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Voices from the Field
Post-Katrina New Orleans Three years after Katrina, volunteers from across America are still an integral part of the recovery effort, providing labor and bringing hope to those who are still coming to terms with their losses. AmeriCares continues to support volunteer efforts in the Gulf Coast. Recently AmeriCares construction expert Fletcher Watton recently spent a week in New Orleans setting up a camp for volunteers building homes for Hurricane Katrina survivors.
08/12/08 AmeriCares Relief Worker Accompanies Medical Team AmeriCares relief worker Tharanga Godallage is in Myanmar this month, coordinating the arrival of additional shipments of medicines and medical supplies from AmeriCares as part of the sustained relief effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
07/16/08 AmeriCares Photographer Documents Hospital Construction in Qingchuan AmeriCares photographer Christopher Rowan was in China last month to document construction of the AmeriCares field hospital in Qingchuan. The hospital has since opened and a second field hospital is planned for Xuankou Township in Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the May 12 earthquake.
07/08/08 Engineer Eddie Casso Builds Field Hospital in Qingchuan Eddie Casso Lopez has traveled the world constructing field hospitals, from Pakistan to New Orleans and many points in between.
06/26/08 Dennis Brown Oversees AmeriCares Relief Effort in China AmeriCares staff member Dennis Brown traveled from AmeriCares head office in Stamford to China to oversee our relief efforts following the 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck China’s Sichuan Province on May 12. More than 80,000 people are dead or missing, hundreds of thousands have been injured and millions have been left homeless. Here he shares some of his impressions while in the field.
06/11/08 Staffer Ella Gudwin Among First American Relief Workers in Myanmar Ella Gudwin, a national AmeriCares staff member, was one of the first American relief workers allowed into Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis. More than 100,000 people are estimated to be missing or dead, many of whom were washed away by the rushing floodwaters. Here she shares her impressions and observations after two weeks in the field with Sharon Croos of AmeriCares Sri Lanka office.
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