About Ezbet El Haggana

The staff of the Institution started to closely identify the problems facing the population. Among these problems stood ones related to the right of housing and its associated services such as the right of

Ezbet Al-Hagana

potable water. It was discovered that most of the area’s districts are deprived of drinking water. The only source of drinking water in these deprived districts are the water-carrier pickups that sell one gallon of water at a price between 0.25 and 0.5 L.E., which is an extra burden on families of Ezbet Al-Haggana.

In addition, most houses lack electricity and surprisingly sanitary sewerage. In spite of the existence of the main network of sanitary sewerage, it holds useless as people still drain into wells and underground reservoirs. Moving to children of Ezbet Al-Haggana, most of them suffer from malnutrition diseases, family violence especially exerted by fathers and stepfathers. Furthermore, there’s poverty that, very early, introduces them to the labor market at that young age.

Last but not least, the social and economical conditions are near to the ground as most of the families are women- or children-headed.