My name is Neveen. In 2020, my daughter almost lost her life to anorexia. In the years that followed, I learned more than I could ever imagine about anorexia, and eating disorders in general. The information I learned helped save my daughter's life. And so much of it could have helped us even more, had I learned it sooner.
I realized early on the importance of parent education. My organization's mission is to provide early intervention awareness and training for parents and families of children with eating disorders. Our primary demographic is families who often lack awareness and do not have access to such tools. Our focus will be families in Egypt, where there is an overwhelming shortage of clinical treatment. Using the skills of the “Family Based Treatment” method, parents and families, working along with experienced therapists and medical providers, can help minimize and/or eliminate the need for clinical or inpatient treatment.
I have unique experience obtained over the course of four years of dealing with the devastating effects of treating a child with an extreme case of anorexia. Using this knowledge, I will help train families to:
Over the past two years, I have worked with over a dozen families in Egypt who otherwise had no other place to turn. I have helped them identify what an eating disorder is, connect them with medical providers in their area, and provided them with invaluable knowledge regarding early intervention treatment at home. I have also reached hundreds of thousands of social media users through an Instagram account that provides knowledge regarding all aspects of eating disorders and how social media plays a part in them.
Seeing the far-reaching, detrimental effects of social media on our youth, I am also currently working with parent lobbying groups to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in Congress. KOSA is a federal bill that will make social media companies responsible for harmful content that they knowingly present to underage minors.
For the cost of a cup of coffee, your support and contribution will enable us to meet our goals and fund our mission.