by kbarsoum | Apr 15, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Anyone else used to love the emails of the late Fr. Antonious Henein of Holy Virgin Mary Church in Los Angeles, with their short Patristic sayings and beautiful icons? Someone once told me a story about Abouna Antonious. Fr. Antonious lamented, “I can’t...
by kbarsoum | Apr 11, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Many people don’t know that most children in orphanages around the world have living relatives or even parents. The same goes in Egypt. So how do children with family end up in orphanages? The answer is in the special injustices that paternal orphans–or...
by kbarsoum | Apr 6, 2012 | Egypt Revolution, Issues That Impact Children in Egypt, Issues:Education
Last week I had the good fortune of attending Coptic Orphans’ own Hanan Baky give a talk at the first-ever Global Summit on Childhood in Washington, DC. The summit drew 700, and was an impressive accomplishment of new director Diana Whitehead. I’ve written...
by kbarsoum | Mar 30, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Coptic Orphans staff member Nefr Nabil and her husband Wessam were living idyllic lives in pre-revolutionary Egypt. They lived in Al-Rehab, a refined residential compound near Heliopolis where people could actually breathe the air and enjoy nature away from bustling...
by kbarsoum | Mar 27, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Exactly a month ago this weekend, Coptic Orphans came to Santa Monica, CA for a fundraiser to benefit its work of providing education to Egypt’s fatherless children. About 120 people turned out at the Annenberg Community Beach House to hear Executive Director Nermien...
