Stories of success from the Children’s Villages
Snow reached the valley floor of El Oasis Children’s Village in Mexico this winter. The Children’s Village had a snow day to celebrate. From starting snowball fights, to warming up with a cup of soup, it was a day of family fun to remember. Yet, these children experienced much more Read more…
Rosalina lives at Las Palmas Children’s Village, where she enjoys leading out and participating in the youth programs at church. At one such program, Rosalina shared a message of gratitude. The following is a bit about Rosalina, and her message. When Rosalina’s mother died, she was taken to live with Read more…
“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 Read more…
Recently, a mother’s greatest hope came true when she reunited with her children at the Las Palmas Children’s Village. It all started four years ago. A young, single mother brought her four children to the Las Palmas Children’s Village. She was desperate! Her children were very small – the youngest 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…
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…
Even the current world-wide pandemic can’t dampen our excitement for the three young ladies who recently graduated from the Adventist High School in Bucharest Romania at the end of June. Florentina “Flori,” Valentina “Teo,” and Daniela “Bety” successfully navigated the final year of high school, having to take their last Read more…
It was an overcast day. The gloomy weather reflected in Mabi’s emotions as she traveled with her family. “Gray, just like our lives,” Mabi thought, looking at the sky. At thirteen-years-old, Mabi was the oldest of her siblings. They lived in extreme poverty, with no hope for the future. Yet, Read more…
