European Union 

									       Cairo 29 May 2016

The European Union Supports Children and Youth in Street Situations in Egypt 

The European Union (EU) launched a new project contributing to promoting and protecting children, young women and men living in street situations in Cairo. The project seeks to improve protection and promotion of the rights of extremely vulnerable, marginalized and discriminated children, young women and men in street situations in Cairo. The EU has allocated EUR 300,000 to this project.

The project's activities will be implemented over the next two years by Samusocial International Egypte and its local partner, Banati Foundation. By the end of the project, marginalised children and youth in Cairo will have an improved access to their basic rights through medical, psychological, social and educational assistance. Local capacities to protect the rights of those children, young women and men living in street situations will be reinforced and a large number of the Egyptian population will become more attentive to child protection issues.  
For more information, please contact:

European Union:
Press and Information Officer: Ms. Rasha Serry rasha.serry@eeas.europa.eu 
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Samusocial International Egypte 	      
Banati Foundation	
Communication and Awareness Officer:  Najoua Jaber - 	Executive Director: Gina Alfy - 	
Email: n.jaber@samu-social-international.com	E-mail : banati.exedir@gmail.com 	
Phone: 010 043 06 607 / 012 72 57 49 99	Phone : 01128999911	
Who is Samusocial International? 
Samusocial International is a French NGO that has been developing programs to fight social exclusion since its creation in 1998. It supports actions in favor of the most vulnerable populations, particularly adults and children in street situations, in 15 countries. It opened an office in Egypt, Samusocial International Egypte that has been working with children in street situations and youth in Cairo since 2008. 	Who is Banati Foundation?
Banati Foundation was established in 2010 to promote and protect the lives of children at risk, children in street situations and children deprived of parental care. The Foundation works on three levels namely its mobile unit, reception center and shelters. Banati particularly targets girls, young women and mothers at risk. 	
Banati and Samusocial International Egypte have developed their partnership since 2010, referring children to each other’s services, exchanging practices and experiences and collaborating in child protection networks.