life has never been easy for nadia fawzi. first, living on her husband's meager earnings as a school janitor. and then, after he died from leukemia in 2007, leaving her struggling even more to support herself and her five children. making sure they all went to school has always been a priority, despite its cost. [clucking] a difficult task on her small income from selling chickens. deep in debt, she knew she had to find a way to boost her small poultry business. but how? nadia lives in upper egypt, one of the poorest regions in the country. located about an hour's drive south of the capital cairo, it's called upper egypt, because it's up river as the nile flows. and has been left behind in terms of development. but now efforts are underway to change that by raising the community's self sufficiency and helping to build up small businesses like nadia's. the hayat human security project in upper egypt aims to give people a chance to impact policy and to change lives. with support from the united nations' trust fund for human sec

life has never been easy for nadia fawzi. first, living on her husband's meager earnings as a school janitor. and then, after he died from leukemia in 2007, leaving her struggling even more to support herself and her five children. making sure they all went to school has always been a priority, despite its cost. [clucking] a difficult task on her small income from selling chickens. deep in debt, she knew she had to find a way to boost her small poultry business. but how? nadia lives in upper egypt, one of the poorest regions in the country. located about an hour's drive south of the capital cairo, it's called upper egypt, because it's up river as the nile flows. and has been left behind in terms of development. but now efforts are underway to change that by raising the community's self sufficiency and helping to build up small businesses like nadia's. the hayat human security project in upper egypt aims to give people a chance to impact policy and to change lives. with support from the united nations' trust fund for human sec