ICBIE news

The long-planned ICBIE invasion of Spain is rapidly approaching.  Our team in Barcelona is doing a fine job, with a big event scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, April 19th on the terrace of the Gothic Point (Calle Vigatans 5,...

Here are some more images of the four completed rooms, taken yesterday morning in the sunshine.

After months of stop and go, the new mini-apartments are finished and ready to accommodate our guests. An essential part of our mission, the hostel provides an opportunity for our visiting professors, social workers, volunteers and socially-responsible tourists to live...

The great success of last October's expedition, when ICBIE president Pietro Gallina brought two Salvador city councilmen and our artists Julio and Bigode to Italy, caused the city of Salvador to plan another, even more ambitious, trip, visiting France, Germany,...

The responsibilities of running an operation like the ICBIE go beyond the ordinary, that's for sure.  Just as he was planning to use the relative calm of the Easter season to grab a rare day off for a trip to...

The fact that the ICBIE offers the best Italian instruction in Salvador is no longer a secret. So when a group of fifty-one dancers were recruited by the Italian company Fitness Mare to travel to Italy next summer (where they...

February 29th, 2008. Ribeira, Salvador. Today was a very exciting day for the kids at the Minha vo Flor orphanage in Ribeira, Salvador. All the children were in for an unusual treat today, when graffiti artist, and member of the...

It's hard not to have a soft spot in your heart, when it comes to the Minha vó Flor orphanage. The sight of all the beautiful children would be enough, but then come the wrenching stories from the valiant director...