Cairo Community Interpreter Project
The Cairo Community Interpreter Project (CCIP) is an interpretation training and outreach program in the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at AUC.
CCIP provides training for community interpreters in migration and refugee settings, and language planning technical assistance for organizations that use interpreters in their work with refugees and migrants.
Operating since 2002, CCIP offers:
- 100-hour Full Course Community Interpreter Training for Refugee Aid Settings for interpreters working in Arabic, Amharic, Fur, Somali, and Tigrinya languages.
- 40-hour Short Course on Community Interpreter Training in Refugee Aid Settings, non language specific, designed for refugee interpreters outside of Egypt.
- Special topic 1- to 3-day workshops on commnity interpreting in refugee and migration settings.
- Refugee terminology glossaries in Arabic, Amharic Fur, Somali, and Tigrinya languages.
- Technical assistance in interpretation planning and coordination for organizations that rely on interpreters in their services and activities.