International Christian Adoptions (ICA) began in 1990 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. The Institute for Children’s Aid is one of two major divisions at ICA. We stand on Biblical principles in all we do lending hospitality and sanctuary to all who are in need. ICA believes in the sanctity of life and is dedicated in helping children and their families around the world. Our staff are multi-lingual and multi-ethnic and professionally trauma trained to assist in various capacities. ICA is dedicated to: - Promoting and securing the emotional, spiritual and physical welfare of children who have been victimized, abandoned or persecuted; found in the streets, war zones, government run institutions, refugee camps or family homes. - Actively engaging in providing immigration and refugee resettlement services to those fleeing persecution, war, oppression and poverty. - Providing an environment of peaceful and humanitarian exchange to the community at large. - Offering an environment where hard working artisans can be paid a fair wage and be given the dignity of self determination through fair trade. - Providing opportunities for orphans to experience culture and sense of family with camps to America and in their country. - Widens the horizons of Americans by sending them to foreign countries to experience different cultures through a myriad of work projects, camps, and activities. - Maintains a Hague-compliant licensed child placement agency in order to provide temporal foster care and adoptive placement. - Maintains several programs to enhance ICA’s mission which is not limited to but includes immigration and refugee resettlement services; fair trade; cultural camps; mission programs and tours, and other social service programs.