Hope Village Society was established by the late Mr. Richard Hemsley, with the collaboration of a group of Egyptian business men and ladies whose interest is wholly given to charitable deeds.
Mr. Richard, a British nationality, worked for 14 years in the position of a head master of one of the language schools in Egypt. He voluntarily participated in providing help to children in especially difficult situations whether in his country or in Egypt where he forwarded his care to social consultancy at the SOS.
When he thought of establishing the Hope Village Society, he started with one center in the area of Nasr City with only 8 orphans who lacked family care.
After two years, street children who wandered everywhere on Cairo's streets and cross-roads were beginning to form a phenomenon and a problem. This attracted his attention and made him think of opening a day-care center for them which was the first of its kind in Egypt. It was in Shobra; an area where street children exist in abundanse. It was just a start that was followed by several other attempts in other similar places.
He died in 1995, and left a will giving all his belongings to the children of Hope Village which was ‘his beautiful dream that was coming true’.
The Society started its activities through one Shelter and the program has successfully expanded from caring for initial few boys in one shelter to a number of centers that are situated around Greater Cairo. Services are now provided through 12 centers distributed in Cairo, Guiza and 10th of Ramadan as follows
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Three "Mobile Units" to care for street children at their gather spots.
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Four reception day care centers for frequenting children at areas of Sayeda Zeinab , Road El-Farag, Imbaba and el-Hagana.
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Three Temporary Residences at areas of Mokattam, Salam and El-Toub El-Ramly.
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Five Permanent Residences at Nasr City and 10th of Ramadan. The latter has an annex of a compound for training productive workshops.
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Currently the fifth Reception Center for the “Young Street Mothers” which is being established at the 5th Collective area, in Greater Cairo.
