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Inner Wheel -- Alger Esperance Club“Help us to help”Alger EsperanceClub (Hope Club,Algiers) is anAlgerian club, oneof many which fallunder the umbrellaof the all femaleInternationalInner WheelAssociation whichruns alongside theall male RotarianAssociation.The ‘Inner Wheel Association’ canbe found in over 100 countriesover the world with a membershipof 103.000, making it the largestfemale association in the world.Unlike other charities, Alger Esperance clubis composed solely of Algerian women whoare united by the desire to help any Algerianperson in need. Spreading hope over Algeriais the main objective of Mrs kamélia Khalfi,the club president who believes that helpingpeople is a duty.The club works on improving livingconditions in deprived areas by raisingawareness of disease and it’s preventionand by creating libraries for the benefit ofschools. It also provides assistance to thesick, elderly and abandoned children.Most of the club funding comes from themaking and selling of handcrafted jewellery,rag dolls and house linens. All the items,made by both volunteers and club memberswho are not paid for their efforts, are sold inthe club’s virtual shop “Ateliers Petites Mains”on Facebook.The club members also work on collectingand distributing donations. Their activitiesgo on throughout many cities in Algeria,and their aim is helping any needy person.Their belief is to promote help in Algeria andprovide equal opportunities to all people.By Imene Lardjane