July 14, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – July 14, 2014 – Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will…
July 11, 2014
AmeriCares partners with RKLS to provide quality health care services to approximately 50,000 people in rural areas of Western Haiti. The support includes medicines and supplies as well as construction funding for the clinic and its sanitation facilities.
July 09, 2014
After losing health insurance, Ohio couple finds quality health care through an AmeriCares safety net clinic partner– one of more than 1400 across the US.
July 04, 2014
As Hurricane Arthur moves up the East Coast, AmeriCares emergency response experts are closely monitoring the storm– the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season– and preparing to respond if needed.
July 03, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – July 3, 2014 – AmeriCares is delivering bottled water for families in Detroit…
June 28, 2014
To stem an outbreak of cholera in South Sudan, AmeriCares has sent an emergency shipment with enough medicine for 5,000 people suffering from the highly infectious disease– our latest response in an escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis.
June 26, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – June 26, 2014 – AmeriCares is sending emergency medical aid to help stem…
June 23, 2014
With support from AmeriCares and GlaxoSmithKline, the staff of Ganta Hospital in Liberia will soon have 600 pairs…
AmeriCares has responded to an emergency in Honduras with an air shipment of laboratory supplies, helping to ensure that pensioners and working families throughout the country have continued access to health care services.
With support from AmeriCares, the staff of Ganta Hospital in Liberia will soon have 600 pairs of gloves, 3,000 gowns, 600 pairs of goggles and other critical equipment they need to help stop the spread of the highly infectious, deadly Ebola virus.
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…
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.
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.
May 23, 2014
Stamford, Conn. – May 23, 2014 – AmeriCares is helping a Mississippi health care center leveled…