International Child Care is a Christian health development organization. Operating in Haiti since 1967 and in the Dominican Republic since 1988, ICC is working to change the conditions of poverty that impact health and well-being.
Our vision is health and wholeness for children and families in empowered communities.
Programs
Child to Child
At International Child Care, we believe that children can be real and effective partners in missions. To encourage this, we developed the Child to Child mission curriculum to help children become “mission minded”
One of the main initiatives carried out by International Child Care is child inoculation. ICC has a leading role in the prevention and cure of tuberculosis through the national TB program, and inoculates against other highly contagious childhood diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and measles.
ICC health workers know that education about the importance of drinking clean water is vital. In rural areas, where public water is not available, International Child Care digs wells to provide potable water for entire communities.
Earthquake Response
The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 forever changed the nation of Haiti, but it only strengthened International Child Care's commitment to the people of Haiti. Read more »
Grace Children's Hospital
Grace Children’s Hospital is the flagship ministry of International Child Care, serving children with tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, and other diseases
ICC hopes to provide every expecting mother in our program area with a healthy birth kit that will protect her and the newborn against the common causes of death during the delivery process, and to involve the mother and child in a Sante Fanmi, a Health Family, of neighbors, relatives and professionals who will work to ensure the child will grow up healthy.
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is the greatest health crisis our world faces today. In Haiti, more than 200,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS – that's 3.8% of the population. Since the mid 1990s, Grace Children´s Hospital has provided medical support and counseling to patients living with HIV. Read more »
In-Kind Gifts
International Child Care makes every effort to purchase items locally to stimulate the economies in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We also try to keep our costs down by avoiding expensive overseas shipment when possible, but we do accept gifts of healthy birth kits, personal care kits, handmade gowns, and cloth diapers for the children at Grace Children's Hospital. Read more »
Integrated Community Health
Empowering an entire community to care for the health of its children is powerful, effective and sustainable. International Child Care partners with the community to advance health and wellness through education, health promotion, child health clinics, immunization programs, traditional birth attendant training, and micro-enterprise projects.
Breaking the cycle of poverty can start with one small loan. As an extension of International Child Care's health work, a Micro-Enterprise initiative was developed in the late 1980s to help release women and their children from poverty's grasp. Today, ICC has eleven existing Micro-Enterprise groups, averaging ten women each, as part of the Integrated Community Health Program in northern Haiti and is currently expanding to other regions.
Rehabilitation for Disabled Children
International Child Care’s Community Based Rehabilitation program sends trained rehabilitation workers, called promotoras, into the homes of children with disabilities who live in and around the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic. The promotoras teach the child’s parents simple exercises that will help the child grow and develop.
CHILDREN LAW
International Child Abuse
Child abuse is not just a severe problem on a national level; it is a growing international pandemic. Child abuse takes place in countries all over the world. In many countries, children face physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect on a daily basis. Many countries maintain different perspectives on children and what is acceptable behavior. Children are often subjected to painful and harmful traditional cultural practices. 
About ISPCAN
The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, founded in 1977, is the only multidisciplinary international organization that brings together a worldwide cross-section of committed professionals to work towards the prevention and treatment of child abuse, neglect and exploitation globally.
ISPCAN's mission is to prevent cruelty to children in every nation, in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, street children, child fatalities, child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse and child labor. ISPCAN is committed to increasing public awareness of all forms of violence against children, developing activities to prevent such violence, and promoting the rights of children in all regions of the world. ISPCAN invites you to join forces with its members around the world to protect children in need: their bodies, minds, hearts and rights. Learn about ISPCAN's goals, publications, congresses, professional training events and world-wide activities.
Our Mission
To support individuals and organizations working to protect children from abuse and neglect worldwide.
Objectives
- To increase awareness of the extent, the causes and possible solutions for all forms of child abuse
- To disseminate academic and clinical research to those in positions to enhance practice and improve policy
- To support international efforts to promote and protect the Rights of the Child
- To improve the quality of current efforts to detect, treat and prevent child abuse
- To facilitate the exchange of best practice standards being developed by ISPCAN members throughout the world
- To design and deliver comprehensive training programs to professionals and concerned volunteers engaged in efforts to treat and prevent child abuse
http://www.ispcan.org/
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