Story by Tess Lyons, ICM Development Officer // Video courtesy of Lynn Ketch, ICM Trip Participant “Happy Birthday to You” is the most frequently sung song in the world, but not just because of the number of birthdays celebrated each day. This is the song the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommends singing for 20...
Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Union Church in Manila graciously donated individual gifts of 6,000 pesos each to 37 pastors from 5 ICM regions. Story & Photo by Kathleen Hilado, ICM CO, Koronadal Pastor Laurel Lina Piang of T’boli, South Cotabato is one of the pastors in Koronadal who received a gift of 6,000 pesos. He has been serving as...
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at 12:18 am
Story by Deanna Sutherland, ICM Program Support // Footage by Kathleen Hilado, ICM CO, Koronadal Imagine how frightening being pregnant at 14-years-old would be. This is the reality for the young women in the mountain-dwelling tribal community called T’boli, in Southern Mindanao, Philippines. The families in this tribe traditionally arrange for their daughters to be married...
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Throughout the month of March, 1804 proud graduates of ICM’s 80 Learning Centers marched across the stage in their cap and gowns to receive their “diplomas”. The students finished their year of learning with formal graduation celebrations held in each region. Songs were sung, dances danced and poems and verses recited. And family members and...
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Story by ICM CO Team “I love her and that’s the beginning of everything,” said 88-year-old Andres about his beautiful 71-year-old bride, Rosalia, as they stood at the altar. For Andres and Rosalia, this day was a dream come true! They have been living as husband and wife for over 60 years but were never...
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
I met Cecilia back in August 2010 while visiting several ICM Transform recipients in Barangay 40. As she emerged to greet us from behind a tattered cloth door, I couldn’t help but notice her unusual house. I learned as I made my way through the plastic tarp walls and rotting wood, that Cecilia’s home had...
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Story by ICM CO Team Meet Jay Stephen Moses, and his mother, Rodalyn. Jay is a growing nine-month-old boy living in a rural slum community on the outskirts of El Nido Town. A few months ago, he was discovered as malnourished by ICM staff, with an untreated cleft lip & palate. He was soon enrolled...
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Story by ICM CO Team Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines and lies in the southern part of the archipelago. Locals refer to it proudly as The Land of Promise due to the fertile soil and peerless shade of green. Just as unique as the landscape are the eighteen mountain-dwelling tribal communities...
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 at 5:43 pm