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UNHCR, Okhtein Launch a Digital Campaign in Support of UNHCR work in Lebanon
29 Oct 2020On 25 October and at the onset of the Gouna Film Festival, UNHCR and Okhtein launched a joint digital campaign aimed to support those who were severely impacted by the Beirut explosion on 4 August 2020 where UNHCR is on the ground assisting the most vulnerable citizens, refugees and migrants in the aftermath of this tragedy.
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El Gouna Film Festival and UNHCR Sign Cooperation Agreement to Support Refugees
28 Oct 2020El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency signed a joint cooperation agreement to raise public awareness about refugees and create a UNHCR platform within GFF.
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Partnering with GFF 2020, Sawiris Foundation & UNHCR Partner to Support Refugee Children in Egypt 2021/22
25 Oct 2020UNHCR and Sawiris Foundation for Social Development will sign a partnership agreement to support refugee children in 2021 – 2022.
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Egyptian MFA, UN in Egypt Launch Response Plans to Support Refugees and Asylum-Seekers
6 Oct 2020Launched for the third consecutive year, the ERP targets refugees and asylum-seekers from Sub-Saharan Africa, Iraq and Yemen as well as host community members.
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Sawiris Foundation partners with UNHCR to support vulnerable refugees amidst COVID-19
18 Jun 2020UNHCR partnered with the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development to support 2,673 distressed refugee families in Egypt for six months amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Challenges for Refugees In Egypt
4 Jun 2020Loaded with fresh meals, Arabiyet Elkheir, “the car of good” drove through rugged roads before pulling over in East Cairo. Although it was met by an outburst of residents, the distribution was over before even starting.
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More than Just a Meal: Kinda Alloush and a number of celebrities support refugees in Ramadan
28 Apr 2020UNHCR brought together Sayeda, a Yemeni refugee in Egypt, and the renowned actress Kinda Alloush, to share with us a delicious recipe aromatized with memories of the warmth of the homelands.
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Refugees struggle to adapt to life under COVID-19
23 Apr 2020Nearly 20 million people constituting approximately 84% of the world’s refugees are hosted by developing countries with limited resources and overwhelmed healthcare facilities.
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Mohamed Salah joins up with Vodafone and UNHCR as first Instant Network Schools Ambassador
25 Feb 2020Footballer Mo Salah becomes Ambassador for school programme that aims to give a quality education to 500,000 refugee and host country students by 2025.
20 new Instant Network Schools will be launched this year as the programme prepares to enter Egypt for the first time.
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UNHCR, League of Arab States launch the “Arab Strategy for the Protection of Refugee Children”
24 Nov 2019The League of Arab States and UNHCR are launching the “Arab Strategy for the Protection of Children in Asylum Context in the Arab Region” aiming at establishing the basis of a safe environment for refugee children.