Goal and Objectives

Goal 

To mobilize Egyptian efforts towards responsible citizenship, social tolerance and social responsibility. Ana Masry Project aims to contribute towards retaining the inclusive structure of community and decreasing violence and polarization through activating the sense of citizenship and belonging among Egyptians which feeds on a long history of cultural and ideological diversity. And instead, mobilizing efforts towards common goals for the development of Egypt.

Objective 1

The values of tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and social cohesion are promoted amongst 14000 Young Egyptians by the end of 2011.

To raise the awareness of at least 14,000 young Egyptians on the values of tolerance and co-existence through various activities including art workshops tailored for three age groups: 7-12, 13-16, and 17-22.

Objective 2

Young Egyptians from various backgrounds practice their social responsibility to develop their local communities capitalizing on the learnt values of tolerance, peaceful coexistence and social cohesion through team work .

Diverse youth groups will work together to develop their local communities through the implementation of small projects in order to apply the values delivered on the ground. To that end, diversified teams will be formed of 15-20 persons each.  Different religious, gender, social and educational backgrounds would be encouraged to form those groups, and will create and implement small projects that serve their local communities.

Objective 3

Egyptians of different age groups are engaged in using arts to promote the message of tolerance.

A national art competition will be announced on a national level where the theme will address the value of celebrating the Egyptian identity that feeds on diversity and  the  winner products of the competition will  be used as materials at the art workshops (Youmak ya Masry), as well as in promoting and sustaining the project financially if possible. This helps to engage more Egyptians, especially youth, in finding some creative ways to tackle the dangerous dilemma of discrimination and intolerance themselves through creative artistic output. One of the competition fields is dedicated to create applied artworks that can be produced for daily use and sold to sustain the project.