Why we serve

Christian Appalachian Project volunteers serve in 11 of eastern Kentucky’s poorest counties. These rural areas not only have high rates of poverty, but also the companion challenges of substandard housing, low education levels, domestic violence, substance abuse, hunger and depression. Through a variety of service programs, CAP volunteers address each of these issues to provide for the immediate needs of families in poverty and to help individuals overcome the obstacles that keep them in poverty. With Christ as their example, volunteers also serve the marginalized of Appalachia: children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Our volunteers serve because the need is great and because of the irresistible call of the Gospel to demonstrate the love of Jesus to the poor and marginalized.