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Claribel’s Christmas Dinner – Creating Lasting Memories

“Still today, I remember the first Christmas I spent in the home.” Those were the touching words of Claribel as she recently reflected on what it was like when she arrived as a young girl at the Las Palmas Children’s Village in the Dominican Republic. Poverty has a way of sapping the joy from holiday celebrations. Claribel’s family was poor, and her parents weren’t together. She lived with her father who was very sick. Then, Read more…

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Los Pinos Children Celebrate Graduation

Thanks to the support of people like you, Los Pinos children celebrated an in-person graduation within the “safety bubble” of the secluded Children’s Village. Campus Graduation Takes Place within Safety of Village Your ongoing support of ICC children enables the kids to live a full life… even during a world-wide pandemic. One good example of this is the children at Los Pinos in Guatemala. These children are blessed that the Los Pinos campus is located Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Year-End Giving: Only Three Days Left in 2020!

Your year-end gift is needed to help provide for the children. ICC children are eager! Eager to learn, love and be loved, eager to move forward and to grow and develop. Yet, as 2021 is about to begin, there is much uncertainty about what the future holds. Will their eagerness be tempered by economic crisis and budget shortfalls? Or will they be able to realize their hopes and dreams and move forward with energy and Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago
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Christmas at “The Gathering Place” Ep 4: Samilin Williams at Las Palmas

Support the children of ICC! Click here: In this special Christmas episode of The Gathering Place, Rick Fleck interviews Samilin Willams of the Las Palmas Children’s Village. Samilin is the administrator of Las Palmas. In this interview she tells of how the children of Las Palmas celebrate Christmas. In this interview, she shares the story of a young girl who experienced a Christmas feast for the very first time. Although, “Christmas at the Gathering Place” Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago

Feliz Navidad!

Sandra, our director of children’s services in El Salvador, just wrote this update: “We are busily preparing and arranging things for Christmas, and the girls are enjoying doing the decorations with the guys. We will be getting together in the evenings before Christmas to sing carols, share reflections, and we will have a fire where we burn little thank-you notes, and do many other things. The presents are ready. We are just counting the days Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago
Joel Carpio, Director of Los Pinos Children's Village

Message of Thanks for Inspiring Hope During the Pandemic

A Message of Thankfulness From Los Pinos Director, Joel Carpio Joel Carpio is the Director of Los Pinos Children’s Village in Guatemala. Because of your help, the children remain safe during this pandemic. For that, Joel is thankful. He shares the following message. This year 2020 started like any year at Hogar Los Pinos as well as anywhere in the world. The children and young people prepared to start their classes and the adults to Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago
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El Salvador: Fast Facts to Know and Share

Download these Fast Facts about El Salvador in this two-page flyer by clicking the button. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of children! People of El Salvador El Salvador has an ethnically homogeneous population. The intermarriage of Spanish settlers with the indigenous population of the region has resulted in almost nine-tenths of the population being mestizo (people of mixed Indian and European ancestry); the remainder consists of Indians, people of European ancestry, Read more…

By International Children's Care, ago
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Dominican Republic: Fast Facts to Know and Share

Download these Fast Facts about the Dominican Republic in this two-page flyer by clicking the button. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of children! People of the Dominican Republic The racial composition of the republic is predominantly of mixed European and African ancestry. Today, there are few Amerindian people. This is because of disease, warfare, and the effects of forced labor shortly after the arrival of the first Europeans. Immigrants from all Read more…

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The Gathering Place Ep 3: Rick Bowes at Las Palmas

In Episode 03 of The Gathering Place, Rick Bowes talks with Doug Congleton about his visit to the Las Palmas Children’s Village in the Dominican Republic. Support the children of ICC! Click here: Find out more about Las Palmas, the Children’s Village featured in this episode of The Gathering Place: In 1982, ICC established Hogar Campestre Adventista Las Palmas. ICC founders, Kenneth and Alcyon Fleck, continued to hear of the needs of at-risk children in Read more…

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