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Magda’s Journey from Despair to Strength

Magda’s Journey from Despair to Strength

by Nermien Riad | Jun 23, 2022 | "The Widow's Cause", Women, Workshops

On the day I met Magda*, she told me she was in so much pain, she wanted to die.  Magda is a 42-year-old widow and mother of four in the south of Egypt. She lives in the countryside, wears black clothing, and sports a modest hair style and eyeglasses. Today, when she...
Mother’s Day Updates from our Mothers in Egypt

Mother’s Day Updates from our Mothers in Egypt

by Nermien Riad | May 6, 2022 | "The Widow's Cause", Women, Workshops

Happy Mother’s Day from our mothers to yours!   As you celebrate the important mothers and mother figures in your life, we have wonderful news from the field about our mothers in Egypt.  Over the past two years, the workshops typically available to widowed mothers in...
Baseeta: One Giant Step Towards Women’s Empowerment and Financial Inclusion

Baseeta: One Giant Step Towards Women’s Empowerment and Financial Inclusion

by Nermien Riad | Nov 5, 2021 | "The Widow's Cause", Approaches to Charity and Development, Women

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...
How Can We Help Egypt Tackle the Problem of FGM?

How Can We Help Egypt Tackle the Problem of FGM?

by Nermien Riad | Jan 29, 2021 | Issues That Impact Children in Egypt, Issues: The Girl Child, Valuable Girl Project, Women

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...
Letters from the Field: Love is the Best Teacher

Letters from the Field: Love is the Best Teacher

by Nermien Riad | Jun 19, 2019 | "The Widow's Cause", Child Protection, Egypt Church-Based Volunteers, Women, Workshops

                                                                                        A widowed mother stands outside her home in Egypt  (As told by a Volunteer Rep in Upper Egypt) I first met Sarah about a year ago, when she and her sons first joined the Not Alone...
‘MY LITTLE STARS’ – A MOTHER LETS HER CHILDREN SHINE

‘MY LITTLE STARS’ – A MOTHER LETS HER CHILDREN SHINE

by Nermien Riad | Jun 12, 2019 | Child Protection, Issues That Impact Children in Egypt, Women, Workshops

Younan Eshage, Area Program Manager of Middle Egypt, conducts a workshop for widowed mothers  Mona, a widow living in Upper Egypt, has three children, two boys and girl. Her husband died in 2013. Mona joined the Coptic Orphans Workshops for Mothers in 2018. She was...
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