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Egypt: 3RP Monthly Update - January 2015: Basic Needs and Livelihoods

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More than 600,000 USD injected into the local economy through the monetization of assistance in January 2015

JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS:

• UNHCR, Caritas and Resala are working together to assist vulnerable Syrian refugees meet their basic needs by providing them with cash grants on a monthly basis. In January, 24,606 vulnerable Syrian refugees were assisted in Egypt representing 18 % of the registered population. The value of cash assistance varies between EGP 400 (US$ 57) and EGP 1,300 (US$ 185) based on the level of vulnerability and household size. The monthly cash assistance programme injected US$ 680,922 into the local economy in January.

• During January, 19 Syrian individuals received emergency cash assistance.

• A total of 1,349 Syrians were assessed for vulnerability during January 2015.hResala Charity conducted 62 interviews and Caritas conducted 1,287 by in Alexandria. The number of assessments conducted by Resala dropped in January since the tablets have been introduced replacing paper based version of questionnaire utilized by Resala.

• The partner agreements were finalized in January and the Graduation approach will continue to be implemented in Cairo and Alexandria as well as in Damietta. The targets for the graduation approach in 2015 are 1,564 beneficiaries support with training, access to wage and self-employment opportunities. The breakdown across the country is as follows: 128 participants – Damietta, 1,000 participants – Alexandria