History
Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing society, significantly contributing to a decline in education levels and societal awareness. In response, the Anglican Church in Egypt has undertaken several developmental campaigns aimed at raising awareness among Egyptian women about child-rearing methods, childcare, and disease prevention, while adhering to basic health and personal hygiene rules, within the limits of the available resources in our environment. The role of the Anglican Church extended to providing training courses for women in handicrafts and clothing knitting to enhance their integration into society and contribute to improving their standard of living. These campaigns served as a starting point for establishing several developmental and educational centers for community development, as occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries:
Establishment of two schools on Roda Island in the first half of the 19th century, focusing on educating adults, both women and men.
Establishment of the Boulaq Center in 1923, which significantly contributed to educating women in handicrafts and manual crafts.
Establishment of two schools in the city of Menouf in 1930 to provide various literacy programs.
This led to the idea of the church continuing to serve the community effectively through the establishment of the Anglican Care Institution for Social Services in Egypt in 2003. It is one of the developmental institutions affiliated with the Anglican Church in Egypt, officially recognized by the Ministry of Social Solidarity. The institution provides various developmental services aimed at achieving sustainable community development and has continued to evolve and work with a vision for the future.
