8/6/2023
The university launches a comprehensive developmental awareness medical convoy to the village of al-Fuqaha al-Bahariya and the neighboring villages of the Sidi Salem Center under the patronage of President Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, and the supervision of Prof. Dr. Abdelrazek Desouki, President of the University; Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abd El-Aal, Vice President for Education and Students’ Affairs; Prof. Dr. Ismail Al-Qon, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research, and Dr. Amany Shaker, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, within the framework of the presidential initiative “A Dignified Life”, for the development of the Egyptian countryside, in cooperation with the dignified life foundation, and as a continuation of the series of convoys launched by the university in villages at the governorate level, within the framework of the university’s role in contributing to the implementation of the state’s plan and the directives of the political leadership to build generations capable of keeping pace with the serious steps of the Egyptian state in building the modern state and contributing to achieving its goals according to Vision 2030, believing in the role of the university in community service within the villages of Kafrelsheikh governorate within the scope of the presidential initiative (a dignified life).
A number of specialized professors from the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing participate in the convoy, as a large number of citizens are examined in various medical specialties, which include “Ophthalmology - Dermatology - Cardiovascular - Pediatric - Neuro Surgery - Urology - Cardio-thoracic Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery - Internal Medicine - Diabetes and Endocrinology - General Surgery - Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (ENT) - Obstetrics and Gynecology - Dentistry – Prosthetics”.
The Faculty of Specific Education also participates in awareness seminars and workshops for the people of the village to train women and develop their skills on handicrafts, which could be the nucleus of a micro-project that generates income for their families. The workshops includes artistic works with tents, recycling of leftover fabrics, and leather works for training in the manufacture and production of bags, handbags, and medals from natural leather in a simple and innovative way of an aesthetic nature, crust and decoupage arts, and how to make cushions embroidered with satin and broadcloth threads and some bedspreads. It is explained how to implement home furnishings using cotton fabrics, using lace and satin ribbons, and trained them on how to embroider and beautify them with satin ribbons and embroidery threads, and implement some crafts that serve as pendants.
The Faculties of Education and Arts also hold a symposium on the role of the media in community awareness, as the symposium discusses the role of the media in raising awareness of the achievements of national projects and presidential initiatives, and the role of the media in raising awareness of the dangers of early marriage, the role of the media in confronting rumors as well as a symposium is also held on citizens' awareness of the issue of high prices and the state's efforts to limit its exacerbation.
Prof. Dr. Abdelrazek Desouky, President of the University, confirms that the university will continue to launch comprehensive development convoys to provide health and community services to thousands of simple and needy patients, reduce the burden on citizens and take full care of them, based on the role of the university and its responsibility towards society, and stresses that the convoy aims to develop the Egyptian countryside and reduce the burden on citizens in the areas most in need.
He adds that the medical convoy witnesses a great turnout from the people and conducts medical examinations on 1925 cases from the village of Al-Fuqaha Al-Bahariya and the neighboring villages, by a group of specialized and distinguished doctors in various specialties, within the initiative of a dignified life, and free drugs are provided to all patients.
