GO HOPE Goes to Egypt

Details: Created on Monday, 17 October 2011 03:54

The Chicago based charity group 'Greek Orthodox Helping Other People Everywhere' (GO HOPE) went to Egypt in August of 2011 to help the poverty stricken Christians living there. With the the material and morale support of Orthodox Christians in America, GO HOPE visited several poverty row orphanages, and families, bringing them some love, and various necessities.

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We report the following unchanged as it was published:

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