You can also donate your hair to support cancer survivors and knit hats for cancer patients. Families that are actively engaged in their communities are thought to have higher chances of creating generations of change-makers. These are simple steps that you can plan to take to reach a much larger goal. You can start now, with a strong grounding in your home, family and community to make 2018 your year for giving back.Fatima Al-Wahaidy is a Palestinian Gender-Based Violence and Protection expert with more than nine years of experience honed by working with key development actors, including: the United Nations Population Fund and Norwegian Refugee Council’s Experts rosters. In late 2015, she moved to Egypt and recently joined Egypt Today Magazine as a writer in development and gender issues.

Source: Egypt Today February 11, 2018 10:30 UTC