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Because I am “Demiana”
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...
Sports Workshops: One Recent Volunteer Project in Egypt
With sparse tourism and continuing unrest in Egypt, some might wonder if there is any room left to experience life in Egypt and make a difference there. The good news is, there is. Things are safe enough in most areas in Egypt to go, so Coptic Orphans is resuming...
In Egypt, Visits Continue at Risk of Lives
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...
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Parents, and Other Best Kept Secrets of the Orphanage [Podcast]
Orphanages filled with children that have parents? Kids graduating from school, but never learning how to read? Nermien Riad talks about startling problems she encountered when starting Coptic Orphans in Egypt 25 years ago, and how she discovered ready answers in the...
The Power of a Praying Child
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 was...
Snapshot from the Field: Bringing Christ Home
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...
Coptic Orphans Honors the Life of Ola Ghabbour (d. January 8, 2013)
Ola Ghabbour built 57357 Children's Cancer Hospital, the first and only state-of-the-art children’s cancer hospital in the Middle East and the largest of its kind in the world. Her efforts started small and broad, and proved the power of ordinary Egyptians working...
Did You Know?
Did you know Coptic Orphans translates over 12,000 letters between children and sponsors each year?
700 Club Features the Work of Coptic Orphans
Christian Broadcasting Network's well-known program "The 700 Club" has featured the work of Coptic Orphans.
Saving Fragile Lives
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...
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