by Nermien Riad | Mar 26, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development
A whole village of children still sit at home in Sheikh Shebeka, even after several months. It all started in a nearby village called Nazlet Badraman where the children attend elementary school. A notorious gangster called Ali Hussein turned his sights on a Christian... by Nermien Riad | Mar 12, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development
Every day seemed exactly the same since her father passed away. They lived hand-to-mouth when her father was alive, but now Nadine lived in an empty shell of life: living on handouts, but with never enough to fill the stomach. Like her mother, Nadine never learned how... 
by Nermien Riad | Feb 19, 2013 | Egypt Church-Based Volunteers, Issues That Impact Children in Egypt, Issues:Education
One afternoon, Demiana came home from school and broke down, sobbing. Her mother tried to console her and contacted Rep Mariam for support. Rep Mariam asked Demiana several questions encouraging her to tell what happened and Demiana started crying again. Then, the... 
by Nermien Riad | Jan 29, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development
In El Fashn diocese of Beni Suef, there’s a village with no church. Christians there had to travel to a bigger village to attend the Divine Liturgy and receive the Eucharist every week. But when Salafis from the bigger village saw crowds of strangers flocking to the... 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...