...charities/community

Children's Homes:
We have three children's homes in different States of India under the name of Bethesda Life Centre (BLC). Here we take children who are orphaned and underprivileged. Many of them are the children of AIDS victims and some of them from the villages where babies are killed if found out she is a girl. We have full time staff working in each of the homes, giving them the best of hygene, nutrition, and education. Our aim is to develop the whole person, focusing on their physical, mental, social and spiritual growth.
Visit the website for the Children's Home:
Bethesda Life Center

Women's Refugee Home:
Our women's refuge, Vivianna Life Center, is where we provide a home for women without shelter. Many of these women had been kicked out of their homes. We also take the responsibilities of them in terms of getting them married, or finding their future. Our elderly women are given the opportunity to spend the last years of their lives in a family atmosphere with a sense of belonging so that they can promote to a glorious eternity with dignity and in a peaceful atmosphere.

Schools:
NICOG started schools in India as a part of serving the community. There are plans to open more schools in the needy areas.

Vocational Training Schools:
There are so many women who are widowed or abandoned by their husbands. Many of them are left without young children, with no means of providing for their food or education. At Bethesda tailoring schools, we teach them a trade, and when they graduate, preset them with a sewing machine so that they can make a living on their own and run their families. Many widows and abandoned women have found a new hope for living through this ministry.

Community Development Programmes:
Homes to the Homeless: NICOG has built numerous houses for the poor and needy without a shelter.
Marrying the poor girls: Dowry problem forces many young women to stay at their homes without anyone to marry them. NICOG has helped several girls marry and enter a family life.
Education Funds: Funds are raised through YPCA, the youth movement of NICOG. These funds are distributed to the poor and needy children for their school fees and books.
Food & Cloth Distribution: Rice and other food items, along with clothes are distributed during the time of flood and famine in several parts of India.

Rehabilitation Program:
This program is in the beginning stages. We are dedicated to the effective treatment of individuals and families afflicted with the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions in a healing environment where spirituality, recovery and hope are offered.