Egypt - President al Sisi Grants Land for the Construction of the "Bambino Gesù" Pediatric Hospital in Cairo

Agenzia Fides ^ | 8/30/22

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Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the first African pediatric hospital to bear the name of the Child Jesus and will belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. It will guarantee health care for children and pregnant women in a country where, unfortunately, high birth rates continue to be marked by a high incidence of neonatal mortality. It will be built on land offered in concession by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi. This is the work promoted by the "Cairo Bambino Gesù Association", a charity organization chaired by the Coptic Catholic priest Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, a member of the High Committee for Human Fraternity and former personal secretary of Pope Francis. The Bambino Gesù Association of Cairo operates in Egypt through the Human Fraternity Foundation, an entity dedicated to social and welfare projects for the poorest sections of the population. Both organizations are inspired by the spirit and proposals contained in the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Common Coexistence signed on February 4, 2019 in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar.

It was Egyptian President al Sisi who ordered the transfer of the land on which the new health center will be built. The land granted in concession is located in the great urban area of Cairo, in the area where the so-called "New Administrative Capital" is being built, which will house some 5 million inhabitants in the first phase of urbanization. Once the project is finished, the new city should house some 7 million Egyptians. The signing of the contracts that will allow the start of construction is scheduled for the next few days, as confirmed to Agenzia Fides by local sources. The representatives of the company that directs the urban plans of the administrative capital.......

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Beautiful and surprising news!

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Somebody call the Copts!