December 2016 Annual Report
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International Christian Concern<br />
Rescuing Families<br />
After Two Years in Tents, 10 Iraqi Families Receive Homes<br />
Persecuted Christian families are constantly forced to restart their lives. Whether they are<br />
driven from their homes or experience the loss of their husbands and fathers to persecution,<br />
they are often vulnerable and in need of rescue. ICC regularly rescues the wives and children<br />
of these martyrs, but we also rescue intact families that have suffered devastating loss due to<br />
persecution.<br />
ISIS has displaced more than 100,000 Christians in Iraq from Christian communities that are<br />
thousands of years old. This year, ICC moved ten of these displaced families from tents that<br />
they had lived in for two years to new micro-homes (below). In addition to housing, ICC frequently<br />
provides affected families with small businesses so that they can support themselves<br />
as a family and the kids can continue in school. Whether it’s a bee farm, transportation business,<br />
goats, mechanic shop, beauty salon, or sewing factory, ICC has provided reliable income<br />
opportunities for thousands of Christians.<br />
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