Christian Aid Ministries

CAMS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A TRUSTWORTHY AND EFFICIENT CHANNEL FOR AMISH, MENNONITE, AND OTHER CONSERVATIVE ANABAPTIST GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS TO MINISTER TO PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS AROUND THE WORLD. ANNUALLY, CAM DISTRIBUTES (CONTINUED)

OTHER PROGRAMS: CAMS FOOD PARCEL PROGRAMS REACH OUT TO NEEDY FAMILIES, ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, OR ABANDONED WIVES IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES. CAMS INTERNATIONAL CRISIS PROGRAM HELPS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO SUFFER FROM WAR, FAMINE, AND NATURAL DISASTERS. CAMS BIBLES-FOR-THE-WORLD PROGRAM MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO TRANSLATE, PRINT, AND DISTRIBUTE BIBLES, BIBLE STORY BOOKS, AND OTHER CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. CAMS DISASTER RESPONSE SERVICES COORDINATES VOLUNTEERS TO REBUILD IN NATURAL DISASTER AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES. VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONATED THOUSANDS OF HOURS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES CRIPPLED BY FLOODS, HURRICANES, FIRES, AND TORNADOES. CAM HAS NUMEROUS OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING A CHILD/SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM IN HAITI, ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMS, MICROFINANCE SOLUTIONS PROGRAM, PRISON MINISTRIES, BILLBOARD EVANGELISM, SEED DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.

MEDICINES-FOR-MULTITUDES: THE MEDICINES-FOR-MULTITUDES PROGRAM SHIPS AND DISTRIBUTES MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO APPROXIMATELY 380 MEDICAL OUTLETS IN EASTERN EUROPE, LIBERIA, HAITI, NICARAGUA, EL SALVADOR, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. THESE OUTLETS INCLUDE CLINICS, HOSPITALS, AND CHURCH PHARMACIES THAT PROVIDE THE FREE MEDICINES TO SUFFERING, NEEDY PEOPLE. BECAUSE GENEROUS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DONATE THE MEDICINES, CAM CAN SHIP AND DISTRIBUTE $30 WORTH OF MEDICINES FOR EVERY DOLLAR GIVEN TO MEDICINES-FOR-MULTITUDES.THOUGH THE ITEMS ARE DONATED, CAM HAS PROCUREMENT FEES AND HELPS COVER SHIPPING COSTS TO BRING THEM TO OUR WAREHOUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE GIFTS-THAT-GROW PROGRAM COVERS THESE COSTS, ENABLING CAM TO ACCEPT MORE FREE PRODUCTS FOR THE POOR. CAM SHIPPED AN ESTIMATED WHOLESALE VALUE OF $43 MILLION OF MEDICINES, VITAMINS, LIQUID NUTRITION, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CARE: THE ECONOMIC FALLOUT OF COVID-19 IS RESULTING IN ENORMOUS SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES THAT WERE ALREADY NEEDY. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SUFFER FOR YEARS TO COME FROM THE UNUSUAL GLOBAL SHUT DOWN. CAM HAS RECEIVED A LARGE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR HELP FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE CRY FOR FOOD IS ONE THING MOST REQUESTS WE RECEIVE HAVE IN COMMON. FEAR OF STARVATION STARES MANY IN THE FACE. OTHER REQUESTS FOR HELP INCLUDE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, WHICH ARE OFTEN LACKING WHEN PEOPLE CANT EVEN AFFORD FOOD. ALL THESE NEEDS AND UNCERTAINTIES ARE CAUSING MANY PEOPLE TO SEARCH FOR PEACE AND SECURITY. PEOPLE WHO HAD NO INTEREST IN GOD ARE NOW OPEN TO THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. WE WANT TO SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POINT PEOPLE TO CHRIST THROUGH BIBLES, CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, AND OTHER AVENUES OF SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT.

CLOTHING BUNDLE PROJECT: EACH YEAR, THIS PROGRAM SHIPS LARGE QUANTITIES OF QUALITY USED CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR AND THOUSANDS OF COZY COMFORTERS TO NEEDY FAMILIES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE ITEMS, DONATED BY GENEROUS SUPPORTERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BRING JOY AND RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO WONDER HOW THEY WILL CLOTHE THEIR FAMILIES ANOTHER YEAR. IN THE CURRENT YEAR, CLOTHING WAS SHIPPED TO MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, JORDAN, SOUTH SUDAN, NICARAGUA, SYRIA, LIBERIA, TAJIKISTAN, AND OTHER COUNTRIES. EVERY GIFT OF $69 PROCESSES, SHIPS, AND DISTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY 125 POUNDS OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR, AND COMFORTERS.