Report: 'Decent Life' Supports 3.8 Million Families

The Egyptian state has implemented the Solidarity and Dignity Program to eradicate poverty, a program that follows the presidential initiative "A Decent Life" launched by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in early 2019.

The initiative succeeded in this sector by supporting 3.8 million families (14.1 million citizens) from cash support programs, within billions of pounds directed by the state to eradicate poverty.

The initiative succeeded in reducing the poverty rate in 19/2020 for the first time since 99/2000 to reach 29.7%, as well as reducing the extreme poverty rate from 6.2% in 2018/17 to 4.5% in 2019/2020.

According to the report of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development on the government’s efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals, with regard to the first goal: the eradication of poverty, the state directed LE 750 billion (from the state’s general budget) during the period (18/2019-20-2021) for social protection programs, with a growth rate It reached 50% between the years (15/2016 - 20/2021).

The preliminary stage of the "Decent Life" initiative also included directing about LE 15 billion to develop the 375 most villages in need across Egypt.

Prior to the implementation of the "Decent Life" initiative, the national poverty rate had reached 32.5% in 2017/2018 and was mainly concentrated in rural communities, especially in Upper Egypt.

Over the past seven years, President Sisi paid attention to the Egyptian citizen, and provided him with many social protection programs such as “Solidarity and Dignity” program, “2 Are Enough”, and “100 million health.”

He also showed a great interest in pensioners and in other programs for a decent life for every Egyptian citizen.

It’s noteworthy that, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, the Decent Life Foundation announced the launching of "Wasl Al Khair" food aid convoys in all governorates as part of the “One Million Cartons” campaign in implementation of directives given by President Sisi in this regard.

The first phase of Egypt’s Decent Life initiative – launched in July 2019 and ended at the end of 2020 – included 143 villages in 46 centers in about 11 governorates, bringing the number of beneficiaries to 1.8 million.

Assessing the impact of the initiative on achieving the sustainable development goals, a former report by the Ministry of Planning stated that “A Decent Life” was able to achieve several achievements in terms of the third, fourth, sixth, eighth, and eleventh goals.