Vision Trips for Egypt | Stephens Children

Stephen's Children operates in Cairo and throughout Egypt, providing a holistic approach to supporting the most vulnerable individuals in the garbage slums and beyond. Our initiatives encompass education, healthcare, and food programs designed to build strong, trusting relationships with impoverished children and their families. We are excited to announce the recent opening of a permanent medical center, which now makes essential care accessible for millions of residents.

At Stephen’s Children, our mission is to save lives, foster hope, and restore dignity to underprivileged children and young people, empowering them to serve their communities. Since our inception in 1989, a significant portion of our 500+ member team has grown up in the very neighborhoods we serve. Currently, we support over 40,000 children, young people, and their families. Our programs include two Farah Chrisitan Language Schools in one of Cairo’s most heavily populated slums and 103 Community Educational Centers across Egypt, which provide Childcare, Preschool, Kindergarten, Family Counseling, Mother Workshops and Worship, basic Medical Care, Vocational Training (textiles, shoemaking, and agriculture), Medical Center and Angel Homes.

The story of Christianity in Egypt is filled with men and women like Stephen. Ever since St. Mark brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Alexandria in the first century, Egyptian Christians have experienced difficulties. For this reason, Egyptian (Coptic) Christians honor the lives of faithful martyrs in every generation.

The Coptic Church was established in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ by St. Mark the Evangelist in the city of Alexandria around 43 A.D.

St. Athanasius (296-373 A.D.), the twentieth Pope of the Coptic Church, effectively defended the Doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ’s Divinity at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. His affirmation of the doctrine earned him the title; “Father of Orthodoxy” and St. Athanasius “the Apostolic”.