by Nermien Riad | Jan 15, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Egypt Church-Based Volunteers
We recently recruited a new Rep in El Minya named Nagy. Soon after he joined Coptic Orphans, Nagy’s nephew was kidnapped, and the kidnappers asked for a ransom of 500,000 Egyptian Pounds – an amount that only a handful of Egypt’s elite has access to. Nagy...
by kbarsoum | Jan 11, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Coptic Church
Fr. Rizkalla, a Coptic Orthodox priest, brings the presence of Christ into a Coptic Orphans home visit. Even without accompanying priests, our volunteer Reps bring that same presence by their loving actions. In an informal survey also mentioned in this post, 80% of...
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 Nermien Riad | Dec 26, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Issues That Impact Children in Egypt, Issues: Child Labor
I’m sure you’ve heard about the train that plowed into a schoolbus in Assiut a few weeks ago. This tragic accident killed nearly 50 children on their way back from school. We have many children in Assiut, but thankfully none were victims. These little children had to...
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...
