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Cindy's Travels
June 30, 2008
Cindy recently visited an Asian operations center for the World Food Programme. WFP, first established in 1960, is a branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian agency. 90 million people a year are provided food through WFP who would be otherwise unable to provide nourishment for themselves or their families.
June 27, 2008
Cindy's recent trip to Cambodia included an inspection of the horrible living conditions some families endure. This gallery includes a look at some of the amazing work being done to serve these suffering children in this part of the world by The Cambodian Children's Fund and Pour un Sourire d'Enfant ("For a Smile of a Child"). Cindy visited a local school which specializes in bringing some normalcy to children in need by providing a positive environment and critical training so they will be able to find work and support themselves as they mature.
June 25, 2008
Over the last few days, Cindy has been wrapping up her trip to Southeast Asia where she has surveyed some of the most devastating conditions people can endure. While in Cambodia, she toured one of the area's enormous landfills and the impoverished children and their families which live in them. Helping these people in need is The Cambodian Children's Fund and Pour un Sourire d'Enfant ("For a Smile of a Child") organizations.
June 22, 2008
Continuing a tour of southeast Asian humanitarian operations, Cindy visited a warehouse center for the World Food Programme. WFP, first established in 1960, is a branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian agency. 90 million people a year are provided food through WFP who would be otherwise unable to provide nourishment for themselves or their families. Nearly 60 million of those served annually are children. The tour included a review of the enormous warehouse operations WFP facilitates and a chance to meet some of the volunteers and workers who provide immeasurable aid to those in need.
June 20, 2008
This week, Cindy visited the Operation Smile clinic in Nha Trang, Vietnam. There she visited Phuoc Thi Le, a Vietnamese girl who had come to Phoenix, Arizona as an infant over ten years ago with her family seeking reconstructive surgery to correct her cleft palate. Cindy helped facilitate the opportunity for her to have the operation and make it a success. It was a joyful reunion seeing the inspiring results of that surgery over a decade later.
June 11, 2008
Yesterday, Cindy visited the Sisulu Walker Charter School in Harlem, New York City. She was given a warm welcome by students, teachers and local media. Cindy, a former special education teacher, said "I chose to come here because of the school's high record of achievement. We need to look at what is working and see how we can make it even better."
June 3, 2008
Cindy recently caught up with Clint Eastwood and yes, that's him in a pink McCain hat. He wears it well!
April 15, 2008
Cindy recently visited HALO Trust's operation in Kosovo. She met with the de-miners and reviewed minefields and cluster bomb strikes. While in Kosovo, she talked with the students of a school that still has unexploded munitions in their playground. She also spent time with the members of HALO Trusts operation in Kosovo learning about new de-mining techniques and the obstacles HALO faces in making Kosovo mine free. She wrapped up her visit by meeting with both the President and Prime Minister to get their assurances of their commitment to a mine free Kosovo. Shortly after her visit, one man was killed and three were injured at a site she had reviewed.
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Cindy McCain has long been an advocate for children everywhere and their health care needs in particular. She founded and ran the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) from 1988-1995. AVMT provided emergency medical and surgical care to impoverished children throughout the world. Cindy led 55 medical missions to third world and war-torn countries during AVMT's seven years of existence. In recent years, Cindy has dedicated the bulk of her volunteer time to three international organizations: The HALO Trust, Operation Smile and CARE.
The HALO Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to landmine removal and weapons destruction in war-torn countries. HALO has 7,000 mine clearers in 10 countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Balkans. As a member of the Board of Trustees for the HALO Trust, Cindy has traveled to Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Angola and recently returned from her second visit to Cambodia. On each mission, she has observed the mine clearing process and seen the impact HALO has had in people's lives by removing landmines. She has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of HALO's life saving work. "It is impossible to describe the emotion of watching villages erected before your eyes as recently cleared land is handed back to its once displaced people."
Cindy also serves on the Board of Directors of Operation Smile, a non-profit organization whose mission is to repair cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities for children around the world. Operation Smile also works to build partnerships between the public and private sector to advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for families. Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has provided free reconstructive surgery to more than 100,000 children and young adults in 25 countries. Cindy has assisted on volunteer missions in Morocco, India and Vietnam. During those trips she has seen firsthand the life changing effects of Operation Smile's work.
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