Dr. El-Rayes established El-Rayes Foundation
as an autonomous, privately funded and operated charity since
January 2006. The foundation was registered with Revenue Canada
in June 2007. He believes that, with persistence, we as individuals,
can make a difference in the world we live in. One of our
major roles in life is to share our talents skills by being
of service to others.
Dr. El-Rayes has worked as a volunteer with
Amnesty International (USA) and Big Brothers (Canada)and a
member of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Industry
Association. He ran in the provincial elections (2005) as
a Green Party Candidate to raise environmental, social, and
economic issues and educate the public about these issues.
Most of his Professional career, he focused
on servicing others from working as an educator to providing
research and technical assistance to businesses and governments
to improve the environmental quality and achieve sustainability.
He has worked as a university educator, a consulting and research
engineer for governments (local, provincial/state, and federal)
in both Canada and the USA. He has worked as President of
Epic Management Corp. (formerly El-Rayes Environmental Corp.),
Director of the Pollution Prevention Institute at Kansas State
University, and Manager of the Business and Community Services
at Metro Vancouver to help businesses and the community to
improve environmental quality and achieve sustainability.
He believes in education as a way to help
low income families improve their quality of life. He is very
passionate about helping those who suffer from depression
and anxiety in their difficult personal journey towards healing.
He believes that in using your money to help others, makes
the outcome of your work last for eternity.
He admires President Carter and wishes that our politicians
follow his steps in helping the poor in their communities.
He also believes in what President Clinton recently said :
"Everyone - regardless of income, available time, age,
and skills - can do something useful for others and, in the
process, strengthen the fabric of our shared humanity.."
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