PM's Egypt follows up youth ministry's projects under "Decent Life" initiative

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Sun, 10 Oct 2021 - 10:00 GMT

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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in the meeting with businessmen on Decent Life initiative (Photo: Egyptian Presidency) ShareFacebookTwitterWhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in the meeting with businessmen on Decent Life initiative (Photo: Egyptian Presidency) ShareFacebookTwitterWhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

CAIRO - 10 October 2021: The State is making great efforts to upgrade youth centers nationwide, whether through the investments covered by the general state budget, or the projects pursued under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) system, Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi said Saturday.


Sobhi made the remarks during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli to follow up the ministry's projects under the president-backed "Decent Life" rural development initiative.

A number of youth who participated in drawing up the 2021-2026 national strategy for youth were also in attendance.

As many as 50 youth centers have been improved or built nationwide as part of the State's investment plan since 2018, Sobhi said.

In addition, 239 youth centers have been established under the usufruct system during the same period, the minister added, noting that these centers housed up to 377 projects, including swimming pools, indoor halls, sports fields, commercial stores, and cafeterias.

As for the ministry's projects under the 1st phase of the "Decent Life" initiative, Sobhi said that the initiative involves building or improving 1,028 centers in targeted cities and villages, including 255 new centers.

The initiative includes promoting the "Decent Life" national project for developing the Egyptian countryside among foreign circles with the help of Egyptian students studying overseas, the minister said.

The total number of villages targeted by the ‘Decent Life’ initiative is 4,600 lying across 20 governorates. Half of those are located in Upper Egypt, including Fayoum, Beni Suef, Menya, Sohag, Asyut, Luxor and Aswan. The rest are located in Delta, having Qalyoubeya, Damietta, Beheira, Menoufeya, Gharbia, and Sharqia.

 

The goals of the initiatives are as follows:

Rehabilitating houses, building ceilings for houses that lack them, and building residential communities in villages in need.Connecting the houses to water supply, wastewater, natural gas, and electricity networks.Introducing infrastructure necessary for micro-enterprises.Providing medical services, building hospitals and healthcare units, and equipping them with the necessary devices and medical staff.Operating medical caravans, and offering prosthetics.Improving the quality of schools, and nurseries, and establishing literacy classrooms.Expanding economic empowerment, vocational training, and employment through micro, small, and medium enterprises.Establishing industrial, and craft complexes.Bolstering food supply chains, and providing subsidized food.

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