Comprehensive Solutions for Complex Challenges
Sustainable transformation requires addressing interconnected challenges.
While quality education in the classroom is essential, the path to true development for Upper Egypt’s communities requires a more comprehensive approach. Since 1940, AUEED has recognized that rural communities face complex, interrelated challenges that cannot be solved through isolated interventions.
When a village lacks basic services, when girls face unique barriers to education, when children with disabilities are excluded, or when local governance structures are weak, even the best classroom instruction cannot reach its full potential. By expanding our work beyond traditional schooling, we create an ecosystem of support that amplifies our educational impact and builds more resilient communities.
The results are evident in the numbers: AUEED schools now serve 15,000 students across 35 schools (up from 12,500), addressing the significant education gap in a region where affordable quality education is scarce.
Strategic Partnerships for Maximum Impact
PACHE partners with the Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development (AUEED) to support a range of strategic initiatives that complement and strengthen our core educational mission:
- Collaborative partnerships: We leverage relationships with international organizations like USAID, UNICEF, the European Union, and World Bank to maximize impact
- Systems-level thinking: We work at both grassroots and policy levels to create sustainable change
- Community ownership: We ensure local stakeholders drive development priorities
- Knowledge sharing: We document successful approaches through manuals and training materials
- Vulnerable populations focus: We pay special attention to girls’ education and children with disabilities
- Public sector improvement: We transfer successful models to governmental schools
This integrated approach has enabled AUEED to become the largest provider of Low-Cost Private Schooling in Egypt, with extensive geographic coverage from Minya to Luxor.
Projects That Transform Communities
Our additional projects address critical community needs through focused interventions:
Literacy and Education Quality
- Literate Village project (2017-2021): Partnered with Save the Children and USAID with 43 million Egyptian pounds funding over 4 years to improve literacy rates
- Improvement of Education in the Middle East (2006-2010): Collaborated with Spanish NGO (FPS) to enhance education in 10 AUEED & governmental schools, producing valuable School Operations & Training manuals
- Education Enhancement (2000-2005): Supported 60 governmental schools in Minya and Sohag with funding from the Egyptian Swiss Development Fund
Inclusive Education and Special Needs
- Disability Support Project (2006-2009): Mobilized communities and decision-makers to support disability issues in Upper Egypt in collaboration with the National Council for Childhood and Mother and 4 local NGOs
- Developed specialized resources: Created manuals, stories & audiovisuals for disability inclusion based on successful Social Partnership Initiatives Program (2004-2005)
Girls’ Education and Gender Equity
- Education Reform Program (2005-2009): Managed components related to establishing systems for girls’ education scholarships in 37 governmental schools in Minya
- School enrollment improvement (2002-2005): Collaborated with the Ministry of Education and European Union to increase public school enrollment in Sohag governorate, with special attention to girls’ participation
Community Development
- Integrated Development projects (2009-2019): Implemented comprehensive support in multiple villages, including Hammas, Horaizat el Gharbeya, Zoak el Sharkeya (Menshah, Sohag) and Kardous (Sedfa, Assiut)
- Children’s Rights Promotion (2007-2008): Advanced children’s basic and civic rights in 15 schools with European Commission funding
School Health Expansion
- Public school health interventions (2005-2006): Improved health services in 24 public schools in Sohag and Qena in collaboration with UNICEF
- Multi-governorate health program (2004-2005): Implemented health initiatives in 51 AUEED and governmental schools across 4 Upper Egypt governorates with USAID funding
Through these diverse yet interconnected initiatives, PACHE and AUEED have built a comprehensive approach to development that addresses the root causes of poverty and marginalization, creating sustainable pathways to opportunity for Upper Egypt’s rural communities.
Support Our Continuing Impact
Your tax-deductible donation to PACHE helps sustain and expand these vital projects that reach beyond basic education to create comprehensive community development. By supporting our work, you become part of a strategic, multi-faceted approach to creating lasting change in Upper Egypt.