Jun 4, 2020 | International Crisis
The Rohingya refugee crisis began in 2017 when the Myanmar military brutally attacked the Rohingya people in their country, which is a primarily Buddhist country. Thousands were tortured and killed. Houses and villages burned. Approximately one million Rohingya people...
Jun 1, 2020 | International Crisis
When CAM staff in Puerto Rico first met Carmen,* they were saddened to see her deplorable living conditions. Carmen’s house was being destroyed by termites. A Disaster Response crew easily tore down her infested walls by hand. The only items Carmen could salvage were...
May 26, 2020 | Crisis Response
Struggling refugees across the Middle East face even more desperate situations since the coronavirus pandemic. Fragile economies in these war-torn countries were already taxed before COVID-19. More than five million Syrian refugees who fled their country nine years...
May 21, 2020 | Crisis Response
India has known poverty for decades. Over the years, a large percentage of the population lacked proper shelter and water. Their income of $1–$2 per day was used to buy food or other essentials to survive. Then suddenly the coronavirus pandemic reached the country,...
May 19, 2020 | SALT Microfinance Solutions
South Sudan is one of the most economically depressed countries in the world. The country should be an economic leader in Africa because of its abundant water, fertile ground, and oil reserves. But generations of war and corruption have left the people among the...
May 14, 2020 | Help-for-the-Elderly
Many of the elderly people in Romania, Liberia, Haiti, and other impoverished countries have no one to care for them. Some of them are blind or unable to walk. Others beg on the streets or try to sell a little something for an income. What recipients say: “You are...
