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No Summer Fun
When you were ten years old, what was your biggest concern? Each morning before sunrise, 10-year old *Nabil would begin working his 11 hour shift in a cotton field. His biggest concern would be to earn enough every day to buy just enough food to keep his younger...
Snapshot from the Field: Reps as Advocates
Coptic Orphans Reps are local volunteers who connect children to resources like food, clothing, health, education, and housing in the households of paternal orphans and widows. But to break the cycle of poverty, they also help children expand their horizons and serve...
14 and married
When I was young my older cousin played “wedding day” with a big white sheet. She was so happy in that moment. She could play because at eight years old a real marriage was still far away. For too many girls in Egypt, the prospect of marriage is far too real at 14 to...
A Serve to Learn Volunteer’s Reflection from El Barsha
Serve to Learn just ended in Egypt. There was a lot of talk of cancelling Serve to Learn when ripples of the January 25 Revolution shook the basic security infrastructure in many areas of Egypt, and the military had their hands full with more important matters. Would...
What to Expect on this Blog
We are now debuting this blog. It will be more than just news. It will have the kind of behind-the-scenes, personal perspectives on our work that you just can't get in newsletters and email. I'm excited about it above all because it will engage with the issues most...
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