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Casa Hogar Fuente de Vida

Casa Hogar Fuente de Vida (Fountain of Life Home) – Nicaragua ICC first started helping children in Nicaragua in 2000, working with Felix & Angelica Almendarez. We located and purchased land and established ICC Nicaragua (ICCN) as a children’s village in 2004. Since that time, we have built four children’s homes and several other support buildings on the property. Although many government officials have praised the ICCN project for its loving, innovative and healthy environment Read more…

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ICAP School History

Instituto de Capacitación Adventista del Petén (ICAP) – Guatemala ICAP is a secondary school with vocational options for its students. The school was originally developed and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Guatemala. In 1991, ICC agreed to assume the management of the school. ICC has continued to operate the school in the manner in which its founders had intended. The Los Pinos Children’s Village is located on adjoining land. One of ICC’s primary Read more…

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Los Pinos Children’s Village History

Guatemala – Los Pinos, The First ICC Children’s Village Knock in the Night – An ICC Child’s Story The normal nighttime routine at the International Children’s Care (ICC) receiving center in Guatemala was suddenly disturbed several years ago by a policeman who came to the front entrance. When the director opened the door she saw the officer in uniform carrying a small child, approximately one year old. The story soon unfolded. “He was found wandering Read more…

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Hogar Escuela Adventista History

El Salvador – Hogar Escuela Adventista A group of children surrounded a little girl who was crying on the roadway just outside the playground. One of the staff members from Hogar Escuela Adventista children’s village was passing by and decided to investigate. With a closer look he saw the little girl. Blood was oozing from a wound on her head. He leaned down and asked her, “Que pasa? What happened? When she saw she was Read more…

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Romania Children’s Village History

Romania Children’s Village The noise is at a dull roar as people mull around rushing to catch the right train to their destination. Venders selling their wares patiently wait as harried people try to catch a bite to eat or that last minute item forgotten as they rushed out the door earlier that day. People push and shove trying to catch a glimpse of the board that shows the arrival and departure times of all Read more…

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DEWS Sweet Home History

DEWS Sweet Home Ekata, Maina and Kshama * are three little girls in India. Their lives were haunted with serious trouble in the home. Perhaps because of poverty, their father and mother had terrible battles between them. In his desperation one day, their father poured kerosene on himself and lit a fire. He was badly burned, and even though he was taken to a hospital, he didn’t survive. The mother left the girls alone in Read more…

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Zambia Children’s Home History

Zambia Children’s Home At one time, ICC had begun the development of a full scale project for orphaned and abandoned children in the area of Mupapa, Zambia. Homes were under construction and ICC had taken in over 10 children who needed care. However, due to problems with squatters, land rights and an outbreak of Malaria, it was decided that in the best interest of the children, they should be relocated to a rented home in Read more…

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Ghana Children’s Home History

Children’s Home – Ghana On December 4, 1998, Michael Nyarko-Bassi contacted ICC requesting help to sponsor an orphan boy in Ghana who needed help with his education and basic needs in life. Michael had been working with ADRA/Ghana for some time and had developed a real interest in helping orphaned and deprived children in his area. He saw the needs and responded by personally helping four children with their educational or vocational training needs. One Read more…

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Patmos Children’s Village History

Patmos Island Children’s Village – Democratic Republic of Congo What would cause a mother, clutching her small baby, to quietly creep into the dark night, find a secluded spot, release her grasp on the baby and place it all alone on the cold ground before slipping away? One can only imagine the desperate circumstances such a mother faced as she abandoned her child within a few feet of one of ICC’s children’s homes in the Read more…

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Las Palmas History

Hogar Campestre Adventista “Las Palmas” At the age of a year and a half, little Julio* was in desperate trouble. His father had just died in an automobile accident, but that may have actually saved his life, for at his father’s funeral it was discovered that Julio was suffering from severe malnutrition. It was later discovered that after his mother had given birth to another child, she had abandoned Julio leaving him sorely neglected. The Read more…

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