Category: How We Serve

Teaching Sustainable Farming Techniques

March 9, 2020

To help small-scale farmers in the country of Georgia, IOCC recently started teaching sustainable techniques—especially to women, youth, and those displaced—to help them increase their skills.

Urgent: Nashville Needs Your Help

March 5, 2020

In the wake of the recent tornados in Nashville, TN, on March 3, IOCC is coordinating with the Lutheran group Inspiritus and other partners on the ground to respond in affected areas.

“We Didn’t Have Milk or Bread”

March 2, 2020

Can you imagine being a widow with a young daughter to feed while having little income to rely on?

Lebanon: Protecting Children from Disease

February 20, 2020

In a crisis, children are often hardest hit. To help protect them, IOCC, with funding from UNICEF, recently revamped makeshift vaccination ...

Georgia: Growing New Hope

February 20, 2020

When Revaz took his family and left home, he never imagined it would be forever.

Fighting Stigma by Investing in Girls

February 6, 2020

In many countries, menstruating women are subjected to discrimination or ...

Retal’s Chance for a Healthy Childhood

February 5, 2020

Childhood malnutrition is as dangerous as many diseases. It frequently causes complications like anemia that can ...

Greece: Graduates with New Skills

January 16, 2020

IOCC’s Code+Create program, a concept developed by Finn Church Aid in 2017, is now implemented in partnership with GFOSS in the center of Athens, Greece. The courses—offered at no charge

Ethiopia: Community-Based Model Extends Success

January 16, 2020

When you need to reach entire communities, where do you start? For IOCC, it’s training people who can become ambassadors: religious leaders, educators, volunteers.

Warming Up Winter with Gifts in Kind

December 20, 2019

Working with humanitarian partner Lutheran World Relief, as well as with local Orthodox Church agencies, IOCC has delivered quilts and other essentials to families and individuals in need.