Relief Services
Refugee Relief
CAMA began as a relief service to refugees in Vietnam in 1974. Since then, we have provided a “cup of cold water,” food, clothing, shelter and training to displaced peoples in Thailand, Lebanon, Macedonia, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Congo.
Disaster Relief
CAMA Services was one of the first agencies to help on-site with relief efforts after the Indonesian tsunami struck in December 2004. CAMA teams assessed the hardest hit areas and helped with recovery of business and home loss. All totaled, the funds raised for tsunami relief was more than $2.1 million (US). Currently, CAMA is assisting in direct relief efforts for the Hurricane Katrina survivors.
Famine Relief
Desertification in Mali and Burkina Faso is increasing the risk of famine as farmlands turn to sand. CAMA strategies to cope with this relentless process include reforestation projects, digging wells, and establishing grain banks that provide food at low cost during the critical months of the year. These projects are carried out in conjunction with local C&MA related relief and development organizations. Read a letter of thanks from the Mayor of Tougan, Burkina Faso.
Clean Water Wells
Millions of people, mostly children, die each year from water-borne diseases. The provision of clean water prevents 50 percentof these diseases in 2/3 world countries. Since 1984, CAMA has dug hundreds of wells in Burkina Faso and Mali and provided water filters in Guinea. In Vietnam, over 1,500 wells have been drilled and equipped with bio-sand filters. Clean water projects are also carried on in Laos and Cambodia.
You Can Help
View a current listing of our projects including community relief work.