FAJR Trains 40 Staff in Egypt in Child Protection

Forty FAJR Global staff in Egypt spent Saturday, October 10, 2026, learning how to keep children safe. Teachers and members of the medical, logistics and media teams came together at the FAJR Education Center for child protection and safeguarding training.

FAJR's work in Egypt is with Palestinian children and families who have lived through war and displacement. Children in that situation face higher risks of violence, neglect, exploitation, separation from their families and psychological distress. Every adult around them needs to know how to recognize a concern and what to do next.

Dr. Mosab Nasser, FAJR Global's Co-Founder, President and CEO, attended, as did Iyad Abu Safya, Regional Operational Director (MENA) and Acting Regional Director for Egypt.

What the training covered

Dr. Hadil Zaqout, FAJR's Medical Case Manager in Egypt, developed and led the training, Child Protection: Working with Children in Conflict-Affected Areas. The focus was practical: what safeguarding looks like in the everyday moments when staff are with children and their families.

Staff looked at how war, displacement, loss and instability can change a child's behavior, emotional well-being, sense of safety and ability to learn. The sessions covered trauma-informed approaches, professional boundaries, and safe ways of working with children that protect their dignity, privacy and best interests.

The workshop also covered:

• core child protection principles and power dynamics in humanitarian settings
• the Code of Conduct and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
• how to classify risk and respond safely when a child discloses harm
• informed consent, confidentiality and digital safeguarding
• documentation, referral procedures and staff self-care

Practice with real situations

The workshop mixed practical examples and discussion with group case studies based on everyday situations with children. Staff practiced how to notice a concern, write it down objectively and pass it on through the right procedure. It ended with a knowledge assessment.

Every participant is also required to complete an online course and assessment in child protection and safeguarding, and receives a certificate on passing.

Three ways to raise a concern

The training went over the three ways anyone at the Education Center can raise a concern, make a complaint or ask for help:

• QR code posters that parents, caregivers and staff can scan to send a concern or complaint directly to FAJR Global.
• Complaint and suggestion boxes for students on every floor of the Education Center.
• The psychosocial counselor, whom students can go to directly about anything affecting their safety or well-being.

Everyone's responsibility

Having teachers and medical, logistics and media staff in the same room made one point clear: safeguarding isn't one team's job. It applies to everyone who deals with children, their families or their personal information, in the classroom, during medical follow-up, while accompanying or transporting children, and when documenting their stories.

Protect, Report, Refer

One message ran through the whole training:

Protect, Report, Refer — never investigate on your own.

A staff member who sees a concern keeps the child safe, reports it through FAJR's safeguarding procedures and refers it on, while protecting the child's dignity, privacy and confidentiality. They never try to investigate it themselves.

Read more about FAJR's education work for Palestinian children in Egypt.