Among the five people honored by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, was Mama Maggie, the “Mother Teresa of Egypt.” Whose organization Stephen’s Children have been changing lives in Cairo’s garbage slums.
Maggie Gobran was known for her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations, but she assured that a smile of a child is more important to her than winning Nobel Prize.
She started her humanitarian work with her husband in 1985, and encouraged many people to join her ministry to help 30.000 Egyptian families.
5 Arab Hope Makers won the grand prize of Dh1 million would be given to each of the five finalists for their volunteering that helped make a difference to thousands of lives.
