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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 hairstyle 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...
Coptic Orphans Announces Local Partners in Egypt for Valuable Girl Project

Coptic Orphans Announces Local Partners in Egypt for Valuable Girl Project

by Nermien Riad | Feb 11, 2021 | Valuable Girl Project, Workshops

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...
Defending Innocence in Egypt: How Our Children Learn to Protect Themselves

Defending Innocence in Egypt: How Our Children Learn to Protect Themselves

by Nermien Riad | Dec 3, 2019 | Child Protection, Egypt Church-Based Volunteers, Workshops

  On an afternoon, like most days, Mina was walking home from school. But little did Mina know, this day would be unlike any other. It would be a day that he would remember for years to come. Mina was stopped by a stranger, a young man in his 20s, who seemed...
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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