ICA Home

P.O. BOX 510167   ST. LOUIS, MO 63151-0167   TOLL FREE: 1.888.740.7779   PHONE: 314.487.1400   FAX: 314.487.1409

Countries Accomplishments & Programs

ICA Reaches the World

ICA Rescues Girls From Sex Trafficking

In March 2007, ICA opened our first home for young girls we rescued from a life of forced prostitution in the red light areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We began with 6 girls, grew rapidly, and now have 7 Safe Homes in Ethiopia. These girls were forced into sex slavery because they were either orphaned by both parents, victims of sex trafficking or as a means for their survival. Once they are rescued & taken to their new home, they receive food, shelter, emotional & spiritual counseling, schooling, vocational training, medical care & a spending allowance. The girls range from 9 to 12 years old. Girls 16 and older receive vocational training during the day and go to school in the evenings. Girls under 16 attend school during the day and will begin vocational training once they turn 16 or when their education is complete. Rhe ultimate objective for this program is to free girls trapped in a life of sexual slavery and give them a chance for life they never knew possible. Our goal is to rehabilitate 10,000 girls in Ethiopia by the year 2015.

Sex-Trafficking

Mercy Chapel in Red-Light District

In March 2010, ICA had the grand opening of "Mercy Chapel". ICA bought property which was once used as a brothel in the red light district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and turned in to a place of hope. Mercy Chapel is being used as a church, counseling center and vocational training center for the tens of thousands of young girls forced to sell their bodies every day just to survive. ICA is partnering with a local church we have united with in other programs for this project.

The Mercy Chapel Vocational Center is intended to provide different types of trainings to girls who wish to acquire marketable skills that will in turn enable them to create a livelihood and thereby get out of working as sex slaves in the red light district. ICA began by conducting small-scale trainings where girls can acquire new skills by learning hair dressing, silk screen printing, sewing and computers. For more information about Mercy Chapel, click here.


Sex Trafficking Children's Programs Feeding Programs Orphan Care Medical Programs Emergency Relief Community Development

about       take action       countries       services       news       galleries       child sponsorship       contact       faq's       donate       donor privacy policy       sitemap

© international crisis aid 2010       all rights reserved       custom web / graphic design by:       transmology industries llc       webmaster