Eman
Eman , 29 years old , Eman lost her father to kidney failure at a young age which affected her and her family greatly , unfortunately this wasn’t the only loss she faced as she lost her brother to a car accident when she was 16 .
Her mother ended up needing to work to support Eman and her siblings, since there is not permanent source of income, with Eman being the eldest of 6 kids, she grew up in a very unfortunate environment. Even her brother’s funeral was held by the neighbor’s due to her mother’s inability to pay for one.
Eman graduated from I.T, but could not find a job after graduation, Eman ended up working as a cleaning / sterilization lady in a hospital, she was fascinated by the working environment in the hospital.
Eman then enrolled in our nursing program , once she didn’t get good grades she was stopped from the program , but after her social worker intervened and had a few sessions with Eman , she managed to help her focus on her goal . And she reenrolled again in the nursing program and is determined to graduate.
Eman’s ambition is to be a Anastasia specialist one day, to own a car and to move in a new house since her house is in unlivable conditions.
Eman said (I found someone to hears me out, I found trust and friendship)
(Fatima’s support is unmatched and I specially enjoy the lectures and workshops in the charity)
Fatima , her social worker said ( Eman has an immense amount of drive and ambition , she wants to level up in life and can achieve whatever she puts her mind to ).
Alaa
Alaa, a 19 year old student at our charity, has remarkable resilience and is laser focused to achieve her goals.
Alaa lost her mom at the tender age of 9 years old , her mother was responsible for her 3 children and 3 of her husband’s kids whom she was like a mother to them , raised them and loved them equally .
After the loss of her mother , Alaa’s aunt ( her mother’s sister) became her step-mother , but unfortunately she wasn’t a mother figure to Alaa and her siblings .
Alaa’s step-mother demanded that none of the girls finish their education … neither Alaa nor her sister attended high school, after a lot of pressure on the father , Alaa managed to convince her father to go to an institute of technology ,she enrolled and received her certificate .
Alaa’s dream is to study law, it was always what she wanted but her step-mother and father refused, according to Alaa the reason was that (we don’t want you to be around men , criminals , in the court houses surrounded by men ).
She became a student in our charity and started with the cooking classes, after her interaction with her social worker, she expressed her desire to study and had sessions to help her accept her mother’s loss and overcome her depression, and she now is studying English and doing great!
She enrolled in collage as well ( I.T) and wants to have her graduation party within the charity because ( without them I would have never been a college student, I found a family here that believe in me , no one but my late mother believed in me )
Fatima , her social worker said (Alaa has all the desire to be independent and help her situation , and I believe she will be somebody someday) .
Alaa is still trying to continue her studies in collage and hopes one day to be a lawyer and to have her own car .
manubiya
Manubiya Ali , 58 years old , got married at the age of 14 years old to a relative of hers , they have 6 kids (5 boys and one daughter ), Manubiya is currently separated from her husband but still living with him since he refused to leave the house . she has been separated many times before but her current separation has lasted 4 years now
Manubiya has faced a great deal of abuse in her life , her husband has verbally and physically abused her though out her life until her kids grew up and started defending her , she said ( if he gets a chance he will do it again )
Manubiya is the only one responsible for family’s finances since her husband refuses to collaborate with her . even though she suffers from diabetes and cirrhosis.
Manubiya took nursing classes in our charity and became a nursing at Maitiga hospital, but due to the lack of fluidity she jad to take another job , she hasn’t gotten paid for over 3 years now.
Since Manubiya has sewing skills, she is now a tailor at our charity , Manubiya has been part of our charity for the past 4 years , since working in our sewing factory this is her only source of income .
Her daughter Shahed is 19 years old , is also part of our charity and took computer classes ,.
Manubiya hopes for her daughter to graduate collage and to have a fixed income to support herself, she said ( I found inner peace here and I was never treated this nice before , this is my only source of security in my life )
(My social worker is the most humane person I have come to contact with , she always asks about how I’m doing , and never let me down )
Raffia said ( Manubiya suffered a lot in her life and faced a lot of injustice and I hope she finds a better living conditions after talking to the legal team about her living situation , best this about Manubiya is she never lost her smile )
Salha
Salha , 49 years old , her parents divorced when she was only 40 days old , he mother left her to live with her grandmother at the age of 3 years old to remarry , she lived with her grandmother until the age of 15 when her grandmother passed away . she now lives with 3 of her aunts .
Salha started working after her grandmother passed away as a cleaning lady in EL- KABEER hotel until it closed down , she has been giving her paycheck to her family as a way to contribute to the expanses . she now works at our sewing factory .
This Ramadan her aunts decided to ask her to leave as soon as possible, out of the blue and without warning, Salha has one older brother who is married and refused to take her in , after feeling hopeless and when she couldn’t find a place to live alone , she got into deep depression and stopped having contact completely with her aunts , eating alone and spending all her time alone in her room. Crying herself to sleep and suffering from deep depression .
After talking to her social worker Hunaida , she decided to confront her aunts and have a heart to heart conversation , things improved after the talk and the relationship has improved greatly .
Salha said ( I come here and forget and feel like I belong , I have friends here , I get happy when I see the girls and have chitchat with everyone ) …(I learned who I am here , this charity has made a mark on me )
Salha said I hope my family is proud of me , and I hope one day to own my own place and to never be a burden to anyone )
Hunaida said ( I want the best things in life for Salha , she has always a kind word to say to people and has a giving heart, she overcame her depression and took matters in her own hands)
