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Mothers are delighted when at around the six week mark, their babies begin smiling. However for Ivan’s mother, Janice, that first smile was a painful time as Ivan’s grin revealed his severe cleft palate. Finding a cure for her son seemed impossible. Janice said, “We live too far from the city to afford the transport...
ICM staff received early Christmas presents last week when a kind donor in the process of a computer upgrade delivered a MacBook Pro, a MacMini and two large LED monitors to our office. Our offices are always in need of computer equipment and receiving this “new-to-us” technology...
This past year, ICM’s Great Gifts Catalog has been Vicki Chang’s year-round, one-stop site for client and family shopping. Ms. Chang, Principal of Consumer Markets at Heidrick & Struggles, shared why she is a fan of online shopping with the Great Gifts website. ‘ICM’s Great Gifts are perfect gifts for a few reasons: I don’t...
Asia’s business executives and the Philippine business community were acknowledged at the November 11 Asia CEO Awards. Held at the Grand Ballroom at the Marriott Hotel, Manila, and presented by PLDT Alpha Enterprise, over 1,200 business leaders from the Philippines and across the region attended the event. ICM’s chairman, Dave Sutherland was nominated for the...
When ICM found five-year-old Eugene, it was obvious that something was wrong. In June 2015, Eugene’s spine had curved into a hunchback shape and the next month he developed a bad cough. After they had exhausted their finances and treatment options at the provincial hospital under government care, Eugene’s parents could only remain in their...
Four-year-old Gebalyn was sent home from school because of the open sores on her head. Gebalyn’s mother, Maria Theresa was worried. The wounds grew and began bleeding. Gebalyn was in near constant pain and crying. Her appetite left her and she grew weak. There wasn’t enough money to see a doctor, but the day Gebalyn...
A newly launched, 17-month landmark project between International Care Ministries (ICM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will help people living in ultrapoverty in the Province of Iloilo. A launch ceremony October 30th, attended by Philippine and U.S. officials marked the beginning of the project, which will affect approximately 10,000 people. The...
Online retailer Amazon has added a fun and simple way for you to include ICM whenever you shop. Amazon’s sister site AmazonSmile (www.smile.amazon.com), has the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that 0.5% of your total purchase price will be donated to ICM. To shop...
Virginia, 40, has lived with feelings of resentment and hopelessness ever since her husband’s souvenir business went bankrupt many years ago. When cheaper, lower qualtity products from China flooded the market, Nicanor’s business simply could not compete with their low prices, despite the high quality of his merchandise. Eventually Nicanor lost his customers and had...
Five years after their first, fun-filled, hope-inspiring trip abroad, the ICM Children’s Choir returned to Hong Kong to celebrate ICM’s 11th Annual Banquet. What a difference those five years have made! Apart from the obvious changes (growth spurts and dropped voices!) the children have all blossomed into confident, poised young performers who stole the show, repeatedly,...