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Chairperson’s Statement Our Board of Trustees​ Success Stories Our donors and partners

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Executive Director’s Statement How we work Renovations Supporters
Mobile Unit 12

04 Reception center
The shelters 16
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About Banati Institutional Sustainability

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Contents
Our Five Year Strategic Goals Banati’s support services in 2018 Collaboration with Wataneya
Health and Wellbeing​ 18

08 Education 21
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Case Management​ 22 33
Employment and Vocational Training​ 24
Mission Cooperation with Educate Me

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Vision​ Key Events A collaboration with FACE
International for children in need

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 Chairperson’s
Statement
On behalf of the board of trustees of Banati
Foundation, it is my honor to introduce our work
to you.
Banati has served girls at risk, especially those
in street situations for a decade. We have done so
through the hard work of the women and men, who
all believe in our shared responsibility as a society
and as individuals in the protection of children
and their right to a nurturing environment, safety,
education, and mental and physical wellbeing.
Every day we are joined by more people, who
together help us complete the picture of what we
strive to be a “home” for our girls.
We believe in transparency, and our technical and
financial books are audited regularly by the Ministry
of Social Solidarity, our national and international
donors, and by our external auditor KPMG.
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We strive to improve our results by regularly
revising our methodology which we eagerly share
with our partners, hoping to build a platform from
which we can all learn and capitalize our expertise.
On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank our
140 employees, our numerous partners, and all
the volunteers and supporters who believe in us,
but most of all I would like to thank our girls and
young women who have inspired us with their
courage and resilience; thank you, you give us all
love and hope.
Hanna Aboulghar
Chairperson of Banati Foundation
Executive Director’s
Statement
It is an honor to be sharing with you the Banati
Foundation 2018 Annual Report. In spite of the
rising number of girls at risk, the economic
difficulties and the increasingly hostile
environment for children at risk and children in
street situations, 2018 has been a significant and
remarkable year for us.
To begin with, I would like to start by thanking
everyone who made this such a memorable year:
Our individual supporters who believed in us, our
donors, the government, and most importantly the
Board of Trustees and the entire team who have
worked tirelessly and passionately over the past
year to ensure that Banati Foundation is offering
the best quality service to the most disadvantaged
group.
This report offers a glimpse of the work that
has been done throughout the year and all the
milestones and achievements. Throughout the year
2018, we have focused on three key areas that I
would like to share with you:
1) Provision of high-quality service
We believe that through a rehabilitative child
participatory approach, we can transform lives
and protect girls and young mothers in need. Our
program sets an individualized plan for each child
that incorporates psychological, educational,
legal, and social components, all of which aim to
empower at-risk children to face the world in an
independent manner, on their own. We strongly
believe in the importance of quality standards,
and we work hard to ensure that we are abiding by
them.
2) Supporting Banati staff development
As we expanded our programs and outreach,
having a training program for the staff has become
a priority. Throughout the year, all staff members
working directly with the girls in the shelter have
received trainings to prepare them to work in
the field of childcare. In addition, intensive child
protection training has been developed and training
on case management has been delivered, leading
to the establishment of a new case management
department.
3) Creation of a replicable model
We continued to focus on sharing best practices,
capitalizing on expertise, and developing our
documentation process to be able to pass on
our knowledge and expertise to interested
stakeholders. An example of this is when we
managed one of the Ministry of Social Solidarity’s
Mobile Units.
As we look forward, we are excited to continue
the fight we started in 2010, to maximize the
impact and ensure knowledge sharing to reach the
biggest number of disadvantaged and marginalized
children while offering the best quality service.
We cannot do this alone, and we look forward
to continuing our work with our supporters and
welcoming new members to our family.
Farida Elkalagy
Executive Director of Banati Foundation
 About Banati
The situation of at-risk children, and those living on the street, composes
a vital yet complex topic that affects the Egyptian society as a whole.
Addressing it is an ambitious target, often coupled with a harsh reality
correlated with mental, physical and sexual abuse.

Serving the marginalized and ostracized by society, Banati Foundation, now

a pioneer in targeting girls and young women, was established in 2010.
Throughout its years of serving beneficiaries—comprising of children and
young mothers at risk, Banati has developed a holistic, child participatory
approach through four main pillars:

01 Prevention:
Employing efforts to avoid the arrival of
children on the streets through awareness
campaigns and advocacy initiatives.
02 Early detection:
Through outreach activities, Banati
provides basic needs, psychological
and social aid, and educational
support.

03 Protection:
Through the reunification of some
children with their families and the
referral of others to one of Banati’s
shelters.
04 Rehabilitation:
Through providing services of all kinds—
educational, psychological, and medical—
to help rehabilitate and re-integrate
children back into their families or society
in general.

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 Our Five Year
Strategic Goals
Our Goals and Objectives for 2018-2023 reflect the Foundation’s
efforts to expand and improve the services offered, and ensure
the sustainability of all the projects it implements.

This is done through our four-pillar strategy:

To raise awareness about the phenomenon of at-risk

To provide the optimum protection for Banati’s children. children.

This will be achieved through applying international quality
standards to assure quality services in early detection,
protection and rehabilitation
Through the enhancement of community outreach by being
more engaged as a foundation in all cause-related matters
and events, and increasing the Foundation’s visibility,
Banati will raise awareness about the phenomenon in the
community, while also working on eliminating the stigma
related to being a girl at risk and/or on the street, and
providing the required protection for its beneficiaries.

To sustain the organization financially and operationally.

For the financial sustainability, it will be done through

diversifying the donor base of the foundation, engaging in
income-generating projects and activities, and running
To establish a Resource Center.
fundraising campaigns, among other methods.
By doing so, Banati will be able to publish manuals and
As for the organizational sustainability, it will be achieved
guidelines on the approaches and methodologies adopted
through the implementation of a fair and sustainable
by the Foundation and disseminate them to other entities
employment policy and employees’ capacity building.
working in the field and to interested stakeholders. The
center would also allow researchers to have access to
data and statistics to write reports and studies on the
phenomenon of at-risk children.

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 Mission
Banati is an Egyptian Foundation seeking to be a center of
excellence in rehabilitation and research serving girls who
are on the street or girls who are at risk of being in street
situations by developing a unique social and psychological
rehabilitation program and providing education, safety and
equal opportunity through advocacy, capacity building and
the development of guidelines.

Vision
Providing a second chance for children at risk, empowering
them to overcome their dismal psychosocial conditions
and to become effective citizens. Banati accomplishes this
through a comprehensive rehabilitation program that is
revised regularly to ensure that it is on par with international
care standards and to render Banati Foundation a center of
excellence emulated by those working in the field in Egypt
and the Middle East.

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 Our Board of
Trustees

Dr. Hanna Abulghar Ms. Yosria Nassif Loza

Chairperson Member
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Qualified Accountant and Financial Advisor
Clinical Nutrition at Cairo University

Dr. Iman Fathy Iskander Ms. Sahar El Sallab

Vice Chairperson Member
Pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics and Professor Chairman at HitekNOFAL
of Pediatrics and Neonatology at Cairo University

Mr. Adly Wagih Toma Dr. Samy Yacoub

Treasurer Honorary Member
CEO of Gemini Enterprises Africa Vice-Chairman at Orascom Construction Industry

Ms. Rehan El Bashary Mr. Youssef Shoukry

Secretary to the Board Honorary Member
Managing Associate at Shahid Law Firm Chief Financial Officer at Orascom Telecom
Media and Technology

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 How we work
Banati Foundation operates through four centers to guarantee a full
and complete cycle of intervention and to ensure it offers the best
quality service. The Foundation has a Mobile Unit, a Reception Center
and two shelters—one serves as a temporary shelter and the other Mobile Unit in numbers:

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serves as a permanent shelter.

All the centers are linked to one another and there are ongoing
referrals and transfers done between them.

Children in street situations

Mobile Unit

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Building trust

The Mobile Unit helps with the early detection of vulnerabilities

and is concerned with helping children at risk and children in
street situations improve their lives. It is the first point of contact
and aims to build a relationship and trust, as well as map the
areas where there are economic activities and other areas that
are considered safe spaces for children on the street. Many of the Services were delivered through
children served, have been through severe abuse and neglect and the mobile unit
just need to be heard and supported.

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Through the Mobile Unit, Banati’s social workers and
psychologists provide children with all the basic services that they
do not have access to, such as health and medical services, food,
clothes, and psychological and social support. Thus, strengthening
the relationship between the Foundation and children and
increasing trust and confidence towards the Foundation. This,
consequently, contributes to the process of their reintegration and
street life abandonment. Therefore, Banati pays specific attention
to this program, believing in its on-the-ground impact.
Children and young mothers were
transferred from the Mobile Unit
In May 2018, the Ministry of Social Solidarity has allocated one to the Reception Center
of its Mobile Units to Banati, in recognition of the Foundation’s
commitment, experience, knowledge and work on the ground with
children in street situations.

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 How we work
Reception Center in numbers:

899
Reception Center
The best place for the child is his home

The Reception Center is a daily center that helps in early detection

and early intervention by hosting children and young mothers
on daily visits. During this short time, the children are exposed
to psychological and social reconditioning through creative play Total number of children served
and positive nurturing that encourages them to return to the
center and gradually leave behind the street life. The center offers

13.79K
healthy and nutritious meals, clothes, and a place to rest and/or
sleep in addition to vocational workshops.

Moreover, we believe that the best place for the child is their
home. The Reception Center, therefore, has a family reintegration
unit that works with the family and the child to try to strengthen
the relationship and help to reunite them together.

The reintegration services do not stop at this point. Banati’s Total number of services delivered
Reception Center offers an extended “reintegration into the
society” service to young mothers through trainings on small

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business projects that can generate a sustainable revenue for
maintaining the livelihood of the family. The reception center
has succeeded in providing trainings and establishing 12 micro-
projects for 12 beneficiaries in 2018.

Children and young mothers received

clothes and blankets in the winter

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 How we work The Shelters in numbers:

The Shelters
Providing protection

The shelter serves the purposes of protection and rehabilitation of

children at risk or children in streets situations. Banati operates
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Children hosted in Banati’s shelters.

through two shelters: A permanent shelter located in 6th of

October in Haram city and a temporary shelter in Imbaba. Through
its two shelters Banati provides permanent accommodation for
children ages 7-18, food, clothes and medical care. Assuring a
maximum protective environment for resident girls, Banati has
made sure that its premises are safe, accessible, child-friendly,
and well-monitored.

The Temporary Shelter:

The Temporary Shelter has a capacity to host up to 12 girls. The

shelter hosts critical cases that need maximum level of protection
and psychological support. When the cases are more stable and
ready to receive usual rehabilitative services, they get transferred
to the permanent shelter. In cases where reintegration is possible,
the team works on doing so, after ensuring that it is a safe
environment for her and that she will not go back to the streets.

The Permanent Shelter:

The Permanent Shelter can host up to 218 children. The shelter

takes in younger cases that need longer rehabilitation and
integration periods. Banati’s in-shelter beneficiaries receive basic
services, including: A private bed in a room shared with others
in a family setting, where they have access to a living room and
an open area, three meals a day, and different services, per each
case’s needs.

Please visit below “Banati’s support services in 2018” section for

more information on the different services offered.

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 Banati’s support
services in 2018
Health and
Wellbeing
The psychological and medical support services
are one of the core amenities offered at Banati.
The Foundation offers psychological help in all
of its four centers to support the children in
overcoming their traumatic experiences and lead
a better life. The target beneficiaries slightly differ
according to the unit providing the service.
The psychologists work in different directions
to provide the most appropriate psychological
support to the beneficiaries. We offer individual
support sessions to build and maintain good
rapport for effective therapy. On the individual
level each child is assigned a responsible
psychologist who works on creating a treatment
plan to the child and gives them the needed
mental and psychological support.
The psychological team also works on group
therapy, utilizing different tools to engage
the children and tackle the issues it needs to
address. For example, during group therapies,
the psychologists sometimes do art therapy or/
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and use games, arts and crafts for different
purposes to improve the children’s social skills,
imagination, creativity, and acceptance. During
groups, psychologists also provide psycho-
education on different topics such as sex
education for the teenagers and the difference
between a good touch and a bad touch for the
younger children. Besides the individual and
group therapy sessions, the mental health
department works on speech therapy and
learning disabilities.
The department uses different methods such as
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the treatment
of depression, anxiety and negative thinking, as
well as play therapy and/or art therapy for the
younger children to work on a variety of different
behavioral and cognitive issues. Through targeted
sessions, the psychologists work with children
to improve their memory, concentration, motor
skills, communication skills, social skills, and
personal hygiene. With younger children, many
of these issues are addressed using games and
storytelling.
Psychological support in
numbers:
Shelters:
184 Children received individual
therapy sessions
166 Children received group therapy
sessions
1970 Individual sessions were
conducted
Moreover, Banati offers rehabilitative workshops
to help improve the children’s psychological Reception Center:
state, as well as develop their self-esteem and
confidence. For example, throughout 2018, we 289 Children received 2978
offered Yoga workshops and Contemporary Dance psychological services
trainings. These workshops help children express
themselves freely and release their inhibiting fears 115 Families received 401
and concerns in indirect ways which eventually psychological services
improves their wellbeing and allows them to better
cope with reality. Total number of psychological
services delivered: 3379
On the other hand, Banati covers all medical
needs in its four main centers. In the Mobile Unit,
the street team help in first aid and superficial
wounds medication and in the Reception Center,
Medical support in
Banati runs an equipped clinic that offers medical numbers:
services and consultations, twice a week for all
the beneficiaries of the reception center. As for the
shelters, Banati has a part time pediatrician that is Medical services in shelters: 1347
responsible for the clinic in Banati’s premises and services.
works on updating the medical history files of the
girls residing in both shelters. On monthly basis, Medical services in Reception center:
external medical visits to get advanced medical 609 services.
help are scheduled.
Medical services provided through the
Mobile Unit: 361 services.
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 Banati’s support services in 2018

Education in numbers:

Shelters:

145 Beneficiaries are enrolled in

schools.

47 Children are in Banati’s internal

nursery.

119 Were provided educational

services in Banati’s internal school.

Reception Center:
Education 147 Children and young mothers
benefited from educational services.
One of the key factors to the rehabilitation and
reintegration of Banati’s beneficiaries is Education. 227 Children and young mothers
Consequently, Banati pays special attention to benefited from educational,
education through enrolling the beneficiaries in rehabilitative and capacity building
official educational institutions, whether literacy workshops such jewelry, sewing and
classes or governmental, experimental and art workshops as well as trainings on
community schools. Due to the importance of how to start your own project.
education, the Foundation has established an
informal internal school within Banati’s premises.
The school serves as a parallel tutoring system to
the enrolled beneficiaries and as literacy support
to the non-enrolled beneficiaries.
Educational and
rehabilitative workshops
Parallel to literacy and academic enrolments,
Banati is also concerned with other educational
in numbers:
aspects, like physical and artistic education.
All of which contribute towards the children’s 172 Have participated in
rehabilitative cycle. Banati provides different rehabilitative and educational
physical education classes, like fitness, football, workshops in Banati’s shelters.
gymnastics, swimming, Kung Fu and Zumba.
Turning to the artistic side, Banati provides
several workshops like music, Arts, photography,
gardening, and cooking.

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 Banati’s support services in 2018
Case
Management
Establishing a Case Management Unit:
In November 2018, Banati celebrated the
establishment of a new Case Management
department. The case management department
works on creating an individual plan for each case
to better help manage all the flowing cases and
be able to provide individualized quality services
according to each case’s needs. Starting February,
all concerned staff received intensive training on
guiding principles of case management which led
to its establishment later in the year.
Reintegration is the objective of Banati’s programs.
All programs, interventions and services provided
by any of Banati’s operating units serve the
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reintegration of our beneficiaries. For that
purpose, Banati works on it in two directions:
reintegration into society which consists of
preparing all beneficiaries to be able to be active
members in society; and reintegration into the
family which means facilitating all channels
through the different services provided to
integrate the girl back into the family setting.
The Case Management department together with
the support services work on the development
of an individualized plan for each child and each
support function then works on the plan set
to develop a more specific plan to reach the
objectives agreed on. The child is an essential
part of this, and all the plans are developed with
the child himself/herself.
Reintegration in
numbers:
49 Children in the shelters were
reunited and reintegrated back into
their families.
Banati has worked in 2018 on
developing a graduation program for
the girls above the age of 18. Some
girls are expected to exit in 2019,
while others in the following years.
An exit plan is developed with the
participation of the beneficiary to
prepare her for life after graduation.
Each case is different and hence
the graduation plan differs. The
graduation program prepares the
girls for independent living as we
see the vital need for these youth
who are aging out to have the skills
and education needed to become
self-reliant: Daily Living Skills, Self-
Care, Employment, Education, Access
to Healthcare, Housing, Budgeting
and Transportation. By means of
the graduation program and the
individual plan, we expect young
people to develop the ability to make
confident and positive decisions,
to develop social and independent
living skills, and to learn how to form
healthy relationships.
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Employment and
Vocational Training
Banati helps the children it serves to have the
skill sets that would prepare them for the job
market. This is done through different mediums.
First, internally we offer vocational and productive
workshops as well as life skills trainings. The
purpose is to help the children develop and
acquire technical skills that might help them
when they graduate. Banati offers in its shelters
four vocational and productive workshops namely
crochet and sewing, jewelry making, painting and
pottery. Through the Reception Center, vocational
trainings are delivered such as jewelry, sewing
and arts. Second, Banati’s children get accepted
into training and internship programs that give
them on the ground experience in different areas.
In addition, ongoing life skills trainings are offered
such as career coaching and self-awareness
programs delivered by Ispark, an entity that works
on career awareness and individual development
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programs. In this training, 15 girls have had
the chance to dig deeper into their selves and
identities to be able to understand the depth
of their own personalities, interests and plans
for their goals and aspiration. Each girl has
created a development plan for herself and was
followed up by the Ispark team. Moreover, 14
girls between eight to ten years old have been
delivered a character building and leadership
program from the American University in Cairo
students as part of their graduation projects.
On another hand, a leadership program was
delivered to 14 girls by P&G. The girls visited one
of their factories where the staff participated in
giving them a session about leadership and what
it is to manage teams. Each manager shared
his/her personal story and techniques for girls
to learn about real life examples of leadership.
After the training was completed, Banati’s girls
were handed certificates of attendance.
Vocational Trainings
in numbers:
6 Girls participated in a training
offered by the Nile Ritz-Carlton.
10 Girls participated in IT courses by
Rotary 6th of October - Sheikh Zayed.
7 of the graduating girls have had
short professional experiences. For
instance, Novotel, a stationary place,
clothes factory, and restaurants.
14 girls were delivered a leadership
program by P&G.
Productive workshops
in numbers:
118 girls have attended vocational
workshops.
301 duplicated persons have
attended vocational workshops in
Reception center.
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 Key Events
Plan Event:
In June 2018, the choir
team has performed
in Plan’s annual event
that took place in the
Nile Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
showcasing a period
of intense training and
preparations.
Ramadan Iftar: The Indian
Community
Banati hosted a
successful 9th annual
Association
Iftar event. In its 9th in Egypt:
annual Iftar event, it
welcomed over 200 Banati was the Partner
guests with home-cooked Foundation of the
meals by Banati’s chefs. annual event hosted by
DEO school Guests were entertained
by Banati’s organized
the Indian Community
Association in Egypt.
performance: performances that Banati had the chance
included a storytelling to showcase their
Banati’s Choir team performance, a products, promote its
performed during the contemporary dance work and fundraise
DEO’s School Christmas show, and a performance through a number of
party. by our choir. events.

Ubuntu French Football World Egypt Meditation

Gallery: Institute: Championship: Innovate training:
15 of Banati’s The contemporary Banati’s Football Team
Exhibition: Nada Haidar delivered
young artists have dance team has had represented Egypt with meditation training
Banati has
participated in a several performances pride in the Street Child over the period of one
participated in
world championship on the stage of the World Cup in Moscow, month for the girls in
the annual Egypt
themed exhibition French Institute competing against 19 the October shelter and
Innovate Exhibition
organized by Ubuntu that took place in teams from all over the the staff from the four
with its handmade
Gallery. All paintings July, September and world. operating units in Banati.
products, jewelry,
were sold. December. The audience The training has taught
crochet, arts and
witnessed outstanding all the techniques of
crafts and pottery.
performances from meditation and stress
Banati’s girls. relief, which has spread
a positive energy in
Banati’s premises.

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 Success Stories
Before reaching out to Banati’s Reception Center,
M.A. used to suffer from extreme negligence due
to her lack of economic resources. The Reception
Center provided her with the opportunity to
participate in the sewing workshop, where
she developed sewing skills and gained self-
confidence. After three months, M.A. successfully
completed the sewing training and was awarded a
sewing machine, and the fabrics needed to make
bed sheets and, hence, run her own business. As a
result, M.A. started a micro-project through which
M.S. is a 15-year-old girl who was abandoned
by her mother when she was three months old.
The girl lived with her father and stepmother
who severely abused her by hitting and burning
her. M.S. has been in the foundation for two
years and her father does not visit or call her.
M.S. never went to school and has a learning and
cognitive impairment. She also had very poor
communication skills, aggressive behavior, and
stutters among other issues. M.S. now attends
school and is in the second grade.
Through her work with psychologist, individually
and in group sessions, M.S. is now less aggressive
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she sewed many bed sheets and sold them to her
surrounding neighbors, with the aim of improving
the economic status of her family. That said, the
Reception Center kept supporting M.A. socially and
psychologically, leading her to be aspired to further
develop her skills and increase her income. M.A.
went on to successfully being hired at a well-known
factory where she currently receives ongoing
trainings on how to use different kinds of sewing
machines, and is generating more revenue for
herself and her family.
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and recognizes when she is getting frustrated
and starts to utilize the techniques taught to her
by her psychologist. Through speech therapy
sessions, M.S’s stuttering has been reduced.
M.S. used to be shy and did not have a positive
self-image as she was constantly bullied. Now,
she is more accepting of herself, there is a lot of
improvement in her self-worth and is responsive
to activities and workshops such as swimming,
dancing and pottery. Through her engagement
in activities, and her close work with two of our
psychologists, M.S’s mood, social skills, personal
hygiene, and communication skills have improved
tremendously.
A. F. is a 17-year-old girl who was abandoned
by several different institutions and relatives,
which caused her a major trauma. She became
an angry and violent person who was used in
other institutions to threaten other children. She
was transferred to Banati and was unable to fit
in and follow the place’s rules. She was able to
express herself only through violent behavior and
she lacked trust in herself and in other people
no matter how close they were to her. Through
psychological rehabilitation within the foundation
and external psychiatric support, she was able to
gain control of herself and be less violent despite
some relapses. She was also able to regain her
balance back through individual and follow up
sessions.
S. is the son of a negligent drug addict father
who was never home most of the time, and
never paid attention to or cared for his son and
family. As a result, S. was on the streets a lot,
where he was at great risk. Luckily, three years
ago, S. was introduced to Banati’s Reception
Center where he received awareness sessions
on the importance of education and sports, and
the necessity of quitting street life. He was also
offered psychosocial therapy sessions to restore
his mental and psychological wellness, and build
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Starting June 2018, she was, for the first time, able
to commit to work in a factory. She has started
to build social relationships outside of Banati’s
premises and maintain them. She gained self-
confidence through attending many group sessions
with her peers and started to promote her
handmade crochet pieces. She is currently dealing
with ease in society and with different people
without her insecurities and fears holding her
back. She is now considered almost ready for her
reintegration into society and her graduation from
Banati. Her progress was tracked and monitored
through the observations and feedback from the
assigned psychologists and also through many
psychological assessment tools like screening
tools for depression and anxiety and Strengths and
Difficulties Questionnaire that were conducted in
different periods to assess progress.
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his self-confidence with the aim of enabling him
to return to his family and his school. As a result,
his psychological and mental statuses have
become significantly better, and with the help of
the Reception Center, he successfully returned to
his school and his family life, and became one of
the top students. Moreover, he found himself in
sports, and he now plays wrestling, which helps
him release his negative energy and maintain his
psychological wellbeing.
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 Renovations

Assuring for the resident girls the maximum protective environment

possible, Banati has made sure that its premises are safe,
accessible, child-friendly, and well-monitored. Moreover, within
the framework of Banati’s plan to renovate the shelters to ensure
they are providing the healthiest and most convenient environment
for our kids to grow and prosper, maintenance and renovation took
place in 2018. The two shelters; in 6th of October, and Imbaba, have
had maintenance and renovation works done for their facilities such
as the bedrooms, the bathrooms and living rooms among others.

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 Institutional Collaboration with Wataneya:

Sustainability In 2018, Banati collaborated with “Wataneya Society for the Development of
Orphanages” and was able to provide a series of trainings to its employees on the
different stages of child growth, how to understand children’s different characters
and needs, and how to respond to them properly, as well as the right methodologies
of positive discipline. The trainings were delivered to the caregivers at Banati which
Always seeking to be one of the leading pioneers in the field of led to the improvement in the quality of services delivered to the girls and boys
residing at Banati.
protection of children at risk and children in street situations, Banati
takes the necessary steps to attain all the means of institutional
sustainability possible. Financial and organizational sustainability,
integral parts of Banati’s five-year strategy, prove to be the main drive
behind Banati’s operations. In 2018, Banati focused on diversifying the
partners, opening new channels with new donors, attracting more
supporters into Banati’s family and also building the capacity if its Cooperation with Educate Me: A collaboration with FACE
employees by offering several training programs. International for Children in Need:
Keen on the academic success of its beneficiaries,
Banati wanted to improve the quality of educational From May to September 2018, FACE International
services offered to those who are in our shelter. for Children in Need has implemented a case
We therefore approached Educate Me for the management training for 20 staff members from
reassessment of the educational program Banati. FACE is an organization that provides
offered in our premises. Educate Me is a non- protection and basic needs for children in street
profit organization that works on redefining the situations and orphans through designed model
educational system in Egypt through a progressive programs that respond to children’s needs and

Partnerships:
2018 was a unique year in terms of capacity
building and cooperation. Banati has diversified
its focus in three different directions to rise with
the quality of services provided and contribute in
lifting up the impact level on the beneficiaries.
Believing that knowledge and experience sharing
is the key to leaping and actualizing, Banati has
focused on creating partnerships with different
entities to build the capacity of the employees
working in Education, Case Management, and
Alternative Care.
Banti wants to pay respect to the following
collaborative entities and thank them for their
contribution to the cause:
learner-centered and skill-based education.
Educate Me works on creating educational
programs that allow children to self-actualize,
which is one of the essential skills that will help
children rehabilitate and reintegrate in society and,
if possible, their families.
Educate Me conducted a detailed assessment
on Banati’s educational system; interviews
were conducted with Banati’s teachers and
administration in addition to class shadowing.
Accordingly, they provided a detailed report
covering the conclusions of the assessment and
highlighting recommendations for the improvement
of the educational unit at Banati.
adapt to their changing lives, in order to reintegrate
them in the family and society. The training’s
objective was to build the team’s capacity on case
management and insert a case management
process within Banati’s operations. A first phase
was delivered to a number of 22 employees from
different departments to raise the awareness and
knowledge of the staff in Banati. The second phase
was an intermediate, comprehensive and practical
phase, delivered to 15 of Banati’s employees who
work directly with the girls in all of Banati’s units.
That phase’s objectives were to graduate case
workers able to open cases, master goal setting,
resolve challenges between child and family, deal
with demoralizing situations, reassess cases and
adapt them to handling any arising situations and/
or conditions. This training consequently led to the
establishment of a Case Management Unit at Banati.

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 Our donors Throughout Banati’s journey, the support of our partners, supporters
and individual donors has been the key factor that kept us protecting

and partners and serving the children in street situations. Without their generous
contribution, Banati could have never been able to sustain its
operations, and offer its services to its target group. To our donors,
and to anyone helping and supporting Banati, we extend our sincere
thanks, appreciation and gratitude. and, together, we will continue
working to bring back safety, comfort, hope and happiness to our
children.

Sawriris Foundation for Social
Development is one of the impactful grant-
making foundations in social development in Egypt.
Sawiris Foundation works on the most-pressing
developmental causes in Egypt such as health,
education, professional and vocational trainings as
well as scholarships and micro-projects funding.
Throughout Banati’s 10 years of service, Sawiris
Foundation has been one of the main donors
supporting Banati by funding different projects
that aim at protecting children in street situations
through Banati’s mobile unit, reception center and
shelters, and providing them with safe, healthy and
quality environment to live, grow and dream of a
better future.
Alexbank is one of Egypt’s leading private
sector Banks, which participated in Intesa
Sanpaolo group since 2007. Alex Bank takes a
huge part in social development in Egypt through
a strong CSR department that works with civil
society organizations on different national issues.
Alex Bank supports Banati in partnership with
Sawiris Foundation through a project titled the
children in “Applying Quality Standards and
Protection for Homeless Children at Banati’s
Shelters and Reception Center” that is currently
being implemented.
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Drosos Foundation is committed to enabling
disadvantaged people to live a life of dignity.
Together with partner organisations, it develops
and supports projects that have a direct bearing on
the effective and sustainable improvement of living
conditions, and seeks, wherever it is involved,
a long-term impact. Drosos funds “Sawaseya”
project in Banati, which helps children at risk’s
reintegration into society through funding Banati’s
rehabilitative model.
Samusocial International Egypte is a
French non-governmental organization registered
in Egypt and works with children in street
situations. Through two Mobile Units, Samusocial
reaches out to underprivileged children and
provides them with medical help and care needed.
Samusocial provides Banati with the following
services: frequent medical check-ups and follow-
ups for the girls and young mothers in Banati,
occasional medical trainings for Banati’s staff
members and financial support in maintaining part
of Banati’s operations in the Reception Center.
Plan International: an international
nongovernmental organization established in
1937 with the aim to protect and promote child’s
rights. Plan International funds Banati’s project
for the protection and reinforcement of children’s
rights through social and psychological sessions
to the hosted children and their families, and the
application of children’s protection policy.
National Bank of Kuwait: Since 2007 the
National Bank of Kuwait has left many prints in
the CSR sector. The National Bank of Kuwait funds
Banati in establishing and equipping a new wing in
the shelter to host 24 boys currently hosted in the
permanent shelter.
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 Supporters
All along Banati’s journey, the Ministry of Social
Solidarity has been Banati’s main supporter
believing in Banati’s major contribution to the
cause. The partnership with the Ministry is one of
the major factors for Banati’s success today.
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KMPG, one of the biggest and most prestigious
accounting and consulting firms in Egypt, is
Banati’s regular auditor that helps Banati
Foundation with quality audits, financial analysis
and reliable reports on a non-lucrative basis.
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