Resala, also known as Resala Association, is a
non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
based in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
.
History and profile
Resala was established in 1999 as a youth movement at
Cairo University
Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
; Sherif Abd Al Azim, an engineering professor, supervised the movement.
It is powered by over 1,500,000 volunteers spanning 67 branches all over Egypt. It provides 31 activities aimed at helping the Egyptian community. These activities include: caring for orphans; helping the blind, the deaf, and children with special needs;
blood donation
A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for blood transfusion, transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called Blood fractionation, fractionation (separation of whole blood com ...
s;
poverty alleviation
Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.
Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics clas ...
; and
literacy
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...
training.
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Activities
* Orphans care: Each branch raises around 25 orphans or less, providing them with care and big siblings through the BBBS activity, with the possibility of being adopted.
* Blind care: In addition to helping thousands of blind people in need, many books are being printed in Braille
Braille (Pronounced: ) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are Blindness, blind, Deafblindness, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on Paper embossing, embossed paper ...
, recorded in cassettes and read to the orphans by thousands of volunteers. Through Resala, many of them have received their Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. and PHDs
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...
.
* Deaf/mutes care: Provides them with computer courses, religious principles, art workshops, medical aids and job opportunities; also organises trips and parties.
* Special abilities care
* Aiding needy homes and families
* Organizing second-hand clothes fairs
* Free tutoring
* Blood bank or life-saving activity aims to spread blood donation culture in Egypt with 50K on call emergency donor and regular organized blood donation campaigns supplying safe blood transfusion to different patients especially the Thalassemia group which is covered by constant and regular “kafala” donors for their case.
* Recycling
* Training centers (literacy/computers/languages)
* Medical care
* Street kids care
* Caravans
* Charity errands
* Charity visits
* Handiwork
* Advertising
* Sales
* Anwar Resala
* Forsan Resala
* Ensan Awareness
References
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External links
Official website
1999 establishments in Egypt
Organizations established in 1999
Non-profit organisations based in Egypt
Deafness charities
Blindness charities
Cairo University