As an aid and development organization, Refuge Egypt provides
needed material assistance to newly arrived asylum seekers in
Cairo as well as ongoing sustainable development programs.
Refuge Egypt works in the following main program areas:  

Self-Reliance
Medical Care
Education
Youth Mentorship
Psychosocial Support
Emergency Assistance 

Newly arrived asylum seekers register with our Emergency
department within one year of their arrival to receive needed
material assistance and medical care while waiting for their
refugee status determination process to be complete with the
UNHCR. (Active registration is valid for two years). In 2009, our
emergency team registered 797 newcomers primarily from Sudan,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. 

Regardless of the outcome of their RSD, all asylum seekers and
refugees may access our medical clinics, psychosocial support,
self-reliance, youth mentorship and education programs. We
have designed these programs based on issues identified
through meetings with community members and through our
long-term experience of working with the community. We have
sought to extend our programs into areas with high
concentrations of refugees, especially in our medical clinics,
education and youth and counselling programs, to make our
services easily accessible in areas where we know refugees
are living.