Handicraft jobs project planned for women in Safaga's Umm El Huwaitat
The Red Sea social solidarity directorate says the project with Al-Amal Company and the Hayah Karima Foundation will cover carpet-making, knitting and handwork; a protocol with a village association has yet to be signed.
11 November 2026
The Red Sea social solidarity directorate is preparing a project to give women in Umm El Huwaitat, a village in Safaga, paid work in handicrafts.
The directorate said the project, run in cooperation with Al-Amal Company and the Hayah Karima Foundation, would set up productive and craft work including carpet-making, knitting and handmade goods, to create steady income for the families taking part.
Arrangements for a cooperation protocol with the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Association in the village were discussed at a meeting led by the directorate's head, Amr Mahmoud El-Tohamy, before activities begin on the ground. No start date was given and the protocol had not been signed.