Future Eve Foundation
The Future Eve Foundation is an Egyptian nonprofit supporting women-led households and widows in the governorate of Minya in Upper Egypt. In partnership with Alfanar and the Global Fund for Widows, it runs the Amal Project, an economic empowerment initiative using vocational and financial literacy training and microloans to help widows sustain themselves and their families.
- Organisation type NGO
- Year founded 2001
- Headquartered Minya
- Registration Egypt
- Website https://www.facebook.com/hawaa000
Related sustainable development goals
Impact
Since its launch in 2012, Amal has enabled more than 23,000 female breadwinners across 108 villages in Egypt to set up micro-enterprises and to achieve financial and economic independence, breaking inter-generational poverty cycles and delivering new hope to families across the region.
82% of participating widows feel hope for the future
97% of widows that have received a loan want to expand their businesses further
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Development
- Business and industry
- Entrepreneurship
- Economic development
- Rural development
- Employment
- Job training
- Financial services
- Development finance
- Microfinance
- Credit unions
- Community improvement
- Financial services
Education
- Adult education
- Adult Literacy
- Human rights
Philanthropy
- Venture philanthropy
Focus populations
- Unemployed people
- Widows
- Women and girls
- Working poor
Focus geographies
North Africa
- Egypt
- Minya
Partners
- Alfanar
- Global Fund for Widows
Programmes
The Amal Project
This is an economic empowerment programme providing low-cost loans to vulnerable widows and female breadwinners across Egypt. Vocational and financial literacy training, affordable micro-loans and widows savings and loan associations help female breadwinners start businesses and support their families. They offer a pathway to financial independence for vulnerable widows, who are often held hostage to gender and culture norms, which can prevent them from accessing finance and trap them in poverty. It is a collaboration with venture philanthropy organisation Alfanar and the Global Fund for Widows.
Financials
Funding model
- Programme related investment
Primary funders
- Alfanar
Funding source
- Private
- Revenue generation
Operations
Key staff
- Sherif Labib, founder and director
Contact details
- +20 86 2367035
- Futureeve2001@yahoo.com
- https://www.facebook.com/hawaa000
- 41 El Kholaffaa Street, Minya, Minya Governorate, Egypt 61511
More
Resources
Giving hope. How a venture philanthropy-backed social micro-finance programme is creating brighter futures for widows, female breadwinners, and their families. Read more