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Helping Children in Lebanon Hear

Sponsor and donors provide hearing aids to deaf children in Beirut

Children Incorporated works in collaboration with the Father Andeweg Institute for the Deaf (FAID) in Riad El Solh Beirut, Lebanon. Among the students who attend this school are many Syrian child refugees who have been hearing-impaired since birth. Their families must face the enormous challenge of adequately accommodating the special needs of a deaf child while fleeing their home country in search of safety. The need for more sponsors These refugee households are particularly lacking, since without any support from the Lebanese government because of their immigration status, it is incredibly difficult for them to provide […]

Professions with a Future

In Guatemala, our Skills Training Programs are preparing children for employment after graduation

Children Incorporated’s Director of International Programs, Luis Bourdet, recently received a report from our affiliate Colegio Vida (Life School) at the Juan Apostol School in Villa Nueva, just outside of Guatemala City. With the help of contributions from our sponsors and donors, 103 high school graduates of the Juan Apostol School graduated in 2015 with Colegio Vida certifications that will help put them on the path to professions with a future. Cross-culturally, one of the greatest challenges to graduates is the practical application of academic knowledge. With its motto being “An Institution Created to Make […]

From Sweet Dreams to Life Dreams

Our Hope In Action Fund provides beds and mattresses for families in Arizona

Recently, the Children Incorporated staff in North Chesterfield, Virginia welcomed some visitors from Page, Arizona. Our guests were Elouise Goatson and Evonne Yazzie, the Children Incorporated volunteer coordinators for the Page Unified School District, which includes Page High School, Page Middle School, Desert View Elementary School and Lake View Elementary School. They brought along with them a local parent representative, Stanley John. The home of some of our sponsored children in Arizona We were reminded in a very special way […]

A Helping Hand Calls More Helping Hands to Act

One family in Kentucky benefits from our Hope In Action Fund

On a recent trip to visit Children Incorporated projects in the United States, our U.S. Sponsorship Manager, Chuck Smith, and our U.S. Project Specialist, Shelley Oxenham, stopped by the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnett, a couple who has been married for 54 years. They are currently raising their three Children Incorporated-sponsored great-grandchildren, Francis*, Alex, and Tracy. Mrs. Arnett is in her eighties now, and suffers from a variety of health conditions, including a heart […]

Sweets to Celebrate

An ice cream social gives children the chance to ask questions about their sponsors

Swansboro Elementary School, founded in 1986, is located in the south side of Richmond, Virginia. For young students in the community, life presents many challenges. It is estimated that as many as ninety percent of the children who attend the school are being raised in single-parent homes with incomes far below what is needed to make ends meet. Numerous children there live transient, unstable lives, moving frequently between the homes of relatives and acquaintances. Thankfully, […]

Attaining Skills in Guatemala

Our Skills Training Programs at Santa Isabel Ana Seton are helping sponsored children and their families

Located just southeast of Mexico, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America. Its spectacular mountains boast a wealth of natural resources and stunning biodiversity. For centuries, this land served as the core territory of the renowned Mayan civilization. Following two centuries of Spanish colonization, Guatemala gained its independence in the early nineteenth century – only to endure another 150 years of political instability and civil unrest. Our Skills Training […]