Tag: community development

World AIDS Day: 13 Years in Cambodia

November 28, 2016

For the last 13 years, every other week, church volunteers in Cambodia visit patients living with HIV/AIDS.

Her Future Changed

September 26, 2016

Today’s post is written by An Nguyen, a CAMA worker in Vietnam. Since 1995, CAMA Vietnam has focused on transformational community development. This includes sponsoring disadvantaged children and orphans as they pursue their schooling through high school. The project currently supports 200 children. Yen Nguyen is one of them. Yen Nguyen was born July 21, 1997 into […]

A Business Beyond Batik

June 6, 2016

Today’s post is written by Sarah, a CAMA worker in Southeast Asia. CAMACrafts is a handicraft company in Laos, Southeast Asia encouraging women to use their traditional cultural skills to continue their livelihood and care for their families. The goal is to lead Lao and Hmong villagers toward self-sufficiency through a viable business as an aid […]

The Good Developer: An Intern’s Perspective

May 9, 2016

Today’s post is written by Matthew Albright, an Envision intern with CAMA working at the Jɛgɛ Ɲuman fish farm. The project provides locals with tools to increase agricultural yields through innovative, sustainable farming methods. Matthew set out in May 2015 and is about to finish his one-year internship. My time here has been anything but expected. I came into […]

Five Countries, Five Water Projects

March 21, 2016

Today there are still 650 million people, or one in ten people, without safe water to drink.* World Water Day on March 22 brings awareness to this need, yet solutions aren’t easy. Each country, each community face their own unique difficulties. For this reason, our workers take part in water projects distinct to their communities. Here […]