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Restoration of Nora's Home

Nadia, Nora’s sponsor provided $100 to improve their home. Nora and her family used to live in two rooms on the second floor which were about to collapse.

With the donation, the first floor was renovated from mud brick walls to cemented painted walls. The floor was also leveled and covered in cement, a great improvement from the dirt floor. The family moved into the newly renovated rooms. “The family is so grateful to Nadia for caring about them” Morcos Rizk, Rep for Nora.

 

 

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A Great Improvement

I was very excited when I read the latest monthly report from Egypt. One of the families I visited with Nadia during the summer was particularly worrying.

Both the children and the mother seemed indifferent to the importance of a good education. Among other things, the mother’s two daughters are completely illiterate. They are both of an age that would, under normal circumstances, have them in school. The rep explained that she had repeatedly enlightened the mother to the importance of her daughters being educated. Every time the mother would promise to send them to illiteracy classes and every time the rep returned there would be no progress on the matter, the last time being during our visit.

According to the report, however, the mother has finally made an effort and not only have the girls started classes, but they made their first steps in reading and writing with the help of their older brother who is a part of our service. The girls will soon be eligible to join Coptic Orphans. Thanks to the persistence of the rep, these girls now have a much brighter future. May God bless and reward all our reps for all their selfless, hard work on behalf of the children.

-Doris