BibleLands - Christian Love in Action
Supporting Health, Education and Community Development in the Lands of the Bible
Areas of Our Work

Israel and Palestine

Egypt

Lebanon

BibleLands' People and Vacancies

Frequently Asked Questions

Our Partners in Egypt

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Key Facts

  • Capital: Cairo
  • President: position currently vacant
  • Prime Minister: Essam Sharaf
  • Population: 82 million
  • Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic Christian 9%, other 1%
  • Languages: Arabic, English and French widely understood
  • Literacy: 71%
  • Life expectancy: 72.7 years
  • GDP per capita (US $): 6,200

Information Sources: Foreign & Commonwealth Office; CIA World Factbook; Operation World (Biblica Publishing, 2010)

 

Alexandria

El Saray Church/Fairhaven School

Cairo

Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services (CEOSS)

Coptic Orthodox Church - Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical & Social Services (COC-BLESS)

Deaf Unit

Diocese of Egypt

Hadana Kindergarten

Refuge Egypt

SAT-7

St Andrew’s Refugee Services

Salaam Centre

Giza

Shams el Birr

Menouf

Harpur Memorial Hospital

Minya

Jesuit Brothers Association

Upper Egypt

  • The rural population of Egypt is 56%.
  • 20% of the Egyptian population live below the poverty line, and unemployment is at 9%. Poverty in Upper Egypt is much more acute.

Development of Upper Egypt Trust (DUET)

Dorcas

Habitat for Humanity

Think & Do

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