About SCORP
SCORP, the Standing Committee on Humanitarian Rights & Peace, is the newest one of the six Standing Committees of IFMSA – Egypt. In Egypt, SCOHP was initiated in 2007 to gather medical students from different universities around Egypt and guide them to share in and advocate for humanitarian issues and promote relevant projects in Egypt.

Vision:
We aim to create a sense of social responsibility in the form of advocating for human rights, supporting vulnerable groups and those in crisis, and to take an active role in charity work. As future physicians, we aim to work on improving the doctor-patient relation by advocating for patients’ rights.

Mission:
The Standing Committee on Humanitarian Projects adopts a unique position within the stands of IFMSA-Egypt’s standing committees with its ability to fulfill unlimited networking potentials on a national and international level on the stage of human rights promotion world. Our mission is to offer Egypt’s future physicians a comprehensive introduction to humanitarian issues. We are dedicated to work towards empowering and improving the life of vulnerable people and alleviating the pain of those suffering.

Goals:
1. To provide better understating on how to deal with vulnerable groups, and educate medical students and professionals about the social welfare of underprivileged people and other vulnerable populations.
2. Create a sense of social responsibility in the form of advocating for human rights, supporting vulnerable groups and those in crisis
3. Work on improving the doctor-patient relation by advocating for patients’ rights
4. To work on surrounding patients with a psychologically healthy atmosphere, and supporting them, to provide better healing.
5. Abolishing the barrier between people in the community and increasing the communication between them. 6. Trying to provide poor and needy people with their needs, and organizing charity projects.

Local Officer for Human Rights & Peace (LORP)

Mahmoud El-Gendy

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