CAMO programs provide services which otherwise would be impossible for patients to receive in a developing country like Honduras. Instead of using a fragmented “Band-Aid” approach to care, CAMO establishes and maintains unique counterpart relationships between USA and Honduran professionals. This enables CAMO to treat the whole individual with dignity, respect and follow-through. allow CAMO to treat the whole individual with dignity, respect and follow-through.
The generosity of donors both in the USA and in Honduras makes it possible for people to receive life-saving education, supplies and equipment which are distributed consistently into Honduran hospitals and clinics.
CAMO provides more than 216,884 life-saving services each year to impoverished people who otherwise would not have access to aid.
“As a Peace Corps nurse, I witnessed 31 babies die in one month as a result of not having the supplies, equipment and educated staff to save them. I cannot bring back those 31 babies, but today…infants and adults are being saved daily due to the CAMO model.”
Launched in 1993 by former Peace Corps nurse, Kathryn M. Tschiegg, RN, BBA, CAMO is a non-denominational, Christian-based, humanitarian organization that brings life-saving medical services, education and community development to Central America. CAMO provides more than 217,767 life-saving services each year to impoverished people who otherwise would not have access to aid.