Dear sponsor
Regional Office Midille East
11, Mohamed Abdullah Deraz
El Golf ‑ Heliopolis
P.0. Box 126 El Korba
Cairo ‑ EGYPT
Tel +20/2/69043 21
Fax + 20 / 2 / 690 43 25
soskdi‑me@sos‑kdme.org
Alexandria ,
December 2005
We would like to extend our warmest thanks and appreciation for your
generous support. Moreover, we want to start our report with a nice
event that all the children and their mothers in your SOS Children's
Village Alexandria celebrated. In September one of our eldest girls got
married, a very big wedding was organized in the village where all the
families and the members of the village participated. Ali the
attendants were glad and wished the bride all the happiness.
Afterwards, she flew with her groom to their house to begin their new
life.
For a long period of time no new children have joined the village;
however this year we welcomed six siblings, two girls and four boys
that formed the eleventh family house. Five of them are in good health
and were enrolled in schools each in his/her respective grade. The
sixth and the youngest brother was noticed to be very weak with
problems in his walk and in manipulating solid objects. Doctors were
consulted and tests were made that showed no major physical reasons but
bad nutrition and lack of enough attention and care. After six months
in the village, an improvement is seen and he has already joined the
village's nursery with all the normal children.
The annual seminar for all the youth in the youth houses was held this
year in Fayoum governorate, which is located 85 km south of Cairo. Its
name is probably derived. from 'Fayoum' meaning water. It is famous of
Qaroun Lake that is Egypt's largest natural salt‑water lake. The main
target of these seminars is to give the chance to the youth to express
their feelings and opinions in issues that concern them and. their
future. They also discussed. many general subjects and of course they
gained new experiences. In addition they know about and visit different
places in Egypt and certainly they are very happy for that.
Eleven youth accompanied FIFA/SOS Ambassador Mahmoud El Khatib to
attend a memorial match for the late former Egyptian goalkeeper (Sabet
El Batal) on 4h of April. In this match children escorted the players
onto the pitch. SOS children wore t‑shirts with the FIFA/SOS logo on
the front and a photo of El Batal. on the back. Two FIFA/SOS banners
decorated the area behind the two goalposts and the match was broadcast
live on TV.
Mahmoud El‑Khatieb, was presented with the award African Legend. To
congratulate him, a group of SOS Youths from Alexandria, Cairo and
Tanta went to his Football School with a bouquet of flowers in SOS logo
colours. They also prepared a red t‑shirt with the number "10" written
on it and made out of paper reflecting the colour of his club and his
number in "El Ahly team".
Each year on April 7th, the world celebrates World Health Day. On this
day around the globe, thousands of events mark the importance of health
for productive and happy lives. This year SOS youth attended the
meeting that was held in the WHO Regional Office for Middle East and
they took advantage of this meeting and learnt many new things.
As every year there are a lot of dinner invitations for the children
during the holy month of Ramadan. This year there was an invitation
from a group from different faculties on the beach in Alexandria where
all the children enjoy playing on the sand as well as attending a party
after dinner. Another generous invitation was in a restaurant where the
dinner was presented with the light of candles and music. The children
were fond of the place and spent a very nice time there.
It is also worth mentioning that, we renovated the entire main
electrical network of the village in addition to the maintenance of the
sewage one and even‑more improvement is scheduled for the next year
plan.
After all we send you best regards from all the children in SOS
Children's Village Alexandria and wish you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Solia Abdel Salani Hafez
Sponsorship Coordinator
EGYPT
