Haya Karima organizes ‘Happiness Caravans', hosts 300 Palestinian families for Iftar
CAIRO – 17 March 2025: For the second year in a row, Haya Karima Foundation organized the Happiness Caravans, which included several workshops and events, in addition to a group iftar for more than 300 Palestinian families living in Cairo.
The event is organized in cooperation with a number of partner organizations under the umbrella of the National Alliance for Civil Development work, according to Haya Karima.
The event was hosted at the Gezira Youth Center in 6th of October City and included storytelling workshops for children, sports activities, crafts workshops, and awareness sessions for mothers, organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the Anti-Addiction Fund.
The event also included a group iftar, gift distribution for children, and entertainment performances.
Hayat Karima Foundation has sent more than 650 tons of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip at a cost exceeding LE 750 million since the beginning of the crisis.
Buthaina Mustafa, vice chair of the Board of Trustees of the Haya Karima Foundation and its official spokesperson, stated that Haya Karima continues to support Palestinian recovery, whether through relief aid to the Gaza Strip or through awareness and social activities in Egypt, all implemented in cooperation with partner organizations to instill values of solidarity and promote social justice.
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