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Egypt
Fighting for an improved policy on child protection
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is helping disabled children in Egypt, combating child labour and also implementing a child protection policy.
Assistance for disabled children
In 30 villages in Assiut (Upper Egypt) and Damietta, Tdh is providing assistance by supporting disabled persons organizations (DPOs). The objective is to break the taboos surrounding disabled children and to better integrate them into existing services such as schools.
Combating exploitation of working children
Tdh helps children working in production workshops by giving them access to school or apprenticeships in collaboration with employers, parents and local communities. Tdh plans to draw up a code of conduct for workplaces. The Foundation is also investigating the situation of young girls working as maids in Cairo.
Protection of refugees
Egypt is a destination for many refugees from war-torn countries, people who are often traumatised by their experiences. Tdh is establishing a training centre for social workers, themselves refugees, who work in these isolated communities to improve access to social and health services.
Child protection
Tdh is well-known in the area of child protection in Egypt, a fact that allows the detection, denouncement and management of violence against children. The Foundation supports 8 organisations which implement this policy in institutions. Tdh also trains social workers so that they can advise parents of disabled children on how to deal with the situation.
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31.24918
30.068886
Cairo
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31.185107
27.185502
Assiout
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31.813395
31.422375
Damietta
Centered at 30.802498 26.820553 5
Places of intervention : Cairo, Assiout, Damietta
Projects : Disabled children, combating child exploitation, child protection policy
In joint cooperation with : 5 partner organisations
Delegate : Laure Baudin
Expatriate staff : 1
National staff : 29
Budget : 1'862'492 CHF
Gallery
Latest News
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17 Nov 2011
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Trafficking and exploitation Egypt
Egypt - One day in the life of a working child
In Egypt, Terre des hommes helps children working up to 10 hours a day in Egypt. This documentary is about Terre des hommes’ project in Assiut, Upper Egypt, where children work from dawn till dusk like adults. Read more
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31 Aug 2011
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Trafficking and exploitation Egypt
Egypt: Terre des hommes commits against child labour
In the fight against child labour in Egypt, Terre des hommes has started up a new project to help 4,000 children. Removed from exhausting farm work, they will be able to get back into an improved school system and return to their families, who will benefit from better living c... Read more
Side Notes
Children’s situation
- 36 children out of thousand die before their 5th birthday in Egypt
- 25% of children aged from 5 to 14 work, in particular as maids
Results 2010
In Cairo, the project enabled 20 social assistants working with refugees to get training and to receive a certificate of specialisation in psychosocial intervention. 1,400 refugees benefited from psychosocial aid: individual and family support, sport or recreational activities for children, crisis mediation, etc.
In Damietta in Lower Egypt, and in Assiut in the centre of the country, Tdh continued its work on protection for 6,870 labouring children, to improve their conditions of apprenticeship and their working surroundings by making their employers more aware.
In Upper Egypt, Tdh continues its activities with groups of handicapped people and children, by insisting on access to public services and the rights of the handicapped.
Testimonial
In 2008, the Tdh team conducted a survey on handicaps in one of the poorest villages in the Assiut region. Amongst the 40 disabled children, Tdh met a small boy aged 6 suffering from Down’s Syndrome.
- Essam, Tdh beneficiary in Egypt
Headquarters
Terre des hommes
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