That's me in the middle! I had the wonderful opportunity to visit one of PureFUN's partners halfway around the world in Cairo, Egypt back in November of 2008. Love and Joy is the name of the child care center that offers it's services to many children and families that cannot afford to pay full price for care. Some of the children even come from the garbage dump areas of Cairo to stay at the orphanage that is housed in the same facility as the child care.
We're proud to be able to help Love and Joy by contributing to the salary for the director as they build their enrollment and strengthen the program at the center. By the way - the salary for a great director in Cairo is $700 per month!
Magdy Bassaly is the president of this organization and when he was in the US over the Christmas time I was pleased to show him how the "centers" concept should be used in the classroom (thanks to Kids R Kids #8 for this tour). He now reports that he is working hard to implement center based learning in Cario at Love and Joy.
Maybe one of you would like to join me this fall......
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