Created in the spirit of tikkun olam, IC provided technical assistance and training to vulnerable people and developing nations in order to build a better world. Its objectives reflected ORT’s philosophy and core mission to provide individuals with access to income-generating skills and learning opportunities to overcome obstacles and become self-reliant.

IC training programs, designed in close consultation with local stakeholders, were particularly successful in overcoming economic, cultural, and linguistic barriers.

Following its establishment in 1960, IC worked on a non-sectarian basis to develop and implement more than 350 projects in Africa and Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

ORT’s philosophy of helping others to help themselves was translated into IC’s training objectives, designed to provide individuals with self-reliance through proficiency and income-generating skills.

The department’s operations ended in 2025. Projects that exemplify tikkun olam remain a priority to World ORT and are included in our Global Citizenship program.

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