Coptic orphans
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Coptic Orphans is a non-profit organization
founded in 1988 with the goal of the long-term development of the physical and intellectual well being of children in Egypt
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them after the loss of the family’s father.
She felt she had to do something for fatherless children in their own families and communities so that they in turn could transform those communities. From her efforts grew Coptic Orphans.
Upon returning to the United States
, she began collecting and sending funds to Egypt on a limited scale to the orphanage
, and began to lay the foundations for an organization with a Mission and Philosophy
solely devoted to the purpose of helping children.
As opposed to a short-term relief organization, Coptic Orphans focuses on the long-term needs of the children - spiritual, physical, economic, and social - through programs that provide both tangible and intangible benefits.
development organization that unlocks the God-given potential of children in Egypt, and so equips them to break the cycle of poverty
and become change-makers in their communities.
Coptic Orphans works through grassroots
partners and volunteer networks for sustainable impact.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
founded in 1988 with the goal of the long-term development of the physical and intellectual well being of children in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
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History
When young Egyptian-American Nermien Riad visited Egypt in 1988, she found a nation that, despite a rich heritage and much foreign aid, still grappled with widespread poverty and illiteracy. Astonished at the way that children lived in an orphanage where she volunteered, she was more astonished to learn that many children ended up at the orphanage because their mothers were forced by extreme poverty to abandonChild abandonment
Child abandonment is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one's offspring with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting them. Causes include many social and cultural factors as well as mental illness. An abandoned child is called a foundling .-Causes:Poverty is often a...
them after the loss of the family’s father.
She felt she had to do something for fatherless children in their own families and communities so that they in turn could transform those communities. From her efforts grew Coptic Orphans.
Upon returning to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, she began collecting and sending funds to Egypt on a limited scale to the orphanage
Orphanage
An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them...
, and began to lay the foundations for an organization with a Mission and Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
solely devoted to the purpose of helping children.
As opposed to a short-term relief organization, Coptic Orphans focuses on the long-term needs of the children - spiritual, physical, economic, and social - through programs that provide both tangible and intangible benefits.
Mission
Coptic Orphans is an award-winning international ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
development organization that unlocks the God-given potential of children in Egypt, and so equips them to break the cycle of poverty
Cycle of poverty
In economics, the cycle of poverty is the "set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention."...
and become change-makers in their communities.
Coptic Orphans works through grassroots
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
partners and volunteer networks for sustainable impact.