by Nermien Riad | Sep 21, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, I have some exciting news! Applications for the Jan. 22 – Feb. 13, Serve to Learn trip are now available and are due by Nov. 15. For those of you who have never heard of Serve to Learn, here’s what it is in a nutshell: three weeks of service... 
by Nermien Riad | Sep 4, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, Pictures are only as powerful as the emotions they convey, and this picture, from the July Serve to Learn trip, is powerful because it conveys the most powerful emotion of all— love. Every year, youth from all over the world meet in Egypt to experience... 
by Nermien Riad | Aug 27, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, This summer I traveled around Egypt asking our kids “What would you like to be when you grow up?” “Doctor! Engineer! Pharmacist!” were their answers everywhere I went. Our kids are smart, and they work hard to do well at school —... 
by Nermien Riad | Aug 20, 2015 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Diaspora, International Volunteer Project, Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, 25 Serve to Learn volunteers from five different countries came together in Egypt for three weeks to serve, teach, and play with the world’s greatest kids! A lot of things happened during those three weeks… including an epic... 
by Nermien Riad | Aug 12, 2015 | "The Widow's Cause"
A giant drawing of St. George looms over visitors to Susan’s home, but she’s not waiting for heroes on horseback to save her family. She’s taking her fate into her own hands — she’s had to, since the artist, her husband, passed away two years...