Egypt
Socioeconomic conditions in Egypt are unstable. This especially affects children from poor and refugee families. Many girls are illiterate and children are at risk of exploitation and violence. Terre des hommes makes the authorities and the general public aware of this situation and protects children. We also provide refugee children with psychosocial assistance, and support young people in conflict with the law.
What we do
Fighting against exploitation and violence
Education for girls
Supporting child refugees
Juvenile justice
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 2016
47,131 people
Expatriate / local employees
1 / 58
Budget 2017
CHF 2,250,000.-
Where we work
Supported by
Financial partners
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency with the mandate to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself. It assists in voluntary repatriation, local integration or settlement in a third country. Tdh and the UNHCR cooperate particularly in Columbia, Egypt and Burkina Faso.
> www.unhcr.org
Financial partners
UNICEF is a UN agency that promotes children’s rights, ensures their development and fights against all poverty, violence, disease and discrimination they may face. UNICEF supports the activities of Tdh in various fields, such as in the fight against child trafficking, juvenile justice, malnutrition, in psychosocial activities or in emergency operations.
> www.unicef.org
Financial partners
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international development cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). By providing financial means, it supports more than forty projects of Terre des hommes in several geographical regions. Terre des hommes cooperates directly with the SDC, particularly with the departments Regional Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Cooperation with Eastern Europe.
> www.ddc.admin.ch
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency with the mandate to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself. It assists in voluntary repatriation, local integration or settlement in a third country. Tdh and the UNHCR cooperate particularly in Columbia, Egypt and Burkina Faso.
> www.unhcr.org
UNICEF is a UN agency that promotes children’s rights, ensures their development and fights against all poverty, violence, disease and discrimination they may face. UNICEF supports the activities of Tdh in various fields, such as in the fight against child trafficking, juvenile justice, malnutrition, in psychosocial activities or in emergency operations.
> www.unicef.org
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international development cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). By providing financial means, it supports more than forty projects of Terre des hommes in several geographical regions. Terre des hommes cooperates directly with the SDC, particularly with the departments Regional Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Cooperation with Eastern Europe.
> www.ddc.admin.ch
Timeline
Latest news
See all...2016: Tdh child relief reaches a new peak with 3 million beneficiaries
The trauma caused by migration
The trauma caused by migration
Egypt: football offers a future for refugee children
Egypt: football offers a future for refugee children
Aid provided to record numbers of children in humanitarian crises in 2017
Aid provided to record numbers of children in humanitarian crises in 2017
Using sport to change children’s lives
Using sport to change children’s lives
Syria: giving families back their livelihoods
Syria: giving families back their livelihoods
Because every child has the right to a childhood
Because every child has the right to a childhood
Role Model Award: Terre des hommes receives an award for sports projects
New report about exploitation: effects of climate change and environmental degradation on child labour
Role Model Award: Terre des hommes receives an award for sports projects
New report about exploitation: effects of climate change and environmental degradation on child labour
New report about exploitation: effects of climate change and environmental degradation on child labour
2016: Tdh child relief reaches a new peak with 3 million beneficiaries
The trauma caused by migration
Related publications
Making an impact for children: Annual Report 2017
Courage no. 62 - Egypt: football offers a future for refugee children
Thematic Policy 2014 - Restorative Juvenile Justice
