About MEDA

I work for MEDA, a non-profit organization that provides solutions to poverty around the world. We help people sustain their families without ongoing support, i.e., “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.” MEDA works with entrepreneurs through institutions that provide loans, training and an understanding of market opportunities. Our work in Egypt is a bit different from what we usually do. There, our project involves working children (called Promoting and Protecting the Interests of Children Who Work — PPIC-Work). In most cases, children are working because their families are poor. And often their working conditions are not safe. Through MEDA’s work, children are provided with safer workplaces and educational opportunities.

The project goals are: 1. safe working environment; 2. children given a voice to advocate for proper working conditions; 3. opportunities to go to school, learn to read and write, and, perhaps to learn a trade; 4. work for employers that treat them well.