provide employment through micro-projects for breadwinner women, entrepreneurs, youth and disabled. It will support blue and red-collar workers through set up of carpentry, blacksmithing workshops, providing poultry shops material, clothes sewing machines, agricultural vehicles and gadgets and wheel chairs for the disabled. You have the power to empower. We have a goal of raising $1 million US to make a big impact. There are 2 ways to give. One is through the Facebook donation link https://www.facebook.com/Hayakarimausa or https://hayakarimausa.com/and the other is mailing in a check to (Maple Valley Rotary P. O. Box 1102 Maple Valley. WA 98038). We are partnering with New Egypt Group a Global non profit organization and Rotary, a Global non profit organization known for their humanitarian work globally. All donations made to Rotary or New Egypt Group on the Facebook link or mailed by check are 100% tax deductible for those living in the US. There are no administrative costs, so 100% of the money goes directly to the project. You will receive a receipt for tax purposes. Your contribution, no matter how small, matters to those who are genuinely in need. We are confident that Egyptians, irrespective of their location, will continue to amaze the world and exhibit the distinctiveness of the Egyptian character, through solidarity and support for their fellow compatriots, to drive our success story to even great advancements