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Egyptian Woman's Kitchen feeds underprivileged in Ramadan

To mark the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on 1 March, the National Council for Women (NCW) launched for the third year in a row its initiative 'The Egyptian Woman's Kitchen… at the hands of her daughters', known in short as 'Egyptian Kitchen'. The initiative offers women in various regions in Egypt training in the economy, health, hygiene, and skills of cooking, at the hands of skilled chefs. The idea is not only for the women to provide their families with healthy, economical meals, but to also give them an advantage in the catering and hospitality fields, encouraging them to use their cooking skills to generate additional income for them and their families. Women taking part in the initiative learn the various techniques of planning, ordering, preparing, and cooking food for large banquets or for smaller ready-made meals. They train on calculating the quantities needed for economic cooking, adhering to food quality standards, and planning the workforce to assist in the kitchen. This year, NCW branches in various Egyptian regions made use of the output of the Egyptian Kitchen initiative to serve meals to needy families in underprivileged districts during Ramadan. According to Magda al-Shazly, director of the NCW branch in Alexandria, a community kitchen with a sustainable development dimension was established in the district of al-Zuwaida wal-Maraghy. Other NCW branches in Egypt's governorates did the same in needy areas. The Egyptian Kitchen initiative comes as part of the national project for the development of the Egyptian family, and within the framework of the presidential initiative 'A New Beginning for Building the Human', in partnership with the Hayah Karima (or Decent Life) Foundation and the Egyptian Ministry of Endowment. Meanwhile, the NCW continues its activities and training programmes for women across Egypt. Among the programmes are those focusing on saving and lending, financial education and entrepreneurship, family guidance and child upbringing, as well as establishing workshops and production units. Comments comments