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Active Emergencies
Disaster strikes. We act. Right now, we are working with partners to save lives and reduce human suffering in these emergencies:
An eight-story factory complex on the outskirts of Dhaka collapsed on April 24, killing more than 1,100 people. We have sent an air-shipment of medical aid to health care partners treating 2500 injured survivors.
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On April 17, 2013, a large explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, TX killed 15 people (including several first responders), injured 250 and damaged or destroyed over 350 homes. In this town of 2700 people, the blast caused an estimated $100 million in damages to homes, businesses and schools near the fertilizer plant. AmeriCares has issued a grant to a local partner in Irving, TX, to provide disaster case management services to the many people coping with devastating losses in the aftermath.
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The brutal civil war in Syria has emerged as one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises, with more than four million persons displaced within Syria and another 1.4 million refugees fleeing the violence into neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. To date, we have provided more than $2 million in medical and humanitarian relief to local organizations best positioned to help victims of the crisis, with new aid shipments underway.
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Decades of civil war and regional conflict have halted social development and economic growth in the world’s least developed country. A humanitarian crisis brought on by the conflict has spiked due to opposition group activity and military operations in North and South Kivu provinces. Nearly 650,000 people are estimated to be newly displaced. AmeriCares is air shipping an Emergency Medical Module and other medicines to our hospital partner in the volatile eastern region of DRC to help provide treatment for displaced persons and victims of violence.
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An ongoing civil conflict has affected over 1.6 million people in the northern provinces of the country, a disaster compounded by a severe food crisis in Africa’s Sahel region. Initially, we supplied water purification sachets, as well as an Emergency Medical Module to serve 25,000 people displaced in the crisis. Currently, AmeriCares is readying 2 emergency air shipments valued at $243,136 for delivery through our in country partner to a hospital and community health center in Gao province.
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An ongoing conflict with Sudan has killed hundreds and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. We have provided two shipments of medicines and supplies along with other critical aid to our partner in country, along with assistance from our relief experts dispatched to South Sudan.
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Since early 2012, nearly 22,000 people have become infected with cholera in Sierra Leone. With international partner, icddr,b as well as local partners, we initiated disease prevention and control interventions along with delivery and distribution of treatment supplies - providing an immediate impact on mortality and infection rates.
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A serious food crisis has affected one third of the population of the country. Nearly 400,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Delivered an Emergency Medical Module with medicines and supplies for distribution that served 15,000 patients along with enough water purification sachets for 40,000 people
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Torrential rains inundated areas of Jakarta affecting nearly 250,000 people. As part of our Global Prepositioning Initiative, our partner was able to distribute pre-purchased relief supplies to families in the flooded areas.
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The worst storm of 2012 caused major flooding, destroying large areas of farmland, damaging up to 90% of infrastructure, particularly health care facilities in the affected region - over 1000 deaths and a million displaced. In addition to funding for local procurement of food and relief supplies and three shipments of medicines and relief supplies, we are supporting local partners with $75,000 in funding to purchase relief items and provide medical coverage.
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Active Recoveries
Long after a disaster fades from the news, AmeriCares stays, working on a targeted response to help communities recover and rebuild.
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Historic Emergencies
More than three decades and 300 disasters have taught us how to help people in crisis. During these major disasters, we were there:
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Crisis Alerts
Every day, AmeriCares is ready. Today, we are monitoring and assessing these emerging crises:
Cyclone Mahasen made landfall in Bangladesh on Thursday, May 15, killing dozens in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. More than 1 million people were evacuated in advance of the cyclone, which weakened to tropical storm strength, causing far less damage than feared. AmeriCares emergency response team is on alert, and has reached out to partners in the region with offers of assistance.
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On April 20, A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province, killing nearly 200 people, injuring at least 11,000, and forcing about 120,000 people to flee their homes. We have reached out to potential response partners in the region. While no aid requests have been received, we remain on alert and ready to help.
In 2008, we launched a large-scale response to help survivors of massive earthquake in Sichuan province. Read more here.
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On April 16, a powerful earthquake struck southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border. We are currently working with two partners in Pakistan to assess emergency needs.
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Flooding in early 2013 has left 113 people dead, affected over 240,000 others and temporarily displaced over 185,000 people. Over 400 cholera cases have been reported in one northern province. We are monitoring the situation and assessing needs with partners in the affected region.
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