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Your SEKEM Public Relations Department - August, 2018

SEKEM Cooperates in UNIDO’s Egyptian Cotton Project

SEKEM Cooperates in UNIDO’s Egyptian Cotton Project
After a successful yield of Organic cotton that SEKEM celebrated last year, the pioneer of Egypt’s organic cotton collaborates again in 2018, with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in order to promote a sustainable value creation of Egyptian cotton. Under the title “The Egyptian Cotton Project”, UNIDO is leading a joint project with the Egyptian ministries of Trade …

People in SEKEM: Aly Zayed

People in SEKEM: Aly Zayed
On the 17th of August, one of SEKEMs first members passed away. Aly Zayed had been a gardener at SEKEM since it’s foundation in 1977. This time, we want to tell you Aly’s SEKEM story and are happy that some of his close colleagues and friends shared their memories with us. “Aly brought the green to SEKEM,” Hammad Ragab “The …

German Brand Award for NatureTex Partner “People Wear Organic”

German Brand Award for NatureTex Partner “People Wear Organic”
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 brand PWO won in the two categories "Sustainable Brand of the Year" and "Fashion". And the second brand "biobaby" was awarded with the "Kids & Toys" prize. “We all act …

Heliopolis University opens first Faculty of Organic Agriculture in Egypt and calls for international students

Heliopolis University opens first Faculty of Organic Agriculture in Egypt and calls for international students
With the start of the new academic year, on the 23rd of September 2018, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) will inaugurate its new Faculty of Organic Agriculture, which is the first of its kind in Egypt. As part of the university’s holistic contribution to the sustainable development of the Egyptian society, the faculty aims to offer an integral approach …

SEKEM as An Example for Kenya

SEKEM as An Example for Kenya
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 by the Dutch SEKEM Friends Association. Hendrik Jan Bakker from the “Vriendenkring SEKEM” and Ad Groeneveld from the Kenyan Wajir Welfare Foundation write about a very inspiring exchange. When Helmy …

SEKEM Publishes Sustainability Report 2017

SEKEM Publishes Sustainability Report 2017
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 in the country. After SEKEM celebrated its 40th anniversary and after the death of the founder Ibrahim Abouleish in June 2017, SEKEM created a vision for 2057 in order to …
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