Moringa Offering
Thank you for giving to the CAMA Thanksgiving Moringa offering (2009). Your donations totaled over $110,000 and are being invested as follows:
- Support of CAMA workers involved in moringa production in Cambodia — $55,000
- Burkina Faso—planting 10,000 moringa trees; assisting 1,000 families to enhance their health through moringa use; establishing moringa related businesses — $20,901
- Côte d’Ivoire—purchasing equipment to grind and package moringa leaves and building a warehouse for storage of equipment and product — $5,000
- Cambodia—purchase land for a moringa plantation — $5,000
The balance of the moringa project funds will be used to do further work similar to the above.
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Haiti Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction
Thank you for giving to the Haiti Relief Fund. Your donations totaled almost $1,700,000 and are being invested as follows:
- Initial food, water and shelter assistance provided through sister agencies with infrastructure in Haiti:
- World Relief — $85,400
- Samaritan’s Purse — $30,900
- Youth with a Mission — $25,000
- Assistance for survey trips and direct aid to Haitian relatives of Alliance church members in the United States:
- Southeastern District (C&MA) — $10,000
- Haitian Association — $8,715
- Dominican Republic C&MA field team — $25,000
- Assistance for short-term teams providing training in addressing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, construction and project management — $10,245
- Project managers, project travel and administration — $45,392
- Direct project costs—construction equipment and materials, food-for-work payments, architectural plans — $43,713
The balance of Haiti earthquake funds will be disbursed for additional church reconstruction efforts (two have been started and three more will be starting; the building of a brick factory to provide jobs, as well bricks for the reconstruction effort; the building of homes; an agricultural project through World Relief and further food for work projects.
Chile Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction
Thank you for giving to the Chile Relief Fund. Your donations totaled over $55,000. CAMA has disbursed $79,495 to the C&MA of Chile (your donations and a grant from CAMA's undesignated funds) to assist in the reconstruction/renovation of 16 churches.