We are mourning the loss of one of the house fathers in the DEWS Sweet Home village in India. Mattai passed away last week; he recently contracted COVID-19, and he had other complicating factors. His condition with COVID-19 seemed to improve, and then he suffered what appeared to be a Read more…
The Gathering Place, Episode 1. In this edition of The Gathering Place, we interview Ricardo Medina. Ricardo grew up at the El Oasis Children’s Village in Baja, Mexico. As a result of your support, Ricardo graduated from medical school in Spring 2020. He graduated as a dental surgeon. Read more Read more…
A Child of War Georime never knew her parents. They died in a rebel insurgence when she was only six-months old. During the 1990s and early 2000s, war tormented the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many children received an inheritance of trauma from the ongoing insurgent warfare. Georime felt this trauma Read more…
Can you remember… The scent of a freshly sharpened pencil, The kaleidoscope of colors in a big box of 64 crayons, The glossy feel of a textbook cover as you opened it the first time, The distinct sound made when you clicked open your three-ring notebook to insert paper? There’s Read more…
Stephen was born in a village with little educational opportunities in Ghana. His father repaired roofing to provide for the family. His mother stayed home to care for her five children. Then, all too quickly, life for Stephen dramatically changed. There was a faulty board in the roof rafters where Read more…
Just before Christmas in 1997 Mexican authorities decided to close two deteriorating orphanages. Twenty-four orphan children needed a place to live and we were asked to take the children. Even though the El Oasis Children’s village was not completed, ICC administrator’s decided to welcome them into the ICC family. What Read more…
