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Gaza: Small Steps Toward Better Health
IOCC’s new health and nutrition project in Gaza is underway. The programming offers basic health screening to identify and treat children who have micronutrient deficiencies and to refer them to specialists as needed. Malnutrition rates in Gaza are ...
Lebanon: Theater Strengthens Community
Acting out everyday situations set the scene for the audience to get involved, encouraging positive interactions among children, parents, and teachers—both on stage and in real life.
Did You Miss Something?
Throughout this Lent season, IOCC has brought you weekly staff reflections on service and special Lenten recipes. If you missed ...
How Do You Put Your Faith into Action?
Service can be a smile, a favor, a hygiene kit, a hot meal, advice—I feel inclined to serve others because the word itself cannot be defined by one single thing. A simple thank you ...
“I Will Show You My Faith by My Works”
In my years at IOCC, I’ve personally met scores of people whose world has fallen apart—through natural disasters and through disasters made by man. Family, home, job, savings, ...
Wheels for Any Occasion
Growing up, I was involved in every aspect of Church life—youth groups, choir, oratorical contests—but it wasn’t until I was 16 and attended an Orthodox summer camp in Greece ...
A Practical & Concrete Way to Serve
Growing up, I was involved in every aspect of Church life—youth groups, choir, oratorical contests—but it wasn’t until I was 16 and attended an Orthodox summer camp in Greece ...
“I Dreamed of A Career Helping People”
I was living abroad in the mid-1980s, when there was a terrible famine in my home country, Ethiopia. My dad worked for the UN’s World Food Program, and we lived in Haiti and Jamaica while I was in high school. During ...
“The People we Help Give me Strength”
A young man once came to work for IOCC from a simple peasant family. He knew what it was to be poor and was determined to help others. He thought ...