Organizational Members and Affiliates

AMFA Foundation

AMFA stands Affordable Medicines For All. Established in 1995, it exists to ensure that Christian health care organizations have access to a comprehensive and consistent formulary of essential medicines (including generic medicines), with timely and efficient distribution, at competitive prices. AMFA is committed to providing what is needed, when it is needed, at the right price, with excellent customer service.  To accomplish this, it has assembled an international staff of experts with over one hundred years of experience in health, pharmacology, logistics, business, and ministry. AMFA works to strengthen local Christian health associations and organizations, thereby promoting cost-effective procurement and inventory of medicines.  It encourages the development of purchasing cooperatives, electronic communication linkages, and peer learning networks among health ministries. In 1997 AMFA South Africa, based in Johannesburg, was established to deal with the specific needs and challenges of providing medicines and medical supplies in Africa. (01/08)

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A Call to Serve International (ACTS)

Philosophy: The people of the newly independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union are best able to guide the development of their countries given the resources and the model for success. ACTS International works with our colleagues to provide the resources and training for them to development self sufficiency within their countries. The leadership of all our programs has co-leaders from the local ACTS team, who help refine all projects so that they are culturally acceptable and further the goals of local leaders, creation of new areas of competencies and self sufficiency.
Vision: The creation of democratic institutions that include the nonprofit sector, which will allow the people the opportunity to help their own countries.
Mission: To promote the democratic future of the peoples of the NIS. Build bridges of understanding among our countries and people creating partnership for peace. Develop an appreciation of each other’s heritage, culture, and heritage. Share resources. Provide models for success. Create a lasting world of peace. (5/04)

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Adonai Missions International

Adonai Missions International (AMI) is an evangelical non-denominational missionary training and sending agency serving primarily in Africa. AMI exists to partner with others who share the same vision in raising laborers for the harvest among many unreached peoples in Central and North Africa through evangelism, discipleship, leadership training, and missionary outreaches. AMI’s ministry teams serve in these capacities as well as provide assistance to national pastors, refugees, orphans, widows, and prisoners in the areas of medicine, educational training scholarship, micro-enterprise development, and more.

AMI’s teams serve in areas where medical facilities are either very poor or non existent. There are, therefore, many opportunities for doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory scientists, and other health-care professionals to win the lost, train nationals, and provide both humanitarian and health care to thousands through AMI’s Medical Mission Outreach and Relief Assistance. (11/05)

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Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA)

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), formed in 1956, is an independent, humanitarian agency established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the specific purpose of individual and community development and disaster relief. As a non-governmental organization (NGO), ADRA helps people without regard to age, ethnicity, gender, or political or religious association. ADRA now has a presence in more than 125 countries around the world including Armenia, Burkina Faso, Czech Republic, Guyana, Korea, Madagascar, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zambia.

As a needs-oriented organization, ADRA concentrates its efforts in community-based development activities and disaster preparedness, while also cooperating with other agencies and organizations in fulfilling this goal. Community-based development includes a wide range of activities leading to improved health, economic and social well-being and self-reliance. Its core areas include: food security, economic development, primary health, emergency management, and education. (06/07)

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Adventist Health International

(11/05)

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Africa Against AIDS

Africa Against AIDS is an international non-profit organization aimed on providing culturally appropriate HIV prevention services to African immigrants in the US and to people in Africa. They are receiving a small amount of money from the Government for their operations in the US.

Their plan is to expand their activities in Africa, beginning in DR Congo. They have received approval from the government of Congo to start their activities. At the moment, they are operating on a voluntary basis, and are looking for finances to increase their capacity in Congo. (11/05)

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African Communities Against Malaria

ACAM's Goal: Helping African Communities Access Quality Goods & Services for Malaria Prevention & Control. (09/06)

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Amazing Care Foundation

(11/05)

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American Leprosy Missions (ALM)

American Leprosy Missions (ALM) is the oldest and largest not-for-profit organization in the U.S. dedicated to the cure and care of people affected by leprosy. It celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2006!

As a Christian mission, ALM assists more than 100 projects in 15 countries, supporting case detection and treatment, physical rehabilitation, community-based development and spiritual ministries to families affected by leprosy. Begun by Christians in 1906, ALM today seeks to eradicate leprosy and its effects by working with project partners around the world to identify, treat and rehabilitate people affected by leprosy.

Though leprosy can be cured, social stigma still robs people affected by leprosy of normal lives. ALM’s integrated, wholistic approach seeks to minister to all aspects of a person’s life that has been compromised by leprosy.

Mission: To serve as a channel of the love of Christ to persons with Hansen’s disease (leprosy) and to those with disabilities, helping them to be healed in body and spirit and to be restored to lives of dignity and usefulness within their communities. (10/04)

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Association Rwandaise pour le Developpement Rural (ARDR)

Association Rwandaise pour le Developpement Rural (ARDR) was established in 1999 by local initiatives who realized the immense problems facing the Rwandan people as a result of prolonged economic hardship among Rwandese. ARDR is legally registered as national NGO whose mission is not based on political affiliation. Its mission is to advocate the indigenous initiatives to lead developmental interventions which are acutely required to improve the welfare of the population in Rwanda. ARDR intention is not to run the project alone but rather to work with local population and other national NGOs in partnership by providing moral, materials and technical support.

ARDR has a board of Committee members who advices it on daily activities. The partnership of ARDR between other NGOs and local government continues to harmonized by the accomplishment of activities entrusted to it and its mode of reporting. ARDR operates under the rules and obligations set by the government that governs all the NGOs both international and national. ARDR does operate in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.

(04/08)

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Balm in Gilead

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Baptist General Conference International Ministries

Baptist General Conference (BGC) is a group of churches (currently about 875) who cooperate to help people in the U.S. and other countries hear and understand the good news of Jesus Christ as it is explained in the Bible.

BGC International Ministries - Our vision is to help people around the world experience Jesus, establish churches and empower Christian leaders by sending missionaries with a passionate love for God to serve Him in creative ministry opportunities. (6/04)

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Blessings International

Blessings International’s mission is to serve as a source of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for medical missions primarily in developing nations. Partnering with local churches, we give hope to indigent children and adults by providing essential medicines and vitamins for short-term medical mission teams and disaster relief outreaches.

Our mission is carried out by the following activities:
1) Shipping pharmaceuticals to full-time clinics or hospitals in developing nations.
2) Sending pharmaceuticals with short-term medical teams holding clinics or serving hospitals in developing nations.
3) Emergency medical relief assistance following natural disasters or war, working with groups with whom we have previously established relationships. Most recent projects target nations of Afghanistan and Iraq.
4) Relief/developmental projects in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, North Korea and India.
5) Christian HIV/AIDS clinics in Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
(10/04)

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Books of Hope

In some communities the effectiveness of many health education efforts was negatively impacted by a low literacy rate. As an answer to this problem, Books of Hope (Iincwadi Zethemba) has designed and produced interactive, multilingual speaking books on complex health care issues through the use of the latest sound chip technology and simple to understand picture books that can be seen, read, heard and understood by the reader regardless of their reading ability. The books, which are distributed free, feature a sound track (accessed by pushing buttons along the book's cover that correlate to a picture in the book) read by well-known local personalities in the local language and they take the reader on a step by step guide to wellness whilst encouraging them to build self confidence with a simple action plan. Every aspect of each book is created in collaboration with the sponsor requesting it so that it is relevant and appropriate to its intended use. The back cover of every book in the series lists all the phone numbers and resources for health care support.

Examples of some of the current titles include “Living with HIV and AIDS” (in four languages), “Living Free of TB” and “Caring for your Child Headed Household” (in two languages). There are quite a few books nearing the end of the production process and new ideas are continually being explored. Having successfully established the design and production procedures for creating speaking books, Books of Hope is now ready to expand its reach beyond Africa. Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications programs has recognized and featured Speaking Books on their web site as well as entering into an agreement to jointly market the books. (09/07)

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Buses International (Lorain,Ohio)

(09/06)

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Byas Foundation (Hospital of Hope, Pilate, Haiti)

The Byas Foundation is a non-profit organization established in Canada in 1997. Its main purpose is dedicated to the gathering of funds and medical equipment for Hospital of Hope in Pilate, Dept of the North in Haiti. The name of the Foundation recalls the memory of Father Pollux Byas, founder of this hospital.

Hospital of Hope has 90 beds. It offers a sanatorium, a mother-child clinic, a day-care clinic, a maternity clinic, an operating room, a pediatric wing to all of the 65,000 people of Pilate, Haiti, including medical assistance for the needy people, when sick or injured. In 2003 it has been selected by UNICEF, along with eight other hospitals in Haiti, to deliver the Global Fund's program aiming to fight HIV/AIDS in the country.

Donations come from generous individuals in the US and in Canada. (03/08)

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Calvin College International Health and Development Club

The International Health and Development Club will seek to promote awareness of global health and development in the Calvin community. Through speakers, retreats and other related events, students will be able to explore international mission vocations as well as develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for the needs throughout the world. The club will aid in developing connections between Calvin students and Christian international health and/or development agencies and individuals in the field around the world.

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Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board

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Catholic Medical Mission Board

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Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was founded in 1943 by the U.S. Catholic Bishops. Our mission is to assist the poor and disadvantaged, leveraging the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to alleviate human suffering, promote development of all people, and to foster charity and justice throughout the world. Working through local offices and an extensive network of partners, CRS operates on 5 continents and in over 90 countries. We aid the poor by first providing direct assistance where needed, then encouraging these people to help with their own development. Together, this fosters secure, productive, just communities that enable people to realize their potential.

As the official international relief and development agency of the US Catholic community, CRS is also committed to educating the people of the United States to fulfill their moral responsibilities toward our global brothers and sisters by helping the poor, working to remove the causes of poverty, and promoting social justice. (11/05)

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Children's Medical Ministries

Children's Medical Ministries (CMM) was founded by Bill and Erma Collins in 1988 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, all volunteer ministry. CMM is a faith-based organization of 700 volunteer health care profess-sionals committed to serving needy children in the National Capital/ Baltimore areas, nine states and in 33 overseas developing countries.

CMM provides free medical services such as:

* Health care professionals, working as individuals or on surgical teams, training indigenous nationals to become self-reliant;

* Medical and nutritional support to children's primary health programs;

* Wheelchairs and prosthesis (artificial limbs) to victims of cerebral palsy, polio, landmines, and conflict.

CMM provides 99% of their services to overseas locations. Food, clothing, medicine, medical supplies and surgical teams are furnished to children's hospitals, orphanages and clinics. Total children served in one year is approximately 185,000. All services are free, including wheelchairs for landmine victims and crippled children to help restore their dignity. (11/05)

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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ, Global Ministries, Africa Office

The Africa Office/Global Ministries represents the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the USA and Canada and the United Church of Christ/USA to 40 partner bodies in 15 African countries.

Through sharing of spiritual, material and human resources, we support health, educational and pastoral ministries. (11/07)

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Christian Friends of Korea (CFK)

Christian Friends of Korea seeks to bring hope and healing to the people of North Korea in the name of Christ. We have been working in North Korea since 1995, and since that time have delivered over $32 million in aid and assistance. Our primary work is among tuberculosis hospitals and rest homes scattered throughout the Southwestern region of North Korea. We assist the patients and staff of these facilities through the provision of food, TB and general medicine, vitamins, greenhouses, small tractors, hospital renovations, equipment and supplies, blankets, doctor's kits, and many other goods. We also provide support to a provincial level pediatric hospital (a former mission hospital), and other (primarily medical) facilities as requested. We visit regularly, bring donor lists and representatives on each visit, and confirm the arrival and distribution of all our goods. We also send technical teams to help with major renovation/re-equipping of hospital facilities. In all things, we seek to reach out openly in word and deed with the love and grace of Christ among a people who have been largely cut off from the outside world for over 50 years, and who continue to endure hunger, sickness, and great hardship. We are grateful for our partnerships with various organizations, churches, and individuals that help make our shipments and donations possible. (05-08)

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Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK)

CHAK is an association of Protestant churches and their health facilities (about 414) throughout Kenya. With a history dating back to the 1930s, CHAK adopted its current name and purpose in 1982 with a shift from merely funneling grants to facilitating the church's role in healthcare. Faith-based health facilities (those of CHAK and of the KCS - Kenya Catholic Secretariat) account for about 40% of the total healthcare services in Kenya. CHAK's core functions are in advocacy, capacity building, technical support and networking. It maintains a good working relationship with the Ministry of Health and with KCS. (11/05)

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Christian Hospitals Association of Pakistan (CHAP)

(01-07)

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Christian Medical Association of India

CMAI is a fellowship of Christian health professionals and health institutions serving churches in the ministry of health, healing and wholeness. It has over 5000 individual members (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, health administrators and chaplains) and over 350 institutional members (hospitals, health centres, community health programmes) and 2 medical colleges (Christian Medical College Vellore and Christian Medical College Ludhiana). It is the official health arm of the National Council of Churches in India.
CMAI works through 5 Sections (Doctors, Nurses League, Allied Health Professionals, Administrators, Chaplains) and 2 Departments (Community Health, Communication). (11/04)

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Christian Mission of Pignon, Haiti
Hopital de Bienfaisance, Pignon, Haiti

The mission of the Christian Mission of Pignon (CMP) is to serve as an open window to and for Christianity, to nurture the spiritual growth of both the Lord’s servants and the people of Haiti, and to practically demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ to our Haitian brothers and sisters by assisting the region with long-term, self-sustaining program efforts in the areas of preventive and acute health care, functional literacy and educational opportunities, clean water and essential sanitation facilities, agricultural development and training, community and economic development.

One important principle is: Always teach the Haitian what you are doing so they can continue after you’ve gone.

An outpatient clinic and small hospital provide major and minor surgery, radiology, pharmacy, lab, eye and dental clinics, nutrition training center. The education, Christian mission and community development programs each have a variety of individual and surrounding community projects to nurture the physical and spiritual growth of the people and their community efforts. (5/03)

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Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is a relief, development, and educational ministry of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. CRWRC partners with local agencies that understand local needs. Together CRWRC and its partners find ways to provide lasting change for people in more than 30 countries around the world. CRWRC believes that by helping people help themselves the chains of poverty can be stripped away. CRWRC is driven by the call of Micah 6:8b: “…And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (11/05)

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Christian Relief and Development

Christian Relief and Development (CRDI) is based in Woodbridge, Virginia and in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. It is committed to improving the health and well being of men, women and children in partnership with local NGOs. It is a young organization made up mostly of development workers with experience in international faith-based and development agencies. CRDI's Congo Health Center Project, facilitated by CCIH member Crosslink International, increases access to community-based high impact primary health care activities aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality among infants, children and mothers. (10/05)

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Christian Social Services Commission (CSSC) of Tanzania

CSSC is an ecumenical body representing the interests of about 15 member Churches and 10 Church related Organizations in Tanzania. CSSC is a strong voice of its members and over 600 and 400 Church-owned Health and Education Institutions in the country. Its main role is facilitation of delivery of social services, Education and Health. Its mission is to support delivery of social services through partnership, lobbying and advocacy in a manner that will ensure transparency, quality, equity, availability and accessibility with compassion and love of Christ. (07/07)

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Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ)

CHAZ was created in 1970 as an interdenominational NGO of church health institutions in Zambia. There are 116 institutions affiliated to CHAZ representing 16 different denominations and church organizations. Together these institutions are responsible for over 50% of formal health care in rural areas of Zambia and about 30% of health care in the country as a whole. CHAZ has identified four main roles for itself in Zambia: representation and advocacy, resource mobilization, technical support and administrative and logistical support. CHAZ assists its member institutions in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes with priorities in HIV/AIDS/STDs, Reproductive Health, Malaria, Leprosy and Eye Care. It also maintains a central drug store that procures, stores and makes available essential drugs to members as well as providing training in rational drug use. (07/07)

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Compassion International

Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, releasing them from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Founded by Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training. Today, Compassion helps more than 678,978 children in 23 countries.

Our program activities include regular Christian training, learning opportunities, health treatment and training, socio-emotional development, materials, supplies and individualized attention and care. All of our programs are: Christ-centered, Child-focused, Church-based, Committed to integrity. (05/06)

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Concerned Christian Community

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CrossLink International

CrossLink International seeks to change the world one life at a time through Christ-like missions, by equipping medical mission teams, mission hospitals and clinics with medicines, supplies and equipment.
CrossLink is licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a pharmaceutical warehouse.
(5/03)

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CrossRoads International

CrossRoads is a character-based strategy that provides educational, health, and spiritual solutions to communities devastated by social crises like HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, and violence.

CrossRoads works with government leaders, educators, and business and medical professionals to help youth build strong character. By upholding Jesus as the perfect role model for character, CrossRoads’ powerful educational strategy equips leaders to address the whole person. This is having significant impact on more than 50 countries and has earned the respect of governments and non-governmental organizations around the world. (07-08)

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Drugs for AIDS and HIV Patients (DAHP)

The goal of the organization is to provide drugs for AIDS patients in Nigeria. About 7.5 million Nigerians are sero-positive but less than 1% of them have access to anti-retroviral drugs. DAHP is working with the Baptist hospital network and some Catholic hospitals in Nigeria. It is seeking donations of drugs used for opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS for patients in Nigeria. (9/04)

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EarlyDETECT, Inc.

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Eastern Mennonite Missions

Eastern Mennonite Missions is an Anabaptist mission agency supported primarily by approximately 200 congregations in Lancaster Conference of the Mennonite Church. Other churches, conferences, and agencies in North America also participate in the mission, including approximately 100 other churches from Global Community Network, Good News Fellowship, and Atlantic Coast, Franklin, and New York Mennonite conferences.

EMM partners with an international network of Anabaptist-oriented churches and regional mission centers on six continents.

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Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network

The Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) has offices in Nairobi, Kenya and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. EPN, coordinated by Dr. Eva M. A. Ombaka, joined CCIH in November 2005. The purpose of EPN is to increase the capacity of church related pharmaceutical activities to provide effective and efficient services. It currently has 49 member organizations in 25 countries, many of which are called Christian Health Associations. EPN concentrates its work in three areas: building a health and pharmaceutical network; increasing access to essential medicines for church health services and their clients; and increasing the capacity of church leaders and church-related health services to respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS treatment. (10/05)

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Eglise du Christ au Congo - Departement du Medicine (ECC-DOM)

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Elim Bible Institute
Missions and International Community Health Program

This exciting 2-year program equips people to minister spiritually and physically across cultural lines as Health Missionaries in developing countries. It is designed for those with no prior health experience and for those with some health training who want to expand their training in the area of community health and primary care.

The first year consists of Missions and Cross-cultural studies. The second year follows the paramedic model, including basic sciences, diagnosis & treatment of common diseases, community health assessment and development. The course is completed with an 8-week internship with a health provider in a developing country.

Most importantly students learn to integrate their faith with health ministry by caring for the whole person; spirit, soul and body. (11/05)