Valuable Girl Project: Empower 1000 Girls in Egypt

Dear Supporters, Watani Magazine just interviewed Teresa Samir, a former Big Sister in Coptic Orphans’ Valuable Girl Project.Teresa is a remarkably young woman. In high school she volunteered at the Valuable Girl Project center in her home town, El Barsha, meeting with girls in primary school to give them help with...

Dear Supporters, I want to share with you the story of one of the girls in the Valuable Girl Project. Death is something that we all deal with but it has a different effect on all of us. Sometimes it makes us appreciate life and brings us closer to our family. Other times it makespeople go into a depression. Sherry* is now...

Dear Supporters, As Egypt’s future remains uncertain with political and religious unrest our Valuable Girl Project (VGP) continues to make strides to bridge tolerance and understanding between Christian and Muslims. In Egypt it’s quite common, especially in rural areas, for people of different religions to...

Dear VGP Supporters, Girls in our Valuable Girl Project (VGP) are not only empowered to continue their education but are also nurtured to build fortitude in dealing with life challenges – challenges that most of us could hardly fathom. Our participants face challenges and turn them into shining examples of unique...

The Valuable Girl Project continues to yield remarkable results.  Project sites allow girls to form a sense of close community, a basis for their academic success and support for positive social change. This sense of community also means that once Coptic Orphans plants a Valuable Girl Project, its effects continue to...

Dear Supporters, At only eight years old, Basma’s mother pulled her out of school and sent her to work at a local beauty salonfor only 20 cents a day. But Basma was a Little Sister in the Valuable Girl Project. As soon as Basma’s Big Sister from the Valuable Girl Project heard what happened, she rushed to...