Popis organizace:

Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development – MYF:

It is a central non-profit organization registered with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity under No. 6563/2018, 982/2021, and working to promote cultural and youth cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

MYF, the first youth foundation oriented to Mediterranean countries, was established in the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2018. It is led by youth/women and aims to serve youth, by involving them in social life, especially youth and women with fewer opportunities to promote their participation in building youth/women-friendly societies.

Key Milestones in MYF Journey:

2018: Establishment of Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development -MYF
2019: Obtaining the quality label from the European Union as a sending and hosting foundation to send/host volunteers to and from European Union countries.
2020: Obtaining the King Hamad Award (King of the Kingdom of Bahrain) for youth empowerment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - Youth Empowerment Category.
2021: Obtaining the United Nations and BMW Prize for Innovation and Intercultural Dialogue (Intercultural Innovation Hub - IIH), with the support of Accenture.
2022: Accreditation as a permanent observer member, to be the second Egyptian foundation in history to obtain permanent membership in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC
2023: Granted special advisory membership in the United Nations Economic and Social Council + Granted the status of public benefit from the Egyptian government (enjoying the privileges of public authority).

MYF vision:

Being the largest green digital youth/women Foundation in the Euro-Mediterranean region working with and for youth, women and the environment.

MYF Message:

Our message triangle focuses on:

- Contributing to the achievement and promotion of Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5, 6, 8, 10,13, 16, and 17
- Empowering young women in communities with less access to opportunities
- Building partnerships to exchange and apply regional and international best practices in the field of youth, women and environment.

Our mission:
Enhancing cultural and youth/women cooperation between countries overlooking

Our case:
Empowering youth and women, facilitating movement and facing challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

MYF Objectives:

- Promoting a culture of intercultural dialogue and cultural pluralism among the Mediterranean and neighboring countries.
- Building youth capacities to keep pace with development and face global challenges (technological, environmental and climatic).
- Contributing to achieving and promoting the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth SDGs.
- Enhancing youth participation to achieve peace, security and human fraternity.
- Involving youth who have less access to opportunities in social life.
- Empowering young women in societies with less access to opportunities and helping them navigate beyond borders.
- Building partnerships to exchange and apply best regional and international practices in the field of youth, women and environment.

Our priorities:

1- Facilitating movement
2- Upbringing, literacy and Education in the field of human rights
3- Partnerships to achieve goals
4- Working for youth, women and the environment
5- Working with refugees
6- Capacity building in the field of youth work


Our values:

Human Fraternity – Solidarity – Mobility of Freedom – Justice

E-mail Address:
info@myfmed.org

Office Address:
Office No. 1, Building No. 2013, Al-Eyadaat Street, Zahraa Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, 11528

Zaměření v rámci začleňování

Tato organizace je ochotná přijmout pro různé typy projektů dobrovolníky, kteří se nacházejí v situaci, která jim účast na dobrovolnických aktivitách komplikuje, a to z následujících kategorií:

• Kulturní odlišnosti
• Překážky ekonomického charakteru
• Překážky zeměpisného charakteru