Coptic Orphans
Education and mentoring for fatherless children, Egypt
Coptic Orphans is an organisation that funds education for fatherless children in Egypt and pairs each child with a trained volunteer mentor.
- Cause
- Child education & mentoring
- Where
- Egypt, with supporters worldwide
- How to give
- Sponsor a child or make a one-off donation
- Model
- Trained volunteer mentors
- ACNC registration
- Registered charity, 3 December 2012
- ABN
- 27 138 388 851
- Tax deductibility
- DGR endorsed, 27 January 2016
The cause
Coptic Orphans works with fatherless children in Egypt, focusing on education rather than short-term relief.
Coptic Orphans states that trained volunteer mentors visit the same children over a period of years and track school progress, health and family circumstances.
Coptic Orphans states that children in its programs stay in school and go on to further study or work. Statements about program outcomes are the charity's own and are published on the Coptic Orphans website.
What they do
Not Alone, child sponsorship
Ongoing support for a child's education and wellbeing, delivered through a trained local mentor who visits regularly.
Serve to Learn
Coptic Orphans states that volunteers travel to teach English and life skills to children in its programs.
B'edaya, girls' empowerment
Coptic Orphans states that this program teaches skills, confidence and financial literacy to young women.
Valuable Girl Project
Coptic Orphans states that older girls mentor younger girls through this program.
Donation details
Donations are made on Coptic Orphans's own website. Ajility does not solicit or receive donations on behalf of Coptic Orphans, receives nothing from them, and is not affiliated with them.
Statements on this page about programs, funding and outcomes are Coptic Orphans's own. Read them at copticorphans.org.
Visit their donation pageOther ways to help
- Sponsor a child through the Not Alone program.
- Make a one-off or recurring donation online.
- Volunteer with Serve to Learn if you can travel.
- Fundraise for Coptic Orphans through their own fundraising pages.
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