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Egypt

Map of Egypt


Population:74.7 million

Urban Population:43%

Major Ethnic and Linguistic Groups:Eastern Hamitic - 99%
Armenian, Nubian, Greek, other - 1%

Religions:Muslim (mostly Sunni) - 94%
Coptic Christian, other - 6%

Population Growth Rate:1.88%

Life Expectancy:70.4 years

Infant Mortality:35 per 1,000 live births

Under Five Mortality:41 per 1,000 live births

Maternal Mortality Rate:80 per 100,000 live births

GNP Per Capita:$1,530

Percentage of Literate Adult Males:68%

Percentage of Literate Adult Females:47%

Percentage Population With Access
To Safe Drinking Water
:
97%

Links:CARE Egypt

Country Description:

CARE Egypt was established in 1954. Until 1967, CARE was involved in a nationwide school feeding program. Between 1977 and 1986, a relief feeding program was added for Sinai Bedouin. Since then, CARE has become actively involved in development programming in agriculture, fisheries, community development, small economic activity development and education. CARE's current projects focus on building the capacity of community-based non-governmental organizations to carry out development projects independently.


Project Information

Project NameProject CountryProject Type
New School Program (NSP)EgyptDevelopment
Water and StabilityEgyptDevelopment
Partnership Program for Democracy and Governance (PPDG)EgyptDevelopment
Professional Media Development Project (PMDP)EgyptDevelopment
Support to Agriculture Networks in Egypt (SANe)EgyptDevelopment
Karama: Freedom from ViolenceEgyptDevelopment
Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI)EgyptDevelopment
Increasing Corporate Engagement inEgyptDevelopment


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