Wisconsin-based International Children’s Fund (ICF) provides food, clothing and medicine to needy children across the African continent. ICF also supports the construction of orphanages, churches, schools, vocational training centers, drilled water wells, and agricultural projects.

Dr. David Breunning, after serving in Asia, Europe, India and Africa on Christian missions, decided to use his missionary connections across Africa as a means of delivering aid to children through ICF.

Countries served include Africa include Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon, Senegal and Zimbabwe.

Efforts are focused on protecting African children from starvation, disease and victimization.

ICF ships ocean containers of supplies and equipment that are donated from American individuals and businesses, or purchased with donated funds.

Specific types of items shipped include shoes, printing presses, medical supplies, medical equipment, clothing, computer equipment, building materials, school books and many other needed items. One interesting item is an inventory of 10,000 empty pill bottles. In the equatorial countries of Africa, the disposable pill bottle is the only effective means of keeping lifesaving medications from quickly losing their potency in tropical heat.

More information on ICF’s activities, including donation opportunities, can be found on their website.