Disaster Response Services
CAM's Disaster Response Services (DRS) reaches out to communities in the United States that have been devastated by disasters.
Disaster Response Services
Rebuilding projects
If long-term recovery help is needed in a disaster area, our Disaster Response Services (DRS) program sets up a base, and we schedule volunteer work teams to rebuild homes. Recipients are those who are underinsured, low-income, and have nowhere else to turn for help. DRS rebuilding projects can last from several months to several years, providing opportunities for our staff and volunteers to build relationships and show Christ’s love to people in the United States.
Rapid Response Services
Cleanup projects
Rapid Response Services offers cleanup services to individuals and communities affected by natural disasters. Rapid Response teams in various locations in the U.S. facilitate quick response to disasters close to home. The goal of a Rapid Response team is to move into a community within 24 hours to investigate the damages and to bring in volunteers within 48 hours to help with preliminary cleanup. Volunteers help cut up trees, remove debris, clean out flooded houses, and install tarps on damaged roofs.
Search & Rescue
“to seek and to save” (Luke 19:10)
Each day an average of 136 people go missing in the United States. Many places lack the expertise and equipment to locate missing persons. To help fill this need, CAM has launched Search & Rescue as an arm of Rapid Response Services.
Projects to date
Houses rebuilt or repaired
Volunteers
Cleanup and rebuilding projects
Hours of labor
Rapid Response projects
Current projects in 2017
| Albany, GA | Tornado | Jan 3-5 |
| Monte Rio, CA | Flooding | Jan 14 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | Tornado | Jan 23-24 |
| Thomasville & Albany, GA | Tornado | Jan 23-Feb 24 |
| San Jose, CA | Flood | Feb 25-Mar 11 |
| Hellam York, PA | Tornado | Feb 27-Mar 1 |
| Cocalico, PA | Tornado | Feb 27-Mar 6 |
| Perrysville, MO | Tornado | Feb 28-Mar 4 |
| Cottage Grove, TN | Wind | 42795 |
| Fort Branch, IN | Tornado | 42797 |
| St. Joe, Parthenon, Big Flat, AR | Tornado | Mar 3-10 |
| Dekalb, TX | Fire | Mar 7 |
| Oak Grover, MO | Tornado | Mar 7-9 |
| Marys Home, MO | Tornado | Mar 8 |
| Dorchester, WI | Tornado | Mar 9 |
| Decaturville, TN | Tornado | Mar 30-31 |
| Leesburg, OH | Tornado | Mar 23 |
| Ellaville, GA | Tornado | April 5-7 |
| Hasty, AR | Tornado | April 5 |
| Marshallville, GA | Tornado | April 27-28 |
| Harrison, AR | Flood | May 2-3 |
| Eustace, TX | Tornado | May 1-5 |
| Kilmichael, MS | Tornado | May 5 |
| Thomasville, MO | Flood | May 4-18 |
Updates from the field
“Betty, give me your hand!”
Betty* knows what it’s like to be up to her neck in water. When fast rising flood waters seeped into her house in Rainelle, West Virginia, the 77-year-old woman hurried outside into her backyard where she tripped in a hole. As she screamed for help, water up to her...
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Disaster Response Services
Despite temperatures below freezing, Mike from Rainelle, West Virginia, was living in a tent while he anxiously waited for his new house to be completed. This elderly man’s previous home had been destroyed in the flood that swept through West Virginia in June 2016....
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Tornadoes Destroy Georgia Homes
What were once safe dwelling places for people in Georgia are now piles of ruin strewn along the streets. On the afternoon of January 22, a tornado tore through a mobile home park in Adel, Georgia, leveling half of the 40 homes there. This was just one of a series of...
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I went back to see the damage to my home and saw that everything that was on the floor…was ruined and getting moldy. I didn’t know where to start or what to do, then a man named John Beiler came to my door and told me of Christian Aid Ministries. I just cried with relief.
Words simply cannot express my gratitude…You literally saved my home. There is no way I coud have gotten through this without your help, emotionally or physically. You are a God-send and I think you are really angels.
You all ministered in more ways than just cutting tree limbs and dragging them to the street. All of you were such a great testimony to all my family.
We can never thank you enough for helping us through a difficult time in Clendenin, West Virginia. The wonderful team. . . worked so hard and prayed with us before leaving. . . We will always be grateful.
How can you help?
If you wish to help fund rebuilding and cleanup projects, please use the contribution form below.
Disaster Response Services/Rapid Response
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