by kbarsoum | Jan 2, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Christian Broadcasting Network’s well-known program “The 700 Club” has featured the work of Coptic Orphans.
by kbarsoum | Dec 20, 2012 | Issues That Impact Children in Egypt
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II gave an interview earlier this month on a variety of topics. One of the more interesting ideas he mentioned is a new bishopric for children and their unique needs in the Church. He said, I have many dreams for the...
by kbarsoum | Dec 18, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development
In the previous two posts, I surveyed two approaches to poverty: charity, and development. Now, I’ll introduce a third approach. It uses the tools of both charity and development. What is distinctive about this approach is that it is a thoroughly Christian one....
by kbarsoum | Dec 12, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development
We saw in the last post that the charity approach starts with needs. A rights-based approach, unlike a needs-based approach, sees deprivation and the inability to pursue ones’ potential not just as tragedy, but an injustice. Therefore, a development, or rights-based...
