Latest Updates

Helping Anastasia Build a New Business

July 15, 2026

Anastasia signed up for an IOCC program that helped displaced women establish small businesses. After completing the courses and finance, her business plan won one of the program’s start-up grants.

Providing Vital Aid to a Family in Lebanon

July 15, 2026

IOCC’s programs, which provide support for displaced families in Lebanon, include support for early childhood development (ECD), and nutritional care (with funding from UNICEF).

Advancing Irrigation in Ethiopia

July 15, 2026

IOCC and community members built a 300-meter (984-foot) irrigation canal that serves more than 200 families—around 1,000 people. The project also provided improved seeds and fruit tree seedlings to enable the community to grow different types of crops.

IOCC 2025: A Year in Stories

July 1, 2026

With your support, IOCC reached nearly 1 million people in 2025 with vital aid. Our 2025 Year in Review gives a glimpse of the real lives that you changed.

IOCC Volunteer Update | 2026 Issue 6

June 30, 2026

Looking for a meaningful way to get involved? Join us for IOCC’s first-ever Outreach Volunteer Build, August 2–7, 2026, in Erwin, Tennessee, and help families rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

Disasters Happen. Prepare Today.

June 30, 2026

Every second counts in an emergency. That's why it's crucial to have a game plan your whole family and parish is comfortable with. Plan ahead by downloading our easy guides.

Urgent Help Needed: Support Earthquake Relief in Venezuela

June 26, 2026

Your gift to IOCC’s International Emergency Response Fund provides immediate aid for the crisis in Venezuela and ensures we can respond swiftly to similar disasters around the world.

Chickens and New Seeds Ease the Hard Times in Ethiopia

June 24, 2026

For 25 years, IOCC has focused on improving Ethiopian communities’ resilience during hard times. IOCC has set up 10 women’s self-help groups in the Lalibela area.

Send Love for Father’s Day

June 18, 2026

Honor your father or another special person in your life this weekend with a meaningful gift that brings hope and life-changing relief to families in need around the world.

Priest to Priest: A Lifetime of Service

June 18, 2026

In the service of the Proskomidi, we, as liturgically celebratory priests, are privileged to remember individuals in troubled areas, and entire nations. Yes, we are one family in God.