Posts by Louise Joachimowski
Short Steps Premiere in Hong Kong – A Big Thank You!
A huge thank you to everyone who came to the Short Steps Premiere on Friday! We had a great night, with people who have been involved with the choir from the beginning, to people who had never heard about the choir or ICM before. At the start of the show I had the chance to…
Read MoreForging Partnerships in TB Control
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacteria that can infect any organ of the body and is highly contagious; and when left untreated, can cause death. It is curable with a regime of antibiotics over the period of at least 6 months, however stigma and access to the tests and medications are common barriers to the successful…
Read MoreThank you, Mill Run Elementary!
Every year, Mill Run Elementary School in the USA works together to campaign for a cause, so we were thrilled to learn that this year they chose to sponsor an ICM Kindergarten. Amazingly, one of their First Grade teachers, Holly, traveled all the way to the Philippines to visit their sponor school, which has been…
Read MoreFrom the Field: This is why I work for ICM…
As the Finance Officer in the ICM Hong Kong Office, I spend most of my day on spreadsheets, filling out forms, and at the bank. Last week I had the opportunity to visit our ICM base in General Santos with the Transform Program sponsors from Union Church HK. When we were visiting the Transform Program, one…
Read MorePartnering Together to Fight Poverty
ICM is able to reach more people in need because of our partnerships with other great NGO’s like ‘Feed My Starving Children.’ Recently, FMSC wrote a blog story about one of our recipients, Luz, who works in our Red Rope Cooperative. Not only has FMSC donated over 5 million free meals for ICM’s program participants…
Read MoreICM’s 2012 HK Banquet – Join the Journey
International Care Ministries 2012 HK Banquet October 17, 2012, HK Convention & Exhibition Center Dear Friends, Fifteen years ago this month, my husband and I arrived in Hong Kong. Soon we learned about a little girl in the Philippines who had TB of the bones. Her knees were huge and her calves were nonexistent, she couldn’t stand.…
Read MoreHope – You can see it on their faces
On a recent trip to our ICM Base in Dipolog, we met Emeliano and his wife, Salome. Salome was a member of the 1st batch Transform Program in their area, where she learned how to start an in-ground garden. She shared what she learned from the Livelihood lessons with Emeliano and he really got into it…
Read MoreICM Recipients: Organic Farming
Royal Bank of Scotland
“I can’t say I came away from the trip feeling I’d had a ‘lovely’ time, it’s not a holiday; but I can come away from it saying I felt truly humbled and completely overwhelmed,” said Aimee. Aimee and her co-worker, Yat Jing, from the Royal Bank of Scotland traveled down to Bacolod City to visit ICM’s…
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