Former football coach starts food charity for poor families in Egypt - in pictures

Initiative set up by Ismail Abdel-Wahhab and his friends after the devaluation of the local currency

Ismail Abdel-Wahhab, 39, a former football coach, provides meals for families every Friday, in Helwan, a suburb of Cairo. All photos: Reuters

Mr Abdel-Wahhab and his friends started the initiative with help from charities

A volunteer prepares meals

It is intended to help poor families

He came up with the idea following the devaluation of the Egyptian pound

Volunteers distribute the meals

A chain of volunteers helps load a car with meals ready for delivery

A volunteer distributes meals and food supplies to families, in Helwan, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, February 10, 2023. Ismail Ahmed Abdel-Wahhab, a former football coach, and his friends started the charitable work with the support and help from charitable societies and many volunteers, to help poor families, after a devaluation of the Egyptian pound which affected the economic conditions in the country. REUTERS / Hanaa Habib

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