Egypt
Hundred thousands of refugees and asylum seekers live in Egypt, many of them in precarious conditions. Children suffer from the effects of forced displacement such as child labour, child marriage, violence or dropping out of school. Terre des hommes (Tdh) provides them with psychosocial assistance and protection. We support young people in contact with the law through trainings of formal and informal justice actors and community-based protection services.
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 2019
279,814 people
Expatriate / local employees
3 / 144
Budget 2020
CHF 4,668,192.-
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
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.
> ec.europa.eu/echo
Financial partners
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration provides aid and sustainable solutions for refugees, victims of conflict and stateless people around the world, through repatriation, local integration, and resettlement in the United States.
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
The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside of the European Union.
> ec.europa.eu/echo
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration provides aid and sustainable solutions for refugees, victims of conflict and stateless people around the world, through repatriation, local integration, and resettlement in the United States.
Timeline
Latest news
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Helping refugees help refugees
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Syrian crisis: the time for refugee families to return has not yet come
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Related publications
Making an impact for Children: Annual report 2019
Courage no. 62 - Egypt: football offers a future for refugee children
Thematic Policy 2014 - Restorative Juvenile Justice
Egypt: Access to justice for children in Assiut
