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Paper Rockets
Adam, a seven years old Syrian child. He was born alongside his twin brother in El-Za’tari camp in Jordan. His twin brother died only when he was four days old due to a congenital heart disease. Adam's parents brought him to Egypt in fear of his health after he had started showing signs of his late twin's illness....
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Joy and Happiness at home
Farah (Arabic for “Happiness”), 11, and her sister Marah (Arabic for “Joy”), 9, arrived from Syria to Egypt in 2023. They couldn’t enroll in any school due to the difficulty of obtaining residential permit. At this time, there was a huge demand due to the increased number of refugees coming to Egypt following the ...
Press release
Launch of the Joint UN Programme under the Joint Platform for Migrants and Refugees in Egypt
Cairo, 30 September, – The, Government of Egypt, , in collaboration with the, United Nations, and the, European Union, , is launching a Joint UN Programme implemented by, UNHCR, ,, IOM, ,, UNICEF, and, WHO, under the framework of the Joint Platform for Migrants and Refugees. Despite the increasing needs following ...
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Against Learning Loss
Prior to the recent conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, Egypt was hosting around 60,000 registered Sudanese refugees and between 2-5 million Sudanese migrants and expatriates. Sudanese in Egypt live among the host community mainly in low-income urban and peri-urban areas. Many of them live on informal an...
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Accelerating education for refugee children in Egypt
The students from St. Lwanga School are playful and confident. They speak proficiently in Arabic, talking about school, their friends, and their ambitions when they grow up. During COVID-19 pandemic, students and teachers from the South Sudanese refugee community did not have the devices or the connection require...
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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NCCPIM&TIP and UNICEF
CAIRO, 11 September 2022, - A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between the National Coordinating Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons, National Coordinating Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons, (NCCPIM&TI...
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Education, Children on the move and Inclusion in Education
Today, the world is facing compounding humanitarian, environmental and economic crises that have spurred the migration and displacement of millions of children and their families. The number of internally displaced children, refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers and in some cases, returnees, has grown dramaticall...
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UNICEF and CARE launch learning platform during COVID-19
UNICEF in collaboration with CARE have established a Learning Hub in Agami district, located on the outskirts of Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city. Twenty kilometers west of Alexandria lies the child-friendly space located in the midst of 6 th of October village which became a popular destination for Syrian ...
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Diverse, But United
Children from Egypt, Syria and South Sudan were hosted by, Al Ahly Sporting Club (SC), on a tour in support to the #DiverseButUnited campaign supported by, PROSPECTS programme, – a partnership between the, Netherlands , IFC , ILO , UNHCR, and, UNICEF, . Launched on the occasion of World Refugee Day on the 20 th of...
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Let's Learn and Play
Play is one of the most important ways in which young children gain essential knowledge and skills. Learning through play is crucial for children’s positive development, regardless their circumstances. For this reason, play opportunities and environments that promote play, exploration and hands-on learning are at...
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UNICEF Egypt, IPC-IG and the Ministry of Social Solidarity join efforts to discuss inclusive social protection for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
CAIRO, 29 April 2021 – , Today, UNICEF in partnership with International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), organized a webinar titled “Inclusive Social Protection for Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: Myth or Reality?” and released the corresponding research report on, inclusive social protection ...
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Improving social protection for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt
UNICEF and the IPC-IG joined efforts to prepare an advocacy paper on the topic of social protection for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. It brings to the fore Social Protection (SP) experiences from several countries to provide insights for a more inclusive and comprehensive SP system to migrants, refugees a...