Educate Me
Educate Me is a nonprofit running its own community school, providing professional development for school administration and teachers, as well as consultancy services for different types of institutions. Founded in 2010, its operations are focused on under-served communities in Giza and Cairo. To date, Educate Me has benefited more than 5,700 students, 6,200 educators and 1,300 parents. They have also received a number of awards, including the Mohamed Bin Fahd Award, and in 2020, they were the first Arab organisation to receive the UNESCO-HAMDAN Award for their "School Transformation Journey" programme.
- Organisation type Nonprofit
- Year founded 2010
- Headquartered Cairo
- Registration Egypt
- Website https://educateme-foundation.org/
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Education
- Early childhood education
- Education services
- Co-operative education
- Out-of-school learning
- Computer literacy
- Student retention
- E-learning
- Reading promotion
- Elementary and secondary education
- Middle school education
- Elementary education
- Special needs education
- Child educational development
- Educational management
Focus populations
- Parents
- Single parents
- At-risk youth
- Low-income people
- Working poor
- Students
- Teachers
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Focus geographies
North Africa
- Egypt
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Programmes
Community School
Educate Me Community School grants the primary stage government certificate while following a skill based, learner- centred education model that focuses on whole child development.Training and Development
Holistic professional development programmes that aim to spread the culture of continuous self-learning. Flagship initiatives include: School Transformation Journey, Building Pioneer Student Camps and The Empowered Teacher Journey.Educational Consultancy
Educate Me offers educational consultancy services to sister NGOs, private schools, and public and private entities through a wide range of backgrounds and expertise which they use to support organisations. They focus particularly on education management and learning environment, as well as behavioral and classroom management for educators.
Financials
Funding model
- Fundraising
- Revenue generation
Primary funders
- Alfanar
- Sawiris Foundation for Social Development
- Sodic
- National Bank of Egypt
- AlexBank
- Edita Foundation for Social Development
- ExxonMobil
- Rayya
- Metlife Foundation
- Thales Group
- Housing and Development Bank
- Qalaa Holdings Scholarships Foundation
- Giza Systems
- Amazon
- Emirates NBD
- Orascom Construction
- Vodafone Foundation
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Types of funding and awards
- Cash grants
- Foundation-administered programme awards
In-kind gifts
- Donated equipment
- Donated land
- Donated goods
- Programme related investment
Pro bono services
- Pro bono strategic management services
- Pro bono advocacy services
- Employee volunteer services
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Operations
Key staff
- Christine Safwat, executive director
- Engy Fahmy, external relations and communications manager
Board members
- Chairman, Shehab El Nawawi
- Secretary, Amr el Salanekly
- Treasurer, Mohamed Abdel Gawad
- Board Member, Mohamed El Haw
- Founder and Board Member, Yasmin Helal
- Board Member, Dina H.Sherif
- Board Member, Alaa Hashim
- Board Member, Dr. Aziza El Lozy
- Board Member, Malak Zaalouk
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Contact details
- 002-0225200854
- info@educateme-egypt.org
- https://educateme-foundation.org/
- Building 4, Street 275, Maadi 11742, Cairo
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Further information
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