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IOCC Frontliners In Houston and Galveston |
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FROM AID TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Everyday, IOCC helps people move from desperate circumstances to hope and economic self-sufficiency. In Russia, Romania, the Republic of Georgia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, IOCC is providing loans for small businesses, tractors and seeds for farmers, and empowering communities through capacity building with local organizations. In the Holy Land, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, and Ethiopia, IOCC provides job skills training and job creation, school building and repair, child nutrition programs, educational training, and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. |
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Georgia |
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| IOCC In Georgia Update
Baby Levan was born on August 13, but he lost his grandfather when he was killed the very next day in Kemerti, South Ossetia. Levan and his parents are staying in Tbilisi in a boarding school for blind children now a center for displaced families. “I want a home – it doesn’t matter where,” says Tamara, his 18-year-old mother who had been working on a degree in Pharmacology and wants to complete it ...
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Iraq |
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| Disaster Relief
Before the war came to Iraq, humanitarian worker Samuel traveled from his home in Baghdad to his office in 15 minutes, but today he passes through six checkpoints in only four kilometers on his morning commute. Baghdad is divided by concrete walls and countless checkpoints.
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Podcasts |
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 West Bank Schools
& the Barrier
Our latest podcast from Jerusalem describes IOCC’s program to help school children affected by the West Bank Barrier.
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The conflict between Georgia and Russia has displaced more than 100,000. IOCC is providing emergency supplies for families.
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IOCC is providing aid to the embattled people of Zimbabwe.
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Kosovo |
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| Matching Grant Expands Kosovo Development
IOCC recently announced that The John G. Rangos Sr. Family Charitable Foundation will support IOCC’s expansion of aid projects for Kosovo by creating a matching gift program. The Foundation will match every dollar contributed to IOCC Kosovo projects up to $50,000...
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Greece |
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| Aid to Farmers in Peloponnese, NBA’s Stojakovic Provides Wheelchairs for Thessaloniki
IOCC’s relief to Greek farmers continues to help thousands who were affected by last year’s wildfires to sustain their farms. Through $1.8 million in grants by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, as well as thousands of donations from individuals, IOCC has provided ...
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92% of IOCC’s resources are
used for humanitarian relief and development programs.
Every dollar you give helps IOCC secure
almost $7 in support from governments, foundations and other funding sources. |
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