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“We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination,” said Nelson Mandela, the Nobel peace prize winner and the …
In cooperation with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and SEKEM Energy, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) recently hosted the international conference, “PV Applications in Egypt: Strategies to Meet the …
Again, SEKEM and Rapunzel Naturkost are collaborating in the ongoing development program, Hand in Hand (HIH). This time, the long-standing SEKEM partner and the leading Organic Food producer in Europe …
A delegation of members of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag traveled to Egypt and Jordan at the end of October. During the trip, the …
“There are a lot of examples of expertise in the field of social innovation coming from Africa that are very inspiring to Europe. SEKEM is one of them,” says Maximilian …
This year, SEKEM initiative celebrated its 41st anniversary under the slogan “Let’s seed the future”. SEKEM co-workers and students from Heliopolis University gathered already in the morning of the 1st …
How did the vision of the SEKEM founder Ibrahim Abouleish become reality? How is such a social innovation actually working? And how does it affect people’s lives? How did a …
How to use paper to plant Organic herbs? Is it possible to fetch Organic vegetables from our balconies and roofs and add it to our meals for a healthy lifestyle? …
Teaming up to achieve sustainable livelihoods for all people throughout the world was beautifully showcased on October 15 at the UN FAO Headquarters in Rome. Co-organized by the FAO, IFOAM …
With its committed farmers in Damietta governorate, SEKEM celebrated the harvest of its Organic cotton for the second year in a row. This initiative started 2017 together with the cooperation with the UNIDO …
SEKEM is happy to announce the launch of its first mobile application. Now, you can enjoy the SEKEM News directly on your smartphone or tablet. By using the official App of …
In collaboration with the “World Dignity University”-Initiative and the SEKEM Friends Association Scandinavia the network “Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies” (HumanDHS) hosted its 31st annual conference at SEKEM and Heliopolis …
At the beginning of this year, a delegation from Kenya visited SEKEM in order to share experiences on building a sustainable community under challenged conditions. The contact had been made …
The brands “People Wear Organic” (PWO) and “biobaby“, whose textiles are mainly produced by SEKEM‘s company NatureTex, were awarded three times by the “German Brand Award 2018“: The natural textile …
In the 2017 Sustainability Report, SEKEM demonstrates its ongoing commitment to holistic sustainable development in Egypt within a year, that marked tremendous changes within the initiative itself as well as …
Helmy Abouleish is among the jury members of the “Future Policy Award 2018“. This was announced by the “World Future Council“, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations …
By 2050, more than 60% of the world population is estimated to live in cities. Also in Egypt, the urban population is expanding while a good living standard can’t be …
In this year’s May, SEKEM’s CEO Helmy Abouleish and several other representatives from the fields of agriculture, education, medicine, art, commerce or banking signed a charter for founding the World …
At the beginning of July 2018, SEKEM‘s CEO Helmy Abouleish once again attended in the Economy Council which was this time related to the question “Associative Economy – How does …
Shortly after the SEKEM Initiative was founded in 1977, a link has been established between the Egyptian capital and the German city Stuttgart: since 1979, Cairo and Stuttgart have officially …
