Tag: IOCC
IOCC Assists Syrian Families Seeking Refuge In Northern Iraq
August 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Syrian refugee families wait patiently for their turn to receive emergency relief items from a distribution center in northern ... Read More
New School Removes Barrier To Learning For Uganda’s Children
One teacher provides instruction for 500 elementary students in this one-room, red-brick village school near the shores of Lake Victoria in Butembe, Uganda. There are ... Read More
Malnourished Syrian Refugee Children Bear the Toll of Conflict
Photo by Ryan Erickson 17/7/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The parents of two-and-a-half year-old Mataab fled with the young boy and his six siblings from ... Read More
IOCC Mobilizes To Provide Urgent Relief For Families Caught In Gaza Conflict
13/07/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — In this past week, the most intense violence in nearly two years has claimed over 100 lives, including 23 children, ... Read More
IOCC Responds to Victims of Flood Ravaged Midwest
30/6/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Rivers across the Midwest are surging over their banks, flooding cities and sweeping away summer crops as they fail to ... Read More
Creating a Path Out of Poverty for India’s Forgotten Families
June 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The village of Annathur is home to 302 families and one of India's most marginalized communities. Many of the ... Read More
Bosnia’s Flood Survivors Face Slow and Difficult Recovery
16/6/14 - IOCC Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — When floodwaters from record breaking rainfall surged beyond the banks of the Bosna River last month, Šamac and ... Read More
Orthodox Christian Emergency Network Grows to 100 Members
June 2014 Chicago, IL (IOCC) — When seven people were killed and thirteen injured in a shooting rampage in Isla Vista, California, on May 23, ... Read More
Reaching Serbia’s Most Isolated Flood Survivors
International Orthodox Christian Charities - 31/5/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The Serbian village of Jablanica is home to twins Aleksandra and Andrijana, 10, the only ... Read More
IOCC Responds as Serbia and Bosnia Brace for More Flooding
International Orthodox Christian Charities - 22/5/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — On the heels of epic floods that left at least 37 dead and thousands homeless ... Read More
Chicago Faith-Based Groups Join With IOCC To Deliver Books For Local Children
May 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Joined by wide-eyed youngsters from some of the city's most impoverished Southside neighborhoods, religious leaders gathered at the Ray ... Read More
IOCC Responds to Victims of Tornadoes in the South
4/5/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The powerful spring storms that spawned a cluster of damaging tornadoes this past week have affected the lives of millions ... Read More
IOCC Helping Restore Homes And Livelihoods For Typhoon Haiyan Survivors
April 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — For years, Orlando supported his wife and five children by selling a daily catch of tilapia and milkfish snared ... Read More
IOCC Assists Displaced Syrians Fleeing Embattled Kessab
8/4/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Intense fighting this past week in Kessab, a predominantly Armenian Christian town in northwestern Syria, forced hundreds of families to ... Read More
IOCC Transforming Lives with Clean and Safe Water
April 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Access to clean and safe water can make the difference between sickness and health, poverty and self-sufficiency. Yet more ... Read More
IOCC Responds to Urgent Needs of South Sudanese Refugees
April 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Nygnwak, 30, and her seven family members are among the more than 80,000 South Sudanese who have sought refuge ... Read More
Community Kitchen Addresses Malnutrition
March 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Swirls of fragrant steam billow above large steel cauldrons as five middle-aged women stir thick, bubbling yellow lentil soup ... Read More
Building Resilient Communities in the Balkans
March 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Fifteen years after NATO bombings and many ensuing conflicts in Kosovo, poverty and isolation continue to be a challenge ... Read More
Syria’s Healthcare System Latest War Casualty
27/2/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Heavy fighting in Syria's embattled Idlib province forced Khaled, 5, and his family to flee their home and settle in ... Read More
IOCC Assists in Evacuation of Syrians Fleeing Homs
February 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Syrian civilians evacuated from the embattled city of Homs under a UN-negotiated cease-fire are being aided by International Orthodox ... Read More
Winter Weather Exposes Syrian Refugees
Feburary 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Warm winter clothing is a welcome sight to Manal, 5, whose family lost everything when rocket fire struck their ... Read More