June 17, 2014
AmeriCares Haiti team has been busy in advance of another active Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 1 to November 30) predicted by the National Weather Service. The team has prepositioned cholera medicines and supplies and family preparedness kits to help families in flood-prone communities.
June 16, 2014
When deadly floods forced more than 300 families from their homes in western Sri Lanka in early June, emergency workers used supplies provided by AmeriCares to help survivors.
June 12, 2014
AmeriCares works closely with Project Medishare to help provide critical medical supplies and equipment to help Hospital Bernard Mevs in Haiti meet the needs of the many people who rely on its services.
June 02, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – June 2, 2014 – AmeriCares has presented its annual Power of Partnership Award…
Syrian refugees fleeing to Lebanon face challenges managing chronic and sometimes life-threatening diseases. Each year, AmeriCares sends shipments of lifesaving medicines and supplies to ANERA Lebanon to reach underserved Lebanese and the refugee population, including the growing number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria.
May 27, 2014
Typhoon Haiyan damaged or destroyed an estimated 2,000 health facilities, many on remote, hard-to reach islands…
In 2013, the newly rebuilt Hachimaida workshop for people with disabilities in Shiroishi, Japan reopened – providing a…
As part of its Japan recovery work after the 2011 triple disaster, AmeriCares worked with The Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) to supported the rebuilding of a workshop for people with disabilities in Shiroishi.
In collaboration with the Philippines Department of Health and local partners, AmeriCares is repairing 67 community health centers damaged by Typhoon Haiyan. This work will restore health services for an estimated 1.3 million people.
May 23, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – May 23, 2014 – AmeriCares is helping a Mississippi health care center leveled…
May 22, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – May 22, 2014 – AmeriCares is providing a record quantity of medicines to…
A young woman facing a grim future in Rwanda, has her health and life restored by a volunteer medical team performing obstetric fistula surgery.
To help low income and uninsured patients breathe easier and avoid unnecessary trips to the hospital, AmeriCares is providing a record quantity of respiratory medicines to hundreds of clinics and community health centers across the United States in 2014.
May 20, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – May 20, 2014 – Paul Gwyn Pagaran has joined AmeriCares as response and…
One year after the Moore, Oklahoma tornado, AmeriCares has provided nearly $3.7 million in aid to help meet the immediate and long term health needs of survivors.
May 19, 2014
AmeriCares is working with Baylor International Pediatric AIDs Initiative and the Ugandan Department of Health to supply medical aid to help refugees fleeing South Sudan, including an emergency medical module to Uganda with enough medicine to meet the needs of 20,000 people for three months.
May 15, 2014
In the months since Typhoon Haiyan struck, AmeriCares has provided more than $19.7 million in aid to help meet the needs of survivors and restore primary health care in the hardest hit areas of the Philippines.
May 14, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – May 14, 2014 – AmeriCares hosted an advance screening of Disney’s “Million Dollar…
May 13, 2014
In the weeks since an outbreak of powerful tornadoes and severe weather devastated the Midwest and South, AmeriCares has provided more than $333,124 in aid which includes more than $318,024 in medicines, water and relief supplies to support partners in Arkansas, Florida and Kansas and $15,100 to restore access to health services in Arkansas and Mississippi. More aid is underway.
May 12, 2014
During World Immunization Week, recognized by the World Health Organization during the last week of April, AmeriCares India team promoted one of the world’s most powerful tools for health — the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.