CAIRO – 15 February 2021: Access Program of the U.S. embassy in Cairo was launched Monday, taking 160 young Egyptian students in a two-year journey of learning English and other skills essential for their character building. The class from Cairo included 20 visually impaired students, and their facilitator was Dr. Maged Rushdy, a visually impaired AMIDEAST teacher. The U.S. embassy partners with AMIDEAST and the American University in Cairo to hold Access. The program teaches English, but also presentation and computer skills, and tackles community service and leadership. Alshaimaa Sayed, a student from Hurghada who is originally from Qena, Upper Egypt, told Egypt Today how the program, only six months in so far, has changed her attitude outside of Access.

Source: Egypt Today February 16, 2022 01:51 UTC