Egypt Archives - Meandering home

November 30. Caritas Egypt.

In the morning, after a good Egyptian breakfast, we visit Caritas Egypt as planned, and I ask a few questions about a center they are running in a more modest neighbourhood of the city. It sounds like they are doing real good work there so I decide to focus more on it ...

7 December, 2009

Cairo, caritas, Egypt, Nairobi

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November 30. Caritas Egypt.

7 December, 2009

Cairo, caritas, Egypt, Nairobi

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Misa village

Poor family in Misa Village, CairoThe Misa Village is within sight of the Pyramids, yet poverty is ubiquitous here.

We decide to support one family on the eve of an important religious celebration and by shoes for the children.

Namefamily in Misa village near GizaAimTo allow a destitute muslim family to celebrate ...

30 November, 2009

Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Middle-East, Misa, pyramids

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Caritas Egypt

Caritas Egypt, CairoNovember 28th, 2009Caritas Egypt does community outreach in empoverished areas of Cairo. They provide cheap healthcare and vocational training for marginalized and mentally challenged children.

We visit one of their centers in Cairo and make a modest contribution for the education of mentally challenged children.

NameCaritas Egypt, Mataraya centerAimTo help ...

28 November, 2009

Cairo, caritas Egypt, children, Egypt, healthcare, mental, Middle-East, training center

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November 20. All our presidents are underground.

The jagged contours of the mountainous Egyptian coastline reflect the bright sunlight that is waking me up. I am one of the many passengers that lie scattered on the carpet floor of the bar in hull of the vessel. There is no passport in my pocket, just a piece of paper that says I have ...

24 November, 2009

Cairo, Egypt, Mubarkak, Nasser, Sadat

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November 19. Petra.

Waking up not too early since this is supposed to be a vacation day. We walk to the entrance of the archelogical marvel that is called Petra, and I buy a one-day pass (one day: 21 JD, two days: 26 JD as of november 2009. Be smart and buy a two-day-pass if you really ...

24 November, 2009

Ad-Deir, Beduins, Egypt, ferry, hitchhiking, Petra

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