New Horizon Association for Social Development

Institutional purpose

Mission: To advance sustainable community based structures that enable the most marginalized and neglected communities to secure their livelihoods and improve their quality of life

Institutional GOAL: To propel socio- economic justice and awareness towards sustainable development among Egyptians from varies social groupings.

OUR 3- HOLD APPROACH

Rights based Participatory

Holistic

From Charity to Development

Empower community members through mobilization and capacity building

Propel change in attitude among target communities

Demonstrate replicable pilots for sustainable development initiatives

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation Target region: Old Cairo Total Population: ca. 1.1 million

Project Target areas & population: Esb El Kerala: 50,000 inhabitants Ain El Sira: 15,000 to 20,000 inhabitants El Fawajer: 10,000 inhabitants Baten El Bakra: 7,500 inhabitants

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) with

target communities Capacity building of 15 Community

based Associations (CDAs) Sub-grants provision to community

committees ( local CDA representatives, natural community leaders, local government officials and religious leaders)

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation

Development Priorities:Access to basic HealthAccess to appropriate Housing (safe environment)Education Child Rights

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation

Capacity Building:Institutional capacity building ( managerial & technical)Training and adopting on institutional level a rights-based approachTraining and adopting on institutional level a participatory approach Training community leaders on communication skills and networking Introducing the concept of volunteerism

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation

Sub grants:Support participating CDAs develop projects based on a rights based & participatory approach Support participating CDAs establish partnerships with local government council and relevant Ministries Strengthen ties between local decision-makers and target communities through promoting cooperation

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation 7 local CDAs focus on the Right to

Housing and Health Projects consisted of placing and

upgrading water and sewage pipes in 270 homes

Installing water tabs in 210 homes

CASE EXAMPLES: Water & Sanitation Impact since 2004:-7 CDAs in target areas work on enhancing the rights of their populations to access safe water and sanitation-Over 80% of community members are engaged in their local CDA as volunteers -a protocol between the CDAs and local government council has been signed to work jointly on gradually upgrading homes and providing the local population of Old Cairo with access to safe water and sanitation -CDAs continue raising funds from donor agencies (GTZ, WHO, etc…)

Recommendations

UN and international agencies should focus on providing support to building capacities of civil society to take a rights based approach to development in Egypt

Encourage pilots that demonstrate good practice on grass root level

Lobby for greater involvement of national governments to cooperate with Civil Society

Lobby for governments to full fill their human rights obligations and responsibilities