People in SEKEM: El-Hassan Salah
El-Hassan Salah has very well earned his position at SEKEM’s company NatureTex – with his devotion to work and eagerness to learn. The 30 year old Purchasing Supervisor managed from …
New Skills to Unfold Egypt’s Wooden Potential
In international cooperation, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development and SEKEM’s Vocational Training Center launched their new project on promoting the woodwork sector in Egypt. As SEKEM believes in a global …
Protecting Egyptian Bees from Extinction
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 …
Tintin in Egypt: Do, Think and Feel in the Plumbing Workshop
In spring 2016 Jan Vermeulen and his partner Ann Lust traveled to SEKEM with the Dutch Association of SEKEM Friends. They were so inspired that they offered to share their …
News from SEKEM’s Wood Workshop: Three Carpenters in an Interview
Fausi Marti had been working as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Bern for 26 years. Meanwhile, the Swiss-Egyptian is retired and reports on his blog (www.fausi.net) …
Contagious Passion on the SEKEM Girls’ Day
“It’s contagious!” That’s how Gamal El Sayed, the Director of SEKEM School described the case of the increasing number of girls studying at SEKEMs Vocational Training Center (VTC). “The girls …
New Generation of Biodynamic Farmers at SEKEMs Vocational Training Center
For many years, an agricultural training has been offered at SEKEMs Vocational Training Center (VTC). Of course, Biodynamic farming is practiced at SEKEM, but due to state regulations it was …
Helpful Donation: New Machines for SEKEMs Vocational Training Center
The SEKEM Vocational Training Center (VTC) was founded in 1997 to provide young people from the surrounding areas of the SEKEM Farm with a profound and holistic crafting education. By …
Let’s Break the Patterns
Smiling faces, bright eyes and confident girls: It was the Girls’ Day, the huge event, which SEKEM traditionally holds every March 8 on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. …
Combating Egypt’s Desertification by Creating Awareness for the Beauty and Values of Nature
“…creating a place where every human being can unfold his or her individual potential” The right awareness about the fact that fertile land and agriculture are feeding us and that …
People in SEKEM: Hanem Mahmoud Youssef
Hanem Mahmoud is the first woman managing one of the departments in SEKEMs Vocational Training Center. “I appreciate that everything in SEKEM is connected somehow and arts play an essential …
The Hidden Secrets of Life: An Elaborate Eurythmy Collaboration
“Your bizarre waves enchanting my eyes, oh Nile!” – A phrase from the Egyptian music masterpiece “The River of Eternity” that talks about the river Nile, which represents the power …
SEKEMs Vocational Training Centre Celebrates „Girl‘s Day“
On this year’s “Girl’s Day” SEKEMs Vocational Training Centre opened its doors to the female pupils of the SEKEM School to give them insights into the apprenticeships available to them. …
The Beginnings of Vocational Training at SEKEM
20 years ago, SEKEMs Vocational Training Centre could be founded thanks to a donation by the City of Biberach in Germany. Dr. Hans Werner, who assisted the initiative, recounts its …
SEKEM Insight – 08.2014 – English
SEKEM Insight – 08.2014 – English SEKEM Insight – 08.2014 – English