Philippines Housing Project Almost Complete!

We are pleased to report that our housing project in the Philippines is almost complete and two families have already moved into their new homes. The project was initiated soon after Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines affecting many in the country, including 16 families with children on our program. The families of our children have simple professions: laundresses, carpenters, mechanics, laborers, street vendors and maids. ...

New Temporary Home for West Liberty Elementary

After being destroyed by tornadoes earlier this month,  West Liberty Elementary School in Morgan County, KY has a new temporary home thanks to dedicated volunteers who converted an empty metal-siding factory in one-day: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120308/NEWS01/303080081/West-Liberty-schools

Visiting Detroit

Renee Kube, our US Programs Director, and Ron Carter, US Project Manager, recently traveled to Michigan to meet with the staff of Communities In Schools of Detroit (CIS). CIS has managed our child sponsorship program in Detroit since 2005 when it was first begun, and the staff of CIS highly values Children, Incorporated. Detroit is often rated as America’s most poverty-stricken city. According to AOL News and The Huffington...

Kentucky Update

We have been in touch with our coordinator in Breathitt County and been told that all of the phone lines are down in Wolfe County, Johnson County, Menifee County, and Morgan County.  Apparently damage in Wolfe County is not too severe; mainly broken windows and some trees down.  Menifee, Johnson, and Morgan Counties are the hardest hit.  West Liberty Elementary School, where we have a program, has been destroyed, as half...

Help Needed in Eastern Kentucky

On Friday, March 2nd severe storms and tornadoes struck Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. At least 27 Kentucky counties have reported storm damage. EF3 tornadoes hit Magoffin, Menifee and Morgan Counties. Tornadoes also struck Johnson, Martin and Wolfe Counties. So far, 39 people have died, 300 have been injured, at least one person is missing – and the toll is rising. Countless homes and businesses have been damaged or...