by kbarsoum | Jul 26, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Diaspora
A few months ago, Coptic Orphans held a High Achievers Ceremony celebrating children and youth who did great things: excelled academically, overcame tough challenges and perfected their talents. Now, with the results of Thanaweya Amma (least year of high school)...
by kbarsoum | Jul 24, 2012 | "The Widow's Cause", Why the Fatherless?
Coptic Orphans has two criteria for accepting a child into our flagship program, Not Alone: the child’s father must be deceased, or the child’s father abandons the family — such as when the father have converted from Christianity. That’s...
by kbarsoum | Jul 17, 2012 | Coptic Church
Ayman Zohair was always a faithful son of the Church. He poured himself out for 15 years with Coptic Orphans and a number of the other services his diocese offered. For Coptic Orphans alone, he spent 10-20 hours every week visiting fatherless families in neighborhoods...
by kbarsoum | Jul 2, 2012 | Coptic Church, Egypt Revolution, Wise (and Godly) Giving
Last Friday, Brian Stiller of the World Evangelical Alliance rightly wrote that “Egypt is a bellwether for the Middle East. If Christians (12% of the population) walk away, the power and presence of Christian ideals will lose by default.” Despite the pervasive social,...
by kbarsoum | Jun 27, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Serve To Learn
The following is a guest post from Serve to Learn alumnus Mariam Magar, who talks about how Coptic Orphans goes beyond handouts to help address the lies that trap children in poverty, and so works to strengthen Egypt as a whole. I was blessed to join Coptic Orphans’...
