Meant to Live Foundation Health Screenings By: Amye Farag Last week, I had the opportunity to visit two of the orphan schools to perform health screenings on the new students. As a 4th year medical student, I was excited to have the opportunity to use my knowledge to help in any way I could. As […]
Imagine walking through streets filled with broken beer bottles, human waste and mud after a heavy storm. Now imagine the pain of walking through those streets with no shoes on every day of your life. For many children in Africa, this is their reality. Without shoes, children in impoverished communities stop going to school to […]
The Coptic Hospital along with our school for orphans in Zambia were invited to the International Women’s Club (IWC) of Lusaka’s Annual Charity Giving Ceremony on March 5, 2014 at Taj Pamodzi Hotel. Over 20 local based organizations received funds from IWC for the service work that they are doing in the community. This year […]
As many of our children in upper elementary still struggle with basis reading skills, one of our teachers decided to offer extra lessons to students in need for two weeks during their vacation time. Check out the students’ responses:
My wife and I just returned home after a week in Lusaka, Zambia with Fr. Abraham and Tasoni Dalia. The trip, which has become a once a year occurrence for our family was incredible and this year was made extra special as we arrived in time for the OZ project kids to get their much […]
After school hours, a group of girls came while I was preparing for the next day. They asked if they could sit and read some books while I work. Since we are very limited with our current library, the books must stay at school. When examining the children, I didn’t recognize two of them. “We […]
Five of our children at St. Abanoub school have been abandoned by their father. The oldest child is in 6th grade and the youngest is in preschool. The mother is ill, and can’t afford to pay her children’s tuition for this term, which consists of $3/child, so all her children have missed the first […]
In Mini-Studio, teacher Mambwe asked students to be creative and make mammals out of materials since they ran out of play doh. The next day, each child was to present their animal and share a fun fact they learned about it. To her surprise, some students molded animals from soil and brought them to class! […]
A friend asked me what was the one thing so far that touched me within the month that I have been here. I spoke about a young gentleman Bornface, who went to another crowded school before he came to ours (approx. 90 children in one classroom). Year after year the teachers at that school passed […]
Since we have a carpet in the class, our first and second graders enjoy rolling around during teaching time. As I expressed my frustrations to my colleague Mambwe, begging her for some advice as to how I could keep them from rolling; she explained that most of these kids do not have a carpet at […]