by kbarsoum | Jun 11, 2012 | "The Widow's Cause", Approaches to Charity and Development
In Iman’s village near Assuit in Southern Egypt, it is not considered acceptable for a woman, let alone a widow to start a public business. But for Iman, depending on someone to support her family was not an option. Since her husband’s death, Iman had struggled to...
by kbarsoum | May 30, 2012 | "The Widow's Cause"
The interrogation had been going for six hours. The questions were relentless. “Where is your daughter!?” But Om Marina would not give in. She had hid her daughter and coldly replied to the police, “Over my dead body.” Her husband had left her...
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...
by kbarsoum | Aug 16, 2011 | "The Widow's Cause"
Coptic Orphans helps widowed mothers gain a sense of pride and independence through our B’edaya project. We give mothers who have a business idea the opportunity to make their dream a reality. Once their idea is approved the mother is given a loan to help fund...
