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Oasis of Hope for Addiction Recovery

Since 2010, Oasis of Hope has offered 90 days of psychosocial rehabilitation after treatment in a therapeutic community. The stay includes individual and group sessions, family counseling, work therapy, vocational training, and sports, followed by at least one year of follow-up.

The Oasis of Hope recovery community

Who takes part

The project works with people who have completed detoxification and with the families and communities around them.

  • People who completed detoxification
  • People in recovery
  • Their families
  • Local communities as partners

What the stay includes

  • Individual and group sessions
  • Family counseling
  • Work therapy
  • Vocational training
  • Sports
  • At least one year of follow-up

Results

From January to May 2025, day care, weekly groups, and family participation continued alongside practical work on the site.

  • 1,371 day-care beneficiaries
  • 193 people in weekly support groups
  • 147 families
  • Participants renovated facilities and raised 100 ducks and 4 sheep

Partners

  • Caritas Egypt
  • Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction
  • Hotline 16023
  • Doctors and specialists
  • People in recovery
  • Private-sector and civil-society partners

Be a Partner in Recovery

Addiction is an illness, not a moral failing. Counseling, follow-up, and work partnerships support people in recovery and their families.