In 1993, during a Maranatha trip to El Salvador, a group of North American business men came across a small orphanage called Hogar Escuela Adventista (Adventist Home School).

The orphanage housed only 12 children despite the country's influx of orphans in the aftermath of the 12-year civil war (1980-1992) which took an estimated 75,000 lives.

Inspired by the need, Don Kirkman, Garwin McNeilus, and Don Noble began discussing the possibility of building a home school campus capable of sheltering at least 100 children.

After securing financial support, Maranatha Volunteers International began construction immediately and the children's village opened in 1995. In just a few short years the number of children grew from 13 to 120.

International Children's Care added the Hogar Escuela Adventista to their family on September 30, 2005.