Clothes Bazaar 4

17/9/2009

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Eid al Fitr festival is an occasion that people usually celebrate by wearing new clothes. So in order to provide the opportunity of buying new clothes even for the unfortunate and at the same time raise funds for charity, RAC Maadi ElGedida and Semiramis Intercontinental decided to organize another clothes bazaar on the last Thursday in Ramadan.

This time, it was held in "Om El Masryeen" hospital which was planned to be given the income in the form of necessary medical supplies. The pieces collected this time were 2500 and were sold for 850 L.E.

Iftar Sayem: A Joint Project

9/2009

A Community Service project by RAC Kasr ElNile, the idea was to give away small bags (containing: Bread , Juice , Patee, cheese) to the people on the road right before Maghreb prayer in order to win the privilege of breaking their fast.

The project was sponsored by Rich Bake, Twist, Brunch and La Vache Qui Rit. RAC Maadi ElGedida and RAC Kasr ElNile were each given a number of items to complete 5000 packs.

The project was lead by Mohamed Osama, head of "Communtity Service". It involved weekly packing and daily distribution of the packs.

Ramadan Bags

9/2009

An annual Community Service project in our club which is the preparation of bags containing basic food components that are necessary in Ramadan and their distribution among some of the poor neighborhoods in the country.

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This year's Ramadan bag composed of:

-10 kilo Rice

-4 packs of Macaroni

-1 Salsa bar

-1 kilo dates

- A pack of 'amar el din'

-1 kilo of green beans 'fasolya'

-1 kilo of black eyes beans 'lobya'

- 2 kilos of margarine

-1.5 litre of cooking oil

- A big pack of Maggie stocks

-Tea

-Sugar

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First we packed the bags

This year we were able to pack a total of 250 bags.

Then came the distribution part!

115 bags were distributed in 'Belbeis, El Sharkeya', 45 bags in 'El Monofeya' , 40 in 'Gezeeret Mohamed' and 50 in various places in Cairo. Special thanks to RAC kasr ElNile for they were of great help in the distribution of bags in 'Gezeeret Mohamed'.

Although it was an exhausting mission, it was worth every second! The feeling of accomplishment is GREAT especially when it involves helping others :)

Tell Us About Your Country

22/7/2009

The Rotaractors of Maadi El Gedida are very keen on learning about other countries. So as an attempt to discover new things about different cultures, a project called "Tell Us About Your Country" was done by the International Understanding committee.

The project was basically an exchange of presentations about countries between Rotaract clubs of the world.

6 countries took part in this project:

Pakistan
-RAC Karachi karsaz
-RAC Karachi
-RAC Peshawar Khyber

Panama
-RAC Panama

Jamaica
-RAC Kingston

Sri Lanka
-RAC University of Peradeniya

India
-RAC Mithibai College


Egypt
-RAC Maadi ElGedida


All presentations will be displayed in an organized evening for all our club's members to be informed about these beautiful places.

Click here to watch the presentation about our country, Egypt.

Clothes Bazaar 3

18/7/2009

For the third time, this Community Service project was organized by RAC Maadi ElGedida together with SEMIRAMIS INTERCONTINENTAL Hotel.

In the clothes bazaar, old clothes are sold for minimum prices and the income is given to the National Cancer Institute. The bazaar was hosted in one of the institute's halls.

It was very successful as we were able to collect about 5000 pieces and sold them for 4800 L.E which was then added to our savings for acquiring a medical monitoring machine for the institute.

Mini 'Orphans Day'

30/6/2009

A simple day for the orphans was organized by the community service committee. About 15 kids spent the day at Family Land's funfair in Maadi. It was very successful as the kids enjoyed the rides a lot and had so much fun.

Big Orphan's Day

3/4/2009

On April 3rd, the 'National Orphan's Day' in Egypt, RAC Maadi ElGedida has gathered about 700 orphan kids to spend a day in Akhnaton school in which entertainment, games and activities for the kids were organized in order to ensure a pretty good time for the kids.

The ages of the kids ranged from 4 to 16 and were from different orphanages.

It was a very joyful day for the boys and the girls since there were various activities to do like dancing, playing games, playing football, watching shows, getting their face painted, candy eating and playing with the other kids in the playground of the school.

As organized by the project leader, Mohamed Shaker, at the beginning of the day, the children had a breakfast meal that consisted of a patee, "Yes" juice and "chipsy'' potato chips. The lunch offered to them was from Macdonald's and Wesaya and "Siwa" mineral water bottles were available during the day.

When it was time for them to leave, the kids were given toys (acquired from Mohsen El Fayoumi) as gifts.

Special Thanks to:

-Macdonald's

-Wesaya

-Yes juice manufacturer

-Chipsy

-Alkan

-Siwa water manufacturer

For contributing to the sponsoring of this 24000 L.E project.

Also we would like to thank Akhnaton School for providing a place for this day to happen with no costs and for offering its school buses for transportation of the children.

Last but not least, we thank all those who donated.