Maisara.
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هل تبحث عن دعم؟ تعرّف على خطوات التقديم للأسر في مصر.
An Egyptian tailor at his sewing machine, within the shape of Egypt
Made in Egypt · by hand
A grassroots movement in Egypt

We free families from debt.

We're neighbours, makers and mentors. We give interest-free loans, clear unfair debts, and help people build a living that lasts.

Microfamily by family
Mezzocommunity by community
Macrothe rules themselves
Local mosques & imamsMu'assasat al-NadaGam'iyat Omar ibn al-KhattabMinistry of Social SolidarityNeighbourhood retailersZakat committeesVolunteer mentors Local mosques & imamsMu'assasat al-NadaGam'iyat Omar ibn al-KhattabMinistry of Social SolidarityNeighbourhood retailersZakat committeesVolunteer mentors
A youth maker workshop in Egypt
What we're building

We don't hand out fish. We help people build the boat.

We clear the debt that traps a family, then help them start something of their own. Our next step is an incubator — a place where young Egyptians design real products, learn to run a business, and make things the world wants to buy.

  • Capital, not charity — interest-free loans and small investments to start a livelihood.
  • Skills that stick — product design, making, budgeting and business basics.
  • A path to market — co-ops that produce, and a route to sell, at home and abroad.
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Families freed from debt
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Businesses launched
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Loan recovery rate
In their own words

The people behind the numbers.

When families tell their own story, we listen. Here are a few.

Lift a burden. Build a future.

Give once or monthly. Most of every pound goes straight into a family's livelihood.

What we do

We work family by family — and on the system around them.

Tap the map to see where we work and what we've done. Then scroll for the bigger plan.

How we work

Three levels, one goal: families who never need us again.

Micro — the family

We give interest-free loans for a tool, machine or first stock. And where a family is already buried, we negotiate the debt down — getting loan sharks to drop the interest, and shopkeepers to waive their profit — then pay it off.

Mezzo — the community

We teach money and business at the community level — needs vs wants, budgeting, pricing, and the shift from buying-on-credit to making and selling. And we help neighbours form co-ops that pool, produce and grow together.

Macro — the system

Some causes of debt sit above any one family. We share what we learn, raise awareness about predatory lending, and champion interest-free finance — informing the policy conversation through evidence, not partisan lobbying.

The big idea

An engine that turns skill into livelihoods — and products the world buys.

Egypt makes things, and makes them well. Our vision is a product house: an incubator where we distribute micro-loans and small investments, teach young people product design and making, and build co-ops that manufacture for sale — at home and for export.

  • Design + make — like a studio that teaches by building real, sellable products.
  • Two engines, one mission — a non-profit that trains and lends, working hand-in-hand with a trading arm that sells (inspired by IDEO.org and Ten Thousand Villages).
  • Co-ops to market — neighbours own the work; we open the door to buyers worldwide.
Handmade products packaged for sale
A sewing co-op at work

Made by neighbours, owned by neighbours.

Co-ops keep the value in the community. Members learn, produce and share in what they sell — and the income they once lost to interest goes into their own pockets and their children's future.

Help us build it.

Your gift funds the loans, the training and the workshop benches.

How you can help

There's a place here for you.

However you give — money, time, skills, or a connection — it goes straight to a family in Egypt.

Donate

Give once or monthly. Most of every pound becomes a loan that's repaid and lent again.

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Give monthly

Steady support lets us plan, lend further, and stand by a family until they're on their feet.

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Start a Circle

Seed a self-renewing local fund — at your mosque, your hometown, or in someone's memory.

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Become a Friend

Volunteer your time or skills — mentoring, accounting, design, translation, outreach.

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Partner with us

Mosques, retailers, NGOs and buyers — let's serve the same families, better.

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Fundraise

Rally your family, friends or workplace around a family's loan or a Circle.

Why it lasts

One gift, given again and again.

Because loans come back, the money you give today helps the next family next year. Ongoing charity — sadaqah jāriyah — by design.

In their own words

Real people. Real work. A way out.

Tap a story to read it. Names and portraits are illustrative to protect each family's privacy — the words reflect the families we serve.

Be the next chapter.

Fund a loan, clear a debt, back a maker.

Our history

New name. Decades of doing this work.

Maisara is young, but the people behind it aren't. For forty years they've built businesses, farms and institutions that lift families up.

A master craftsman teaching a young apprentice
Farmland reclaimed from the desert at dawn
The road here

Forty years in the making.

1980s

It starts with a trade

Our founders begin building and rescuing small businesses across Egypt — learning, the hard way, what it takes for a family to stand on its own.

1990s

From desert to farmland

A 150-acre desert-agriculture project turns arid land into productive farms — proof that the right investment can transform a livelihood for good.

2000s

Institutions that serve

Years of nonprofit leadership — schools, markets, daycares and community services — and board roles with organisations serving orphans and rural families.

2010s

Water, land and dignity

Partnering with the Ministry of Social Solidarity on rural water filtration and capacity-building, and farming 50 acres to support orphans.

Today

Maisara

Everything we've learned, in one model: interest-free loans, debt relief, community education — and an incubator to come.

وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ
"And if someone is in hardship, then grant a delay until a time of ease. But if you give from your right as charity, it is better for you, if only you knew."
— Sūrah Al-Baqarah, 2:280
Our people

A small team and a wide circle.

Leadership, trustees, staff and the Friends who give their time and skills. Filter to meet them.

Get in touch

Start a Circle, partner, or join us.

Families in Egypt seeking help can visit our صفحة الدعم بالعربية.

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Your gift, mostly straight to a family.

Give once or monthly. Here's exactly where each pound goes — we keep overhead low on purpose.

    Illustrative allocation. Loans are repaid and lent again, so the "livelihood" share keeps working long after you give.

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