Kom El Ahmar (KA)

A village of about 5,000 people, Kom el Ahmar is about 90% Muslim, 9% Evangelical Christian and about 1% Coptic or Orthodox Christian.  Those who are able to find work are employed as day laborers, farmers or drivers and earn about $20USD per month when they can work.  More than 90% of this village lives below the Egyptian poverty level and the literacy rate is only about 50%.