A Success Story From Egypt: From Ashes To Beauty
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Ezes Hamdi, a 28-year-old widow is the mother of three children, Krollos,Mariam and Marina, ranging in age from 4 to 11 years old. Ashraf was a simplepeasant working at odd jobs. The family lived in extreme poverty in a tiny areameasuring 12 square meters (130 square feet) under a defective roof at the homeof Ashraf’s…
Their photographs absorb space in the recesses of our computer hardware as well as my own cerebral gray matter. Some photo files document our long-term, current relationships with the mothers and their children in Finding Freedom through Friendship. Other images are the only tangible proof that a friendship ever existed; photos showing that we at…
Mariam Mikhail is a 39-year-old widow who lives in Sharona with her two young children, Maged and Marina. Mariam’s husband was a day laborer who died suddenly in 2019. He left no money or assets by which Mariam and her children could use for sustenance. Furthermore, Mariam did not have a job or any means…
Mariam Adel, 34, lives in Sharona, a remote village in Upper Egypt. She and herhusband, Shokry Zaki had two young sons; Shenouda, 7 who suffers from psychologicaldisorders and Melad, 5 years old. Shokry worked as a grain merchant earning 1,000EGP per month ($60; ~$2/day). Mariam and Shokry own their two-floor house.They also borrowed money to…
Gladis is the first member of her family for at least two generations who will receive an education that starts at an appropriate age. She is a petite six year old and will be in parvulos this year (parvulos is a grade between kindergarten and first grade in Guatemala). Kindergarten in Guatemala is essentially nothing;…
Helping villages in Guatemala, one nurse at a time, happens slowly. Very slowly. As in years. Ask a Mayan girl what she wishes to be when she grows up and she will tell you that her desire is to be a teacher. Teachers are often the only female professionals Mayan girls are exposed to, if…