Egypt
From Lower to Upper Egypt, Terre des hommes (Tdh) provides support to the most vulnerable children and youth, including refugees and migrants, children in contact and conflict with the law, and their caregivers in order to help them to cope with dire straits, to enhance their resilience and to keep hope in the future. All projects are implemented with recognised local stakeholders to ensure sustainability of impact towards enhancing protective environment of the children and youth.
What we do
Child Protection

Children and youth in migration

Access to Justice

Key projects
Watch our video about the reintegration of children in conflict with the law:
Instead of going to school, Islam made wooden furniture for ten hours every day. Tdh helped him go back to school so he could learn to read and write. Today, he has high hopes for the future.
Islam, a former furniture maker in Damietta
Read more...Terre des hommes in Egypt
Beneficiaries 2020
105,621 people
Expatriate / local employees
2 / 150
Budget 2020
CHF 4,741,000.-
Where we work
Supported by
Financial partners

The UNHCR works in 135 countries and helps the displaced, specializing in a wide range of disciplines, including legal protection, administration, community services, public affairs and health.
Financial partners

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
Financial partners

Swiss development cooperation: As the Swiss government's centre of competence for international cooperation, the SDC is responsible for development cooperation with the South and East, multilateral cooperation and Switzerland's humanitarian aid.
Financial partners

The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside of the European Union.
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Financial partners

The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) of the U. S. is the humanitarian office of the Department of State. PRM promotes the interests of the United States by providing protection, alleviating suffering and resolving the plight of persecuted and forcibly displaced persons around the world.