Prof. Dr. Shehata Ghareeb Shalkami, Vice President of Assiut University for Education and Students Affairs, stressed the importance of the University to perform its role of community service. This came during the signing of a protocol with the Misr El-Kheir Foundation, which is represented by Mohamed Faraj Sayed, director of the office of Misr El-Kheir Foundation in Assiut. He pointed out that the protocol aims at consolidating the idea of volunteering and helping the poor through providing the university with the necessary support and allowing the Foundation to carry out a number of charitable activities with the help of university students within the campus, facilitate and overcome all obstacles facing the institution within the university.