248 projects completed in Aswan as part of Haya Karima: Governor Ashraf Atia

CAIRO – 10 May 2022: Aswan Governor Ashraf Atia said in statements, Tuesday that nearly 248 projects have been completed in the governorate as part of Haya Karima [Decent Life] presidential incitive.

He added that the governorate is currently working on another 964 projects, while 1057 projects have not been started yet, out of a total of 2269 projects targeted to be implemented within 39 local or rural units and 116 villages.

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli described Haya Karima national project last July as an “icon” project for Egypt’s re-building process with the aim of developing the life of more than the half of Egyptians.

He added that Haya Karima is truly Egypt's 21st century project. “It is all over the country and involves thousands of simultaneous projects” Madbouly said.

In his speech at Haya Karima national project first conference, Madbouli described Haya Karima as a 100 percent Egyptian venture with total of investments of EGP 700 billion, including EGP 270 billion in the initial phase.

“Haya Karima” is a national project to develop the Egyptian countryside. It started as an initiative launched by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on 2 January, 2019.

It was then transformed into a national project early in 2021 with the aim of improving the living conditions and the quality of life for the neediest categories of the rural society nationwide and contributing to advancing the level of daily services provided to citizens.

The “Haya Karima” project seeks to unify the efforts of all the state’s institutions in cooperation with the civil society, the private sector companies and the development partners inside and outside Egypt in the sustainable development field

The project also aims, through eliminating multi-dimensional poverty, to alleviate the burden shouldered by the citizens, especially the neediest families in the targeted villages and centers totaling 4,658 villages with total investments estimated at LE 700 billion.

 This contributes to improving the life of more than half of the Egyptian population through setting an integrated developmental roadmap which its goals and axes are consistent with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.