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Americares is responding to a string of deadly storms that tore through Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi, spawning tornadoes and floods and leaving a trail of devastation.

Americares responded to the strongest cyclone to hit Madagascar in 13 years. In addition to emergency supplies, the team coordinated emergency repairs to two health facilities damaged and rendered inoperable in the storm: a community health center and a TB clinic.

In April 2016, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador’s northern Pacific coast bringing devastation and death. Americares responded to immediate health needs of survivors and then provided a field hospital to help in the restoration of health services.

Americares is delivering emergency medical aid to Somalia, where a prolonged drought has pushed the country to the brink of famine. The organization’s response to one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in decades focuses on treating cholera, a deadly water-borne disease.

A mental health program supported by Americares gave survivors of the Nepal earthquake new ways to cope with the pain and loss after a major disaster.

For low-income, uninsured people in Louisiana, the Eunice Community Health Center is their only lifeline to health care access. A farm worker family served by the clinic say it is really a matter of life and death.

After Hurricane Maria smashed into Puerto Rico, Dominica, the Virgin Islands and other beleaguered Caribbean islands, Americares emergency team continues response and recovery work.

A five-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic gets to see for the first time in her life after a volunteer medical team supported by Americares Medical Outreach program performs free cataract surgery.

A rural free clinic that was able to reopen its doors after the Great Flood in Louisiana with the help of Americares could save the life of a truck driver because of a single donated medicine.

A young patient in Guatemala sings his thanks to a volunteer medical team for their eye surgery that transformed his life— a surgery supported by Americares Medical Outreach program.

The Morales family, like thousands of others in El Salvador, has found a way to reach a healthier future through the Americares Family Clinic in Santiago de Maria.

Our Emergency Manager In Haiti, tells of her team’s journey to Ji©ri©mie to deliver medical aid through a landscape of near total devastation and people struggling to survive.

Americares emergency teams are on the ground in Haiti and in Florida, coordinating with partner organizations to respond to the deadly impact of Hurricane Matthew.

A volunteer surgical team transformed the life of a young man in Liberia, part of a medical trip supported by Americares Medical Outreach program with medicine, supplies and the critical addition of pulse oximeters.

A patient in Texas who struggles with a mental illness tells how important access to medicine can be in a special program supported by Americares in behavioral health centers across the U.S.

A mother and her newborn get lifesaving care in Liberia because of a new maternal care wing on a government hospital supported by Americares.

Americares has deployed emergency experts and expanded aid to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where historic flooding has killed at least thirteen people and forced tens of thousands from their homes.

The epic floods of 2016 almost closed Total Family Medical in Hammond, Louisiana, until help from Americares kept the doors of this critical health facility open, serving people in crisis.

AmeriCares emergency response experts are at work distributing and coordinating aid to health care facilities…

AmeriCares is on the frontlines of the Zika crisis, caring for patients with suspected infections and providing education on how to prevent the disease. Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, the organization is partnering with hospitals and clinics to ensure they are well equipped to address the intensifying health crisis.