by kbarsoum | Nov 10, 2011 | Approaches to Charity and Development
After only two days, 800 people have taken the Coptic Diaspora survey so far. Have you? Take it. And come back tomorrow for the second part of yesterday’s post, “What Is Diaspora?”
by kbarsoum | Nov 9, 2011 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Yesterday we launched the first large-scale survey of the economic engagement (investment, philanthropic, volunteer, and remittance activity) of Copts living abroad. In the next week or so, look for a series of posts here based on a white paper I authored with Nermien...
by kbarsoum | Oct 31, 2011 | Coptic Church, Diaspora
On October 1, nearly a hundred and thirty Copts gathered with His Grace Bishop Angaelos at the Coptic Centre in Stevenage for a different kind of talent show: a talent show not focused on self-expression, but a collective expression of support by the Coptic community...
by kbarsoum | Oct 25, 2011 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Recent Photo that appeared with reports of St. Mary over Cairo and other areas in the wake of the events at Maspero.
by kbarsoum | Oct 12, 2011 | "The Widow's Cause", Why the Fatherless?
There is a rapidly spreading concern about an orphan crisis in our day. The most common estimate is that there are 143 million orphans in the world today. Many don’t realize that most of those are paternal orphans, or fatherless children. If the orphan cause...
