Bidaya

From one bakery to a future of hope

Bidaya Foundation supports Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt — through education, healthcare and food security.

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Cairo, 2026

It started with a bakery.

بداية means beginning.

Following a visit to Cairo, the reality of the Sudanese refugee crisis became impossible to ignore. What began with purchasing a bakery to provide immediate support for refugee families soon revealed a deeper need for lasting change.

Bidaya Foundation was created to turn immediate relief into long-term hope — supporting Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt through education, healthcare and food security. From school supplies, tutoring and vocational training, to medical care, maternal and child health support, food parcels, vouchers, community kitchens and essential household items, we stand alongside vulnerable families as they rebuild their lives.

Long tables covered with individually bagged loaves of bread, ready for the morning's distribution.

Because everyone deserves more than survival. They deserve dignity, opportunity, and a future.

What we fund

Three things a family needs to start again.

Education

Keeping children in learning, and giving adults a route back to work.

  • School supplies
  • Tutoring
  • Vocational training

Healthcare

Access to care that refugee families would otherwise go without.

  • Medical care
  • Maternal and child health support

Food security

Meeting the daily need, reliably, without queues for charity.

  • Food parcels and vouchers
  • Community kitchens
  • Essential household items
On the ground

Bread, packed and delivered the same morning.

Every distribution is run by our team in Cairo — packed, loaded and delivered by hand.

Tables of bagged bread at the distribution point, with a delivery vehicle in the background.
Bagged and ready, mid-morning.
Trays of bagged bread on a table beside a loaded delivery cart, with volunteers alongside.
Loaded up beside the delivery cart.
Members of the Bidaya team gathered together on distribution day, one holding the food-project poster.
The team, on distribution day.
Seven members of the Bidaya team standing together, holding a poster for the food project.
The team behind the food project in Cairo.
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Three ways to help.

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