Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt

by Coptic Orphans
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Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt
Valuable Girl: Empower 100,000 Girls in Egypt

Project Report | Jan 3, 2025
A Girl's Determination for Success

By Angie Henein | Media Relations Manager

Symbolizing Marina's determination to succeed
Symbolizing Marina's determination to succeed

Dear friends

At the beginning of a new year, our hearts are longing to hear encouraging news to feel inspired.
Here I brought you a story that will delight your hearts.

Marina seemed to have few chances for a better life. As a little girl in elementary school, she was confronted by a triple threat: her family’s lack of resources, society’s indifference to educating girls, and Egypt’s strained school system. Worse, the farming village where she grew up with her widowed mother was far from her school.

Marina was not scared into silently accepting her fate. Instead, she walked 45 minutes each way to reach her school. Furthermore, she refused to leave school to work on the farm. Nevertheless, she was working on the farm every day after finishing school.

Of course, this affected her studying and educational attainment. But she prayed for a chance to improve and keep going to school.

Her efforts were rewarded and prayers were answered.

Today, Marina is enrolled in the Valuable Girl Project led by Coptic Orphans. She’s now receiving proper attention and help with her education. Through the care of her Big Sister Alyaa (The “Big Sister” is the title of older girls who help little girls to study), Marina improved her reading and writing and was ranked at the top of her class in her mid-term exams.

To date, Coptic Orphans has helped 19,300 girls and young women improve their educational attainment and regain self-confidence, through the Valuable Girl Project.

Thanks to your support, Coptic Orphans can enroll more girls in the Valuable Girl Project to give them open doors for their education and achieving their dreams.

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Coptic Orphans

Location: Merrifield, Virginia - USA
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Twitter: @copticorphans
Project Leader:
Nermien Riad
Merrifield , Virginia United States
$230,103 raised of $300,000 goal
 
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