(ANSAmed) - NAPLES, 15 FEB - Egypt has decided to open the
first hosting centre for children who are waiting to be adopted.
The centre will serve as a temporary residence for a maximum of
three months. The facility will host orphans or children who had
to be taken away from large and problematic Egyptian or foreign
families. The centre, Egypttoday.com reports, will be managed by
the association "FACE for Children in Need" which signed on
Tuesday an agreement with the minister of social solidarity,
Nevine al-Qabaj. The building is located in Cairo and is ready
to host up to 200 kids, the report said. Its services will
include providing birth certificates and medical tests to verify
the health of orphans.
The ministry last November had launched a new national
adoption program in Egypt with the aim of reducing the number of
children who grow up without a family in the country. The
dialogue that led to the signature of the agreements was
supported by the Cairo chapter of UNICEF, representatives of
civil society, of international aid agencies, as well as
government and religious officials.
Minister Nevine al-Qabaj in particular highlighted article 80
of the Egyptian Constitution which gives each child the right to
have a name and identification papers, to receive mandatory
vaccines, healthcare, nutrition and to have a family and a
religious education, as well as support in their emotional
development and education. The ministry had already expressed
the intention of developing the sector in 2021, first by
ensuring that relatives of orphaned children could raise them,
or by taking away this right, with the government covering the
economic expenses of raising them in institutions. (ANSAmed).
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