Mission Egypt
Mortality infant: 33‰
Life expectancy at birth: 69.8
HDI : 0.659; ranked 119/177
PIB réel/habitant ($) : 1,220
Beneficiaries
directly: 800 young girls and 3,600 children, 150 medical staff, social workers and psychologists.
indirectly: 110,000 young girls and 3,000 children
Staff expatriate: 2 ; local: 6
Sources of funding : Drosos Foundation, MdM
Budget 2005 : 35,625 euros
The Egyptian government's economic policy, despite being acclaimed by the World Bank, cannot hide the social divisions within the country. Although the authorities and civil society are more aware of the problem, a large number of women and children, often thrown onto the street, are in effect deprived of access to care for social, economic or cultural reasons. The number of street children in Cairo is still unknown and there is a worrying increase in the number of young mothers living on the street with their babies, while there are not enough reception structures to monitor these people on a permanent basis.
Promoting reproductive health
Cairo
Activities:
Project supporting the Egyptian NGO Hope Village to set up a reception and reintegration centre as well as a mobile unit for young pregnant girls and adolescent mothers living on the street. The activities are aimed at organising and providing:
- training sessions on reproductive health;
- psychological support for Hope Village staff and for the young girls taken in by the pilot centre;
- partnerships with the public hospitals;
- information, education and communication (IEC) sessions on reproductive health for girls and boys taken in by the centre, as well as for street children leaders, the organisations working with street children and traditional midwives;
- integrating MdM in the Street Children network to share and communicate with the NGOs of the Street Children network.
Outlook:
Continue the project, which effectively started in August 2005 after a six months' pilot project.
July 2006