My name is Iman Rabie, and I'm a 35-year-old married mother of three. My children, including a son with a disability, are all currently in school. We live in a village in Minya, Upper Egypt, and my husband works as a laborer with an inconsistent income. I have a small sewing project and used to have an old swing machine, but I spent most of the income on its maintenance because it broke down so often. I really wanted to buy a modern machine and expand my business and meet the demands of customers. I heard about the training and seminars offered by the "Together Association" in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Solidarity, through their "Enhancing Institutional Capabilities and Human Resources" project. I registered and attended the training on how to start, grow, manage a project, and calculate costs, profits, and losses in a simple way. After that, I had the opportunity to apply for funding to buy a modern machine and fabrics. I applied for 30,000 EGP, received the money, and bought a new sewing machine. Then, I went to the district and purchased a large quantity of fabric at excellent wholesale prices. My project has truly grown. I even trained my daughter to work with me on the other sewing machine. Now, I make abayas and tailor many different styles for people according to their requests. This has made a huge difference in the size and activity of my project, and more people know about my work. My income is now more than four times what it was before, even after paying off the installments. It covers my project's costs and also helps significantly with household expenses.

Nadia Salib is 42, she is married and has three children going to school; her husband is a simple farmer who works in the agricultural field. The family lives in a small rural village in Minia.

"I applied for many jobs but have never been employed, I was so desperate and I thought I'll never achieve my dreams or even live a normal life" narrates Mahmoud,

My life was full of frustrations and disappointments; I was very desperate and over loaded with tons of responsibilities that I had no choice but to handle" narrates Nadia

Ibrahim is one of the beneficiaries of 'safe Disposal of Agricultural waste project ' in Abo- Gherer- Malawy District. He used compost (organic fertilizer)