Every verified claim gives $1 to charity
Claiming your listing on Local Egypt is free. Each time we verify a claim, we set aside US$1 for a licensed charity in Egypt that helps children and families with schooling, health care, food and basic needs. Your paperwork becomes somebody else’s schoolbooks.
How it works
- Find your business. Search Local Egypt for your listing, or add it if it is not here yet.
- Claim it. Press “Claim this listing” and tell us who you are. It takes two minutes and costs nothing.
- We verify. We check that you really represent the business, following our claim verification policy.
- $1 goes to charity. The moment your claim is approved you get the ✓ Verified badge, editing rights, a direct website link, and we add US$1 to that month’s donation.
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Why we do this
A directory is only as good as the people who keep it honest. Owners who claim their listings fix wrong hours, dead phone numbers and old addresses, and that makes Local Egypt more useful for everyone who lives in or visits Egypt. We wanted a way to say thank you that is bigger than a badge, so every verification also does a small good outside the site.
No ranking is bought with it. Verified listings are not moved above unverified ones, and the donation does not change how a business appears. It is simply our cost of saying thanks.
Where the money goes
We give to registered charities and civil associations in Egypt that support children and families, such as the Egyptian Red Crescent, the Egyptian Food Bank, Misr El Kheir Foundation, Resala, the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 and the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation. We give only through each organisation’s own official donation channels, because civil associations and foundations in Egypt are registered with and supervised by the Ministry of Social Solidarity under Law No. 149 of 2019 regulating the practice of civil work, and may raise funds only within the framework that law sets; we never collect donations from the public ourselves. We choose each organisation on three criteria: the money helps children and families, the organisation is registered in Egypt with the Ministry of Social Solidarity (or otherwise lawfully established there), and it publishes reports on how donations are used. Each month’s recipient is named in the table below when the transfer is made.
Donations are pooled and paid once a month. Each payment is listed below with the receiving organisation and the amount, so you can see where your claim went.
Monthly allocations
The first allocation is published after the first month with approved claims.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a successful claim?
A claim we have reviewed and approved under the claim verification policy. Rejected, duplicate and withdrawn claims do not count, and one business counts once, even if it is claimed again after a change of owner.
Does claiming cost anything?
No. Claiming, the verified badge and editing rights are free, and always will be. Featured placement is a separate paid product and has nothing to do with claims.
Can I choose the charity?
Not per claim: pooling lets us make one meaningful transfer a month instead of hundreds of tiny ones. If you know a charity that meets our criteria, email us and we will look at it for a future month.
Who pays the $1?
Local Egypt does, from its advertising and featured-listing revenue. Nothing is added to any price, and nothing is deducted from anyone.
Is the amount the same for every listing?
Yes: one dollar for every approved claim, whether it is a koshary shop in downtown Cairo or a diving centre in Dahab.
Where can I see proof?
In the monthly table above. When a receiving organisation issues a receipt or acknowledgement we link to it from that row.