July 11, 2017
President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush will be honored for their dedication to humanitarian causes at the 30th annual Americares Airlift Benefit in October. The Bushes will be the inaugural recipients of the Bob and Leila Macauley Humanitarian Spirit Award.
June 12, 2017
Americares, in partnership with the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), has presented its annual Power of Partnership Award to Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical, operating companies of Endo International plc, in recognition of their outstanding commitment to increasing access to health care around the world.
June 02, 2017
Stamford, Conn.— June 2, 2017— Americares is deploying a response team to Sri Lanka, where severe flooding and landslides have killed more than 200 people and left thousands homeless.
May 03, 2017
April 05, 2017
Stamford, Conn.— April 5, 2017– Americares is delivering emergency medical aid to Somalia, where a prolonged drought has pushed the country to the brink of famine.
March 23, 2017
Stamford, Conn.— March 23, 2017– Americares is responding to historic floods in Peru, where destructive high waters have killed more than 70 people and forced the local government to declare a state of emergency.
March 21, 2017
Stamford, Conn.— March 21, 2017— Social media entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr. Mikhail Varshavski is headed to El Salvador to work alongside doctors at the Americares family clinic.
March 09, 2017
Stamford, Conn.— March 9, 2017— Americares is deploying an emergency response team to Madagascar where a deadly cyclone displaced more than 10,000 people this week. Relief workers focused on meeting survivors’ health needs are on their way from Americares offices in the U.S. and Nepal to the African country.
February 10, 2017
Ensuring the poor and most vulnerable have access to quality health care services is central to Americares mission to save lives and improve the health of people affected by poverty or disaster.
February 03, 2017
January 25, 2017
December 08, 2016
Stamford, Conn.— Dec. 8, 2016— Americares is responding to the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Sumatra early Wednesday morning, toppling buildings, destroying roads and sending aftershocks throughout the region.
December 07, 2016
Stamford, Conn.— December 7, 2016— Americares is delivering medicine and relief supplies to Tennessee for families displaced by the recent wildfires
November 29, 2016
Stamford, Conn.— Nov. 29, 2016— Volunteers from Voya Financial assembled 1,000 first aid kits at Americares headquarters today, Tuesday, Nov. 29, as part of the nonprofit organization’s #GivingTuesday campaign. More than 40 employees of Voya Financial’s New York City and Windsor, Conn., offices participated.
DEERFIELD, Ill.,— November 29, 2016— Baxter International Foundation and Americares are launching a new oral health project to help combat the negative impact poor oral hygiene can have on patients’ overall health.
November 03, 2016
October 20, 2016
Stamford, Conn.— Oct. 20, 2016— Americares is deploying a response team to the northern Philippines where Typhoon Haima has left a path of destruction.
October 04, 2016
Stamford, Conn.— Oct. 4, 2016— Americares is preparing to deploy an emergency response team from its U.S. headquarters to assist the Hurricane Matthew relief efforts in Haiti.
October 03, 2016
Stamford, Conn.— Oct. 3, 2016— Americares is preparing to respond to Hurricane Matthew as the Caribbean braces for one of the most powerful storms in nearly a decade.
September 15, 2016
Mumbai, September 13, 2016 — Spirit of Humanity, an initiative by Americares, recognized and rewarded 6 NGOs in varied impact sectors in its finale held on September 12, 2016 at J W Marriott Mumbai Sahar.