Cairo Children’s Hub
The PHRC operates the Children’s Hub in Cairo, providing a dedicated psychosocial and social stabilization space for displaced Palestinian children and families who lost their homes and networks due to forced displacement.
Created in response to the genocide in Gaza, this initiative serves young people who fled to Egypt, offering a consistent and reliable environment essential for restoring emotional safety, routine, and psychological grounding.
Through these long-term interventions, children and caregivers build trust-based relationships, rebuild stability, and process their experiences within a protected space.
Background
Over half a million Palestinian children from Gaza lack access to education due to school destruction. With an estimated 100,000 Palestinians fleeing to Egypt—including thousands of school-aged children facing bureaucratic barriers—these families live in precarious conditions, enduring poverty and social exclusion.
Amid this prolonged instability, the Cairo Hub responds directly to their critical need for predictability and continuity of care.
By offering integrated psychosocial, educational, and creative services, the hub provides a safe, supportive environment necessary for recovery and social reintegration.
Our Vision & Mission
Our vision is to help children carry their lives forward in a healthy, independent way, restoring a sense of belonging and relational security over time. Our mission is to provide Palestinian children and caregivers with mental health support and trauma relief through creative arts and specialized tracks.
We prioritize meaningful, long-term interventions that ensure every child feels seen and supported. By combining artistic expression with trauma-informed practices, we give families community-oriented solutions that foster stability, reduce fear responses, and rebuild confidence.
Our Approach
Our model integrates structured services driven by a dedicated team (Heba, Tamer, Aya, Ghada, Tahani, Mohammed, Norhan, Khairat, Tamim, Hala, Karim, and Mousa). Operating continuously with dozens of weekly group workshops, individual psychological sessions, and caregiver empowerment workshops focusing on emotional regulation, our approach runs across specific age-based tracks:
Ages 6–8: Utilizing movement, dance, and expressive arts to restore safety.
Ages 9–12: Engaging children in theatre and storytelling pathways.
Ages 13–16: Offering advanced tracks like robotics, woodworking, mobile filmmaking, and cultural field visits.
Furthermore, we develop institutional evaluation tools, produce caregiver guidance materials, and maintain active collaborations with partner spaces like "ADEF" and "Wabi Sabi" to ensure every child’s unique needs are addressed with care.
Partners
This project is in joint partnership with Timbuktu in the Valley, a South Africa based learning center that has been running directed and self-directed programs for children and young people since 2018. It has previously set up an emergency learning hub for children during the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Support the project:
Transfer directly to our PHRC account:
St Palestine Humanitarian Response Center
BUNQ Bank
IBAN: NL75 BUNQ 2123 3700 37
BIC: BUNQNL2A
Address: Naritaweg 131-133, 1043BS Amsterdam, Netherlands