Egypt

The ICRC Egypt delegation works to promote and ensure respect for international humanitarian law and facilitates ICRC operations worldwide through dialogue with the government, multilateral organizations, civil society, and diplomatic officials. It helps reestablish contact between family members separated by conflict, other situations of violence, and migration, and works closely with the Egyptian Red Crescent and other partner organizations.

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In numbers

In 2022

  • 5,000
    families (25,000 individuals) in North Sinai were provided with food parcels and wheat flour in cooperation with the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC)
  • 2,706
    international phone calls were facilitated to help migrant community members in Egypt to maintain contact with their loved ones abroad.
  • 4902
    Egyptian armed forces officers, cadets, and troops were introduced to IHL through 27 training courses and dissemination sessions.
  • 660,000
    Egyptian pounds worth of equipment were provided to support the work of ERC volunteers.