This past week, the St. Andrew’s Church Council decided to give the offering collected on Christmas Eve to Abu Zabaal, the last leper colony in Egypt. Donations such as this gift allow for timely treatments before the disease develops. For a recently BBC article published about the village, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8521577.stm.
Archive for February 25th, 2010
Benevolence Fund Supports Abu Zabaal Leprosy Village
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Habitat – Egypt Volunteer Shares Story of This Year’s Experience
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On February 19-20, 2010, Stancil Campbell, Ann Shalaby, Denise England, Lyn Lightell and Tom Crowley participated in a Habitat for Humanity build in southern Egypt. It was a whirl-wind, two-day trip with not nearly enough time to see and experience Egypt’s rural village life but it was a wonderful opportunity to peek inside a farming [...]
