Emergency Relief Fund
Small scale disasters, both natural and man-made, occur with unfortunate frequency within developing countries. It is usually the poorest people who are most affected and who have the least ability to help themselves. All too often their situation is ignored and the most marginalized of the people are left to fend for themselves. JWOC’s Emergency Relief Fund seeks to help at a local level in communities that may be forgotten by others.
To read about how JWOC helped during a village flood please follow the link below.
The picture below shows houses being rebuilt after a devastating fire destroyed 39 houses. JWOC offered interest-free loans to help people rebuild their homes and their lives.
Operation Smile
Under its Emergency Relief Fund heading JWOC also works with Operation Smile whenever its missions come to Cambodia. Operation Smile is an organization that provides free operations to poor children living with cleft lips, cleft palates or other facial deformities, whose families cannot afford to have these life changing procedures.
JWOC provides both funds and support for families wishing to attend the free clinics. A JWOC member of staff accompanies the families to wherever the clinic is in Cambodia, giving both financial and moral support. Although providing funds for bus tickets and rooms is important, it is often the moral support that families appreciate most. Many will not have left their village before, so traveling to one of the big cities to a clinic run by foreign doctors is a daunting prospect; having someone there to guide and support them through the process makes families feel much more confident. Operation Smile offers live changing opportunities, JWOC helps people take them.
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