Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 29, 2023 – In the year and a half since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Americares has provided more than $100 million in aid to meet the health needs of displaced families and survivors of the war.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 16, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Felicia Macdonald as its new senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 10, 2023 – Americares is preparing to deploy an emergency response team to help survivors of the deadly wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Human Appeal, with emergency funding from Americares in response to the devastating earthquakes in southern Türkiye and northern Syria, opened the Al-Zohoor Primary Health Clinic in Northern Syria in July, 2023 for Earthquake Affected People in the region. The clinic focuses on the most vulnerable individuals, especially women of reproductive age, children under 5, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 1, 2023 – Registered nurse Karitza Melendez has been named clinic director of the Fred Weisman Americares Free Clinic of Bridgeport. In her new role, Melendez oversees the day-to-day operations of the clinic, which serves an average of 400 low-income, uninsured residents of the greater Bridgeport area each year.

Stamford, Conn. – July 26, 2023 – The Americares team in the Philippines is preparing to provide medical care to survivors of Typhoon Doksuri. A mobile medical team will soon depart Manila to provide essential primary health care services in Isabela province where flooding has left roads impassable.

Stamford, Conn. – July 13, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Provash Budden as deputy senior vice president of emergency programs. In his new role, Budden oversees Americares readiness, response and recovery programs in the U.S. and around the world.

For most transgender women in Ukraine, there is no way to cross the border to Poland or other countries: Their formal documents identify them as men, so the government prohibits them from leaving the country. But, with Americares help, this group does receive specialized health care – from an ambulance that brings LGBTQ+ care to Lviv.

Americares is preparing to dispatch a mobile medical team to western Haiti to provide care in communities isolated by the recent flooding and earthquakes. The health-focused relief and development organization plans to have a team of nurses and a physician providing primary care services to children and adults in the Grand’Anse department starting next week. Americares is launching the operation at the request of Haiti’s Ministry of Health and Population.

Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the election of award-winning writer, director and producer Marti Noxon to its Board of Directors. Her three-year term began in May.

Flor and her husband are usually at the bread bakery they own in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, by 3 a.m. On this January day, though, the bread can wait: Flor is receiving her final pre-natal check-up at the La Clínica Integral de Atención Familiar de Americares, the clinic where she has received prenatal care throughout her healthy pregnancy.

The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine has propelled the region deeper into crisis—forcing thousands to flee the flooding and leaving many communities without access to clean water, electricity and medicine. Americares has been receiving requests for assistance from partner organizations in the affected area since the dam was destroyed on June 6.

In April 2023, record rainfall and strong storms in California flooded roads, cut power and damaged buildings, including health centers that low-income people rely on for health care. Americares responded immediately, contacting clinic partners throughout the state to learn what was needed to help communities and quickly restore access to health services.

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In Mwanza, Tanzania, Christina knows all too well how women can suffer without adequate health care. Bugando Medical Center offers surgical and support services for fistula that give women new life.

Stamford, Conn. – May 10, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the promotion of Shripad Desai to deputy senior vice president and country team liaison. In this elevated role, Desai is responsible for working directly with Americares country team leaders in Colombia, El Salvador, India, Liberia, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Tanzania, to build and sustain the organization’s local/global operating model. Desai supports country teams managing programs at the local level, as well as ensures country directors provide input into decisions made by Americares global leadership team.

Stamford, Conn. – May 1, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has earned yet another 4-star rating—the highest possible—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This rating designates Americares as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that the organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria.

Americares President and CEO Christine Squires shares an uplifting story from a recent visit to Americares India’s health programs, including one of its 13 mobile health centers, a story about a life saved by access to health care.

Stamford, Conn. – April 19, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Meenakshi Batra as director of Americares India. In her new role, Batra is responsible for designing, implementing and directing innovative health programs that strengthen health systems and expand access to care for people affected by poverty or disaster across 23 states in India.

When Yenny delivered her son, at a hospital in El Salvador, she was scared; her son was born prematurely, she was alone and fighting for his survival.