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CAIRO - 25 January 2022: The Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) along with Alex Bank announced the organization of the first art exhibition for marginalized children at Townhouse gallery in partnership with Al Ismaelia for Real Estate Investment and UBUNTU Art Gallery.
Aiming to shed light and create social awareness on vital issues facing marginalized children in Egypt, while empowering them through art as a means of creative expression and self-discovery.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on February 13, and it opens its doors to the public at the Townhouse Gallery from February 14-19.
The exhibition is planned to showcase the outcome of 95 workshops in various fields of art; including painting, ceramics, macramé and cloth dolls making, in which250 children are participating from different institutions; Banati Foundation, Samusocial International, Association for the Protection of the Environment “APE”, Educate Me Foundation, the UNHCR and Save the Children International.
Olivia Farahat, the exhibition organizer stated, “This exhibition aims at raising social awareness on numerous vital issues towards empowering marginalized children, integrating them into the society, and developing their creative sides. We are proud of the results achieved by the children, and we hope that this exhibition will contribute to their potentials and help them become active members of their societies in the future.”
From her side, Ms. Noura Selim Executive Director at SFSD stated: “SFSD’s focus on children is one of the main pillars of our development plan, as empowering societies can only be achieved through real empowerment of both mothers and children in the first place. Therefore, the Foundation, in cooperation with its partners, ensures its contribution includes a special focus on developing children's skills, and promoting and instilling positive values through sport and arts, which makes this exhibition a continuation of the Foundation's efforts to integrate and empower marginalized children”.
Ms. Laila Hosny, Head of CSR & Sustainable at ALEXBANK added: “We are extremely happy to further expand our partnership with Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, that through addressing different social aspects, aims at contributing to the communities where ALEXBANK operates. Among the causes we both believe in, is children empowerment and raising awareness on the importance of improving livelihoods of vulnerable children, as well as providing them with fair health care, solid education, future work opportunities, recognizing this one of the priorities for the Egyptian Government too.”
This exhibition coincides with Sawiris Foundation's 20th anniversary. Founded by the Sawiris Family, SFSD has contributed to vital issues concerning marginalized children in Egypt, including children of less privileged communities, children with disabilities, homeless children, and refugee children in Egypt over the past 20 years. In cooperation with many partners from both the public and private sectors along with civil society institutions, Sawiris Foundation was able to transform the lives of thousands of marginalized children into better, safe and stable lives by providing many services, including sheltering, health, psychological and educational care for children with a focus on developing their life skills, and strengthening and implanting positive values through different forms of art.
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