Maggie

(first of two)

"Garbage slums" are home to tens of thousands in Cairo, Egypt.  People live there, raise children there, and earn income there . . by processing garbage.

Maggie Gobran, by contrast, grew up enjoying a life of privilege in Cairo, and pursued a university and business career. But her life changed when she visited the garbage slums. A Coptic Christian, she felt that God called her to help them.

“God wanted to promote me,” she relates. “He said ‘leave the best, the smartest, and go to the poorest of the poor.”

A book has just been published about her work among the poor of the garbage slums. Listen to Maggie talk about her passion to love these children here.