How some Egyptian youths are addressing food insecurity
Egyptian students launch an initiative that allows poor citizens to buy sandwiches with the money left by paying customers.
In a modest restaurant on the outskirts of Cairo, paid receipts are pinned to one of the walls, allowing hungry people who have no money to use them to order a sandwich.
The restaurant has joined the "Sandwich on the Wall" initiative that was launched by three young Egyptian students to provide poor people with free food. The idea is that a customer buys a sandwich and pays for another one; a hungry person who can't afford a sandwich can take the receipt from the wall to pay for a meal.
Several restaurants in El-Obour city near Cairo have embraced the initiative, which is set to expand to other restaurants in Cairo during the summer.
“We want to help poor people in Egypt, not only by allowing them to eat for free but also for them to have their meals with dignity,” said Mohamed Magdy, 16, the brains behind the initiative.
