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Dear reader,
we've collected some stories about SEKEM, its companies, network and activities for you. We wish you an interesting read.
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Your SEKEM Public Relations Department - November, 2018
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SEKEM News App for Your Smartphone
Have you seen our new SEKEM News App? Have you experienced the convenience of getting great content directly onto your smartphone? Download the app now - totally for free!
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This year, SEKEM initiative celebrated its 41st anniversary under the slogan "Let's seed the future". SEKEM co-workers and students from Heliopolis University gathered already in the morning of the 1st of November and planted wheat and olive trees together. A symbolic act that should also pay attention to one of the SEKEM goals for 2057: Organic and Biodynamic agriculture shall …
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“One day I’ll buy a big car and take my family, my friends and colleagues on a nice road trip!” says Ahmed Saeed, Packaging Assistant at SEKEM’s Company iSiS Organic. “First, I will invite my parents and then Madam Hanan,” he tells with a smile referring to Hanan Abdelghany his former teacher at SEKEM’s School for Children with Special Needs. …
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SEKEM is happy to announce the launch of its first mobile application. Now, you can enjoy the SEKEM News directly on your smartphone or tablet. By using the official App of SEKEM you will effortlessly stay up to date regarding the activities of the SEKEM Initiative in Egypt. The integrated push notification option offers you to not miss any new article. Besides, …
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How did the vision of the SEKEM founder Ibrahim Abouleish become reality? How is such a social innovation actually working? And how does it affect people’s lives? How did a fair and in the same time competitive economy, a healthy social life and a living culture develop together? Or: How can partnership between east and west build peace and prosperity? …
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With its committed farmers in Damietta governorate, SEKEM celebrated the harvest of its Organic cotton for the second year in a row. This initiative started 2017 together with the cooperation with the UNIDO Egyptian Cotton Project. The project was designed to build on over two decades of experience, SEKEM has in Organic cotton cultivation. What made this year particularly special for all, was the …
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Teaming up to achieve sustainable livelihoods for all people throughout the world was beautifully showcased on October 15 and 16 at the UN FAO Headquarters in Rome. Co-organized by the FAO, IFOAM - Organics International and the World Future Council (WFC), the 2018 Future Policy Award (FPA) was awarded. Together, they celebrated the world’s best policies and laws that promote …
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“There are a lot of examples of expertise in the field of social innovation coming from Africa that are very inspiring to Europe. SEKEM is one of them,” says Maximilian Abouleish-Boes, SEKEM’s Chief Sustainability Officer. In both Africa and Europe, Maximilian Abouleish-Boes has recently attended two roundtable events: the Integral Africa Enterprise Roundtable in South Africa, and the Integral Education …
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A delegation of members of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag traveled to Egypt and Jordan at the end of October. During the trip, the politicians from all major German parties also visited the SEKEM Farm. Uwe Kekeritz from the party Alliance 90/The Greens had proposed to visit the SEKEM initiative. During the meeting with …
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From now on, the SEKEM Shop in Germany also offers a first selection of textiles: colorful baby and children's clothing as well as dolls and stuffed animals made from the best Egyptian Organic cotton. Among them there are simple basics, but also some articles with that certain something. And as a foretaste for adult Organic cotton lovers, we also offer …
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