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“I carry a vision deep within myself: in the midst of sand and desert, I see myself standing at a well drawing water. Carefully I plant trees, herbs and flowers and wet their roots with the precious drops. The cool well water attracts humans and animals to refresh and quicken themselves. Trees give shade, the land turns green, fragrant flowers bloom, insects, birds and butterflies show their devotion to Allah, the creator, as if they were reciting the first Sura of the Koran. The humans, perceiving the hidden praise of Allah, care for and see all that is created as a reflection of paradise on earth,” Ibrahim Abouleish (1937 – 2017).

How did the vision of the SEKEM founder Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish become reality? How is this social innovation working and how does it affect people’s lives? How can an efficient economy, a healthy social life and a living culture develop together? How can partnership between east and west build peace and prosperity?

To give you the opportunity to explore a sustainable community in the Egyptian desert, SEKEM offers a five-day hands-on experience, taking place at the SEKEM farm in Egypt. During this symposium, you will meet experts working in different fields in SEKEM to give you deep insights into the vision and how SEKEM’s holistic approach is implemented in its daily working and community life. The program combines both theory and practice and will give you the opportunity to get familiar with all the dimensions of SEKEM’s approach for sustainable development.

SEKEMsophia Symposium Event Fee:
500 € OECD Countries (Europe, US, Canada etc.)
200 € for non OECD Countries

Accommodation in SEKEM Guest House:
Single Room full board accommodation (68 Euros person/night  /80 US Dollars)
Double Room full board accommodation (111 Euros together per night  /130 US Dollars)

For groups of more than four persons or financial support please contact via email there should be no financial reason for non attending

For registration: https://goo.gl/forms/hVT6tf7QynLu85UM2

To get further information check out our flyer: SEKEMsophia Symposium Fact Sheet

Next SEKEMsophia Symposium 3. - 7. March 2019 (further Symposiums will be held on a quarterly basis)

Arrival should be on the 2nd March and Departure on the 8th March.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with  [email protected]

SEKEM invites you to the second phase of Let’s Seed the Future event, next Thursday April 18 on SEKEM’s main farm. We want to harvest the wheat we planted last November under the slogan 100% Organic, one of SEKEM’s main projects in the Vision for 2057.

Last November, SEKEM community got together to plant the seeds for Egypt’s Organic future. The invitation was extended to everyone who was interested and willing to point the way for a sustainable future. Next to students from SEKEM School, School for Children with Special Needs, the Vocational Training Center and Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development also SEKEM friends from all over the world came together to plant the seeds. Starting from November, pupils from local university and school regularly visited SEKEM in order to join the campaign.

The SEKEM Development Foundation (SDF),  Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) and Centre for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) are organising a summer school : ‘Intercultural Dialogue for a sustainable future’ from July 7 until July 14 to foster the understanding of cultural diversity and international friendship, thus promoting peaceful and sustainable development.

Program

During the Summer School, participants will explore different ways of meeting each other beyond the boundaries of different cultures, languages, nations, religions and  gender.

Inspiring lecturers from CAWU (Center for Arab-West Understanding) will lead a journey through Egyptian history and the roots of different religions. Facilitators from the core program at Heliopolis University will guide us to interact with each other in a creative way with different arts: painting, movement, acting and singing. We will also have self-organised time where we explore emerging topics, share perspectives from our different countries and cultures and practice peaceful and constructive dialogue. There will be also space for participants to be actively leading a session themselves. Through this we will explore important topics such as cultural relations between Europe and the Middle East, interreligious dialogue, the role of the arts in intercultural dialogue and Interfaith cooperation . So be ready to co-create the summer school for our sustainable future!  

The workshop will be completed with a certificate of participation.

Apply :  https://forms.gle/XhZ9RfbueqK1aqHUA

The Summer School is an offer to open-minded students or young persons interested to engage in interreligious and international exchange. the program will be held in English. Applications should be sent until May 31.

Fees

The Summer School will be held at the SEKEM Farm.  

The standard fee is 120€ including accommodation and food and LE800 for students enrolled in a Egyptian university. If you want to participate, but you can’t afford these fees you can explain this in the application. We will find a way to support you.

Costs for travel, visa, insurance are not included.

For more questions contact : [email protected]

Traveling to Egypt

There will be an opportunity to do an internship at CAWU after the summer school.

For more information, contact : [email protected] / https://www.cawu.org