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Baseeta: One Giant Step Towards Women’s Empowerment and Financial Inclusion
Baseeta (Arabic for “as simple as that”) is Coptic Orphans’ new, unique initiative to provide over 8,000 widowed mothers with financial inclusion. Baseeta will amplify the skills they need to harness opportunities offered by the fast-arriving digital economy. That...
Ministry of Planning, Coptic Orphans Discuss Cooperation
July 27, 2021, FAIRFAX, VA. — Dr. Hala El-Said, Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Development, met with Nermien Riad, Founder and Executive Director of Coptic Orphans, on July 13 to discuss cooperation between the ministry’s “Decent Life” initiative and the...
U.N. Report Highlights Coptic Orphans’ Work with Diasporic Communities
Coptic Orphans is advocating for the children by helping to focus the United Nations’ attention on the key role that diasporas play in economic development and poverty alleviation. A July 2021 statement by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) includes a...
Coptic Orphans Sponsors Conference to Boost Online Learning in Egypt
Coptic Orphans is continuing its role as a catalyst of digital education, and as a partner of Egyptian officials in promoting online learning. As part of broader efforts to counter Covid's effects on our children's learning, Coptic Orphans was honored to...
Coptic Orphans Announces the Appointment of New Board Member Mark Morgan
March 8, 2021, Washington D.C. – Coptic Orphans is proud to announce the appointment of Mark Morgan, Partner at the national law firm of Day Pitney LLP, to its Board of Directors. “Mark brings undeniable talent to Coptic Orphans at an exciting time of growth for our...
Coptic Orphans Announces Local Partners in Egypt for Valuable Girl Project
Coptic Orphans has taken an important step in launching the new cycle of the Valuable Girl Project, which was put on hold in 2020 due to COVID. A new set of Egyptian community development associations (CDAs) has been approved as partners in the project, which is now...
How Can We Help Egypt Tackle the Problem of FGM?
Coptic Orphans’ network of advocates for girls and women received encouraging news last week, when the Egyptian government took a critical step towards stamping out female genital mutilation (FGM) by strengthening a law designed to punish those who participate in this...
Generosity Lifts Up 404 Students in Need of Laptop Computers
COVID-19 has placed a tremendous burden our children’s education, forcing schools everywhere to close, and sending teachers and parents scrambling to adapt to online learning. Thank God, during this incredibly hard time, Coptic Orphans donors and sponsors have...
Coptic Orphans Supports the Children in the Transition to Digital Learning
Sweeping changes are in the works at the Egyptian Ministry of Education in the COVID-19 era, and Coptic Orphans is responding by transforming how we serve the fatherless children in our Not Alone program. We are committed to adapting to the huge changes taking place...
The Scholarship Legacy of Maged Atiya
Maged Atiya (1953-2020), was a physicist, an entrepreneur, an intellectual and a leading light for the Coptic Diaspora. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1969, joining his great uncle, the Coptic historian Aziz Suryal Atiya....
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