Dr. Yasmine El-Sharif
Chair, Cairo Urban Regeneration Circle
“To make every informal settlement in Greater Cairo the co-author of its own three-year plan for water, waste and rooftop energy, ratified street by street.”
An urban planner and former UN-Habitat fellow who convenes 38 informal-settlement committees. Co-author of Cairo's first community-led sanitation atlas.
- Hub
- Maadi Civic Partnerships Office
- Since
- Opened 2021
- Households
- 2,260 households across Manshiyat Naser, Ezbet El-Haggana, Imbaba
- Pillars
- People · Planet · Prosperity
- Model
- A street-by-street improvement compact: residents co-author a three-year plan for water, waste and rooftop solar, and the foundation underwrites only what the committee itself signs off on.
- Households reached2,260 / 2,50090%
- Settlement committees seated38 / 4584%
- Rooftop solar installs192 / 25077%
- Waste removed (tonnes)1,380 / 1,60086%
Solid bar — actual. Dashed marker — annual target.
Dr. Yasmine El-Sharif
Chair, Cairo Urban Regeneration Circle
An urban planner and former UN-Habitat fellow who convenes 38 informal-settlement committees. Co-author of Cairo's first community-led sanitation atlas.
To make every informal settlement in Greater Cairo the co-author of its own three-year plan for water, waste and rooftop energy, ratified street by street.
Maadi Civic Partnerships Office, Road 9, Maadi, Cairo
- Registry
- Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity
- ID
- MOSS/CAI/2021/8825
- Last check
- April 2026
- Verified by
- Kingdom Foundation Compliance Office