Founders' Message

Welcome to our web site! Little Children of the World, Inc. (LCW) plays a vital role in the life of thousands of at-risk children and their families in the Philippines, Haiti, and east Tennessee. Servicing a constituency of some 1000 families on Negros island in the central Philippines, we are reaching out to more than 5000 impoverished Filipinos. Recently a project has been opened in Ingan, Leyte, patterned after the Dumaguete model. More recently, LCW opened a joint project with the Christian School of New Vision in La Jeune, Haiti. In addition, we have two ongoing projects in Etowah, Tennessee: an After-School Program for preteens and a Retreat and Training Center.

We believe LCW has successfully developed a prototype in the Philippines which can and ought to be replicated in other areas of the world. This is our challenge for the coming years. Recent findings regarding the plight of children who are victims of poverty and vulnerable to abuse remains one of the most neglected mission frontiers today. It has been said that, "If we donšt care about children, then we donšt care about the future."

Our main office is in Etowah, TN, under the leadership of Bettie Elwood, LCW President and CEO. The Finance office is in Barnesville, GA under the leadership of Glenna Houk Waller, LCW Vice President and CFO. A branch office has been established in Vancouver, WA under the leadership of Marciana Hope, for the purpose of administering the Leyte project. Another branch office exists in Heiskell, TN under the leadership of Marcia Fisher, for the purpose of administering the Haiti project. Both of these projects, like LCP Dumaguete, endeavor to empower disadvantaged children and their parents so they may escape the dire effects of poverty and emerge as strong, self-reliant families with Christian values.

We are deeply grateful to our child sponsors, college scholarship donors, volunteers, and other donors, for without their help and support these accomplishments would not be possible. LCW continues to need child sponsors, scholarship donors, volunteers, and additional funding for its multifaceted program.

- Bettie and Doug Elwood, and co-founders as pictured below

Pictured here are the Founders of LCW/LCP receiving awards
(from left Luther S Carroll, Jr. - Bettie and Douglas Elwood - Peggy and Dean Houk)

"Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them, and blessed them" 
(Mark 10:16)