Helena Manguerra

International Care Ministries

International Care Ministries (ICM - www.caremin.com) has been serving the poor in the Philippines since 1992. At ICM, we believe that no one should live in abject poverty. With the right support, the right training and the right resources, the bondages of poverty can be broken. In the past few years, ICM's community-based, holistic solutions have reached more than 750,000 people living in poverty - building resilience and greater well-being in families and whole communities across the Visayas and Mindanao. This wide impact is possible through a strategy of partnering with the local churches found in most low-income Philippine communities, inspiring hope and providing help to transform lives. After our four-month Transform program, ICM's ultrapoor participants experience: • 106% increase in household income (from 26 cent to 51 cent per person per day) • 28% decrease in serious illnesses • 43% increase in self-worth