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1982     In response to a personal request from Pope John Paul II, Robert C.
              Macauley organizes the inaugural AmeriCares airlift as the first in a
              series of shipments of emergency relief is sent to strife-torn Poland.
  
1983     AmeriCares delivers aid to refugees of the Russian-Afghanistan war.
              This mission helped to set the stage when conflict and catastrophe
              uproot massive populations in other parts of the world.
 
1985     Famine in Ethiopia prompts airlifts of medicine, supplies and food, a
              process that is subsequently repeated when starvation sweeps North
              Korea and other countries.
  



1986     AmeriCares returns to Poland with food and baby formula after Chernobyl
              generates radioactive fallout.
  

1988     HomeFront is launched by AmeriCares to refurbish the homes of the
              physically and financially disadvantaged. An annual event in May,
              HomeFront ultimately attracted up to 5,000 volunteers in subsequent
              years.
 
1990     Hours after the liberation of Kuwait by the Allies, AmeriCares sends in
              medical supplies and a team of physicians.
  
1992     AmeriCares provides emergency supplies for victims of the Los Angeles
              riots and Floridians displaced by hurricanes.
 
1994     The first of three free health care clinics is established by AmeriCares for
              uninsured patients in the state of Connecticut.
 
1995     Camp AmeriKids is established to provide an outdoor camping 
              experience for inner-city youngsters affected by HIV/AIDS.
  
1997     AmeriCares responds to severe flooding in the U.S. Midwest and
              Northwest with shipments of relief supplies.
 
1999     In a year of typical activity, AmeriCares sends aid to earthquake victims in
              Colombia, Turkey and Taiwan, to victims of civil strife in Kosovo and flood victims in
              Venezuela.
 
2000     A toxic waste spill in Kentucky, flooding in Mozambique, Cambodia and
              Vietnam, a cyclone in Madagascar, drought in Ethiopia and continuing
              conflict in the Middle East initiate emergency shipments from AmeriCares.
 
2001     Four hours after the first attack on the World Trade Center, seven
              helicopters arranged by AmeriCares land near Ground Zero with
              emergency supplies and medical teams. After the liberation of
              Afghanistan, AmeriCares returns there with medicine and supplies.
  
2002     Just days after a volcano erupted in the Congo, AmeriCares delivers
              life-saving medical supplies to two refugee camps on the Rwandan
              border. As floods in Kentucky paralyze the state, AmeriCares sends
              relief and clean-up supplies to the counties most affected. After the
              Czech Republic suffered its worst flooding in recorded history,
              AmeriCares delivers medicines and vaccines to the people of Prague
              and its surrounding cities.
 
2003     AmeriCares delivers more than $8.3 million of aid to Iraq via airlifts and ground
              shipments to Baghdad and Kirkuk. The initial airlifts to both cities are the
              first by a U.S. non-governmental organization after the military victory is
              declared. Additional airlifts of life-saving aid are sent into Monrovia,
              Liberia, where years of civil war caused the collapse of the country's 
              healthcare infrastructure. AmeriCares first international family health
              clinic, Clinica Integral de Atencion Familiar, opens in Santiago de Maria,
              El Salvador. The clinic serves a population of 120,000.

2004     Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, AmeriCares airlifts aid
              first to the Sudanese refugees in neighboring Chad, and then sends its
              first airlift of essential medicines directly into Darfur. Within 24 hours of
              the deadly South Asian tsunami, an AmeriCares emergency response
              team is en route to Sri Lanka, followed by an airlift of medicines and
              critically needed supplies.

2005     Continuing the major tsunami relief effort, six additional airlifts are
              deployed to Sri Lanka, Indonesia and India. In Niger, when 800,000 
              children are suffering from malnutrition due to a severe food crisis,
              AmeriCares airlifts medicines to stock a therapeutic feeding center.
              In the worst U.S. natural disaster in modern history, Hurricane Katrina 
              ravages the Gulf Coast; AmeriCares responds with more than $8.1
              million in emergency relief in a three-month emergency response effort. 
              The string of disasters continues with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that
              claims nearly 80,000 lives, and AmeriCares sends two airlifts in a
              two-week period, carrying medicines, blankets and tents. The year ends
              with a third airlift to Pakistan, filled with one million doses of life-saving 
              vaccines for children.

2006     Three airlifts deliver life-saving medicines to the Sudanese suffering in
              Darfur. In response to an earthquake in Java, AmeriCares responds
              with medicines, food, water and shelter.

 
AmeriCares is approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (C) (3) tax-exempt organization, and all donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. AmeriCares Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 061008595.
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