Program areas at Christian Aid Ministries
Other Programs: CAMs food distribution programs reach out to needy families, elderly people, and widows, widowers, or abandoned wives in numerous countries. CAMs Disaster Response Services coordinates volunteers to clean up and rebuild in natural disaster areas of the United States. CAM has numerous other programs and projects including child/school sponsorship, orphan sponsorship, water-related programs, self-help resources and microfinance, search and rescue, billboard evangelism, seed distribution, and various other humanitarian programs.
Medicines: Approximately 370 medical outlets receive donated medicines through the Medicines-for-Multitudes program. These items are a tremendous blessing to the sick and suffering in parts of the world where access to medical supplies and medicine is limited. Because pharmaceutical companies donate the medicines to CAM, we can ship and distribute $20 worth of product for every dollar given to this program. In 2023, we shipped an estimated wholesale value of $19 million of medicines, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and medical supplies. Some funds are also used to purchase much-needed medicines that we do not receive as donations.
International Crisis: This program helps victims of famine, war, and other disasters in various countries. Supporters donations provide emergency food, medicine, clothing, shelter, or other important aid. CAMs main priority in all International Crisis projects is to share the love of Christ in countries with deep spiritual and economic needs. Some of the many areas where CAM had International Crisis projects during 2023 included Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Syria.
Literature: At the heart of CAM programs is the goal to get Gods Word into as many hands as possible. In 2023, donations to this program helped provide 2.8 million Bibles. To spread the words of truth, we also use the avenues of Bible story books, inspirational books, Christian family magazines, and Bible correspondence courses. God has opened the door to distribute some of these items in unique places of the world, including closed and restricted countries.