As of 2021, the number of Egyptian villages reached 4,740 followed by 30,000 smaller areas, housing 57 percent of the population of Egypt. But, the 2015 study showed that residents of 4,655 villages nationwide lacked good education, sanitation services, and had no public transportations. Moreover, the villages suffered from a lack of means of communication, as 49 percent of Egyptian villages had no post offices, and 75 percent did not have a government central communication headquarters. Up to 4.46 million people benefited from Hayaa Karema in its first phase, with LE 13.5 billion worth of projects and services. Last February, The United Nations praised Egypt’s “Decent Life” initiative for contributing in mitigating the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through improving the standards of living conditions of the neediest groups.
