Gift-in-Kind Partners

AmeriCares has a long and abiding relationship with many corporate partners. It is part of the AmeriCares model to cultivate and develop partnerships that help us to be able to respond quickly to international and domestic crises. Some of our major partners are listed below, and you can see more in-depth information in "Partners in Profile."

Abbott Laboratories has been a valued AmeriCares partner since 1986. Headquartered north of Chicago, IL, Abbott is a leader in pharmaceuticals, nutritionals, hospital products and diagnostics. With 70,000 employees, Abbott operates in more than 130 countries. One of our most loyal supporters, Abbott has generously donated over $400 million of product to AmeriCares, providing life saving aid to people in over 100 countries. AmeriCares would not be able to help countless individuals around the world were it not for the extraordinary efforts put forth by Abbott.
While the December 2004 tsunami created unprecedented challenges in humanitarian relief , it also created some new opportunities in partnerships. One of the new partners is AmerisourceBergen. In the aftermath of the tsunami AmerisourceBergen mobilized its 14,000 employees across the country and from 17 AmerisourceBergen warehouses throughout the U.S, donated more than $1 million worth of antibiotics, antivirals and antimalarials to AmeriCares.
Reflecting its name, AstraZeneca is donating medicines that are helping to improve the lives of people living in countries from Afghanistan to Zambia. Well-known for developing medicines designed to combat some of the world’s most devastating and debilitating diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and asthma, AstraZeneca donates these and other products that are critical in supporting AmeriCares humanitarian efforts. AstraZeneca began collaborating with AmeriCares in summer 2005, with some of its first donations supporting the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Following Katrina, many survivors in the Gulf Coast area with chronic health problems had difficulties accessing their prescriptions or refilling their medications.
Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. was thrilled to become a partner of AmeriCares in 2007. The pharmaceutical company focuses on the development and commercialization of prescription products in the field of dermatology. It initiated a relationship with AmeriCares with a generous donation of Vusion^® Ointment, which treats the type of severe diaper rash that has been infected by yeast. It usually appears in infants four weeks of age or older and is common in babies in developing countries where AmeriCares provides medical aid. This partnership allows Barrier Therapeutics to support a worthy cause and AmeriCares to bring much needed relief to those in need around the world.
Baxter is a leading manufacturer of intravenous solutions, dialysis supplies, blood-transfusion products and other healthcare products. Since Baxter and AmeriCares began working together, Baxter has donated more than $120 million worth of products for AmeriCares' humanitarian-aid efforts. In the past year, people in more than 50 countries, including El Salvador, India, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe, had access to critical products they otherwise would not have had if not for Baxter. In addition to product donations, in 2006, The Baxter International Foundation—the company's philanthropic arm—approved a two-year, $190,000 grant to AmeriCares to establish a warehouse in India to enhance AmeriCares' ability to respond to healthcare needs in Asia and Africa.
In the aftermath of the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, the country’s National Institute of Health established an emergency immunization campaign, vaccinating 500,000 of those who were injured or vulnerable to injury, against tetanus. In a second round of immunizations, 1.5 million children between the ages of 6 months and 15 years were vaccinated against the measles. But in a country where 42 million vaccinations are given yearly to protect people against tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, upper respiratory infections and other diseases, this unplanned vaccination campaign meant that more syringes were desperately needed. To respond to this need, AmeriCares turned to trusted partner BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company), the global medical technology company that manufactures syringes and needles.
This year, AmeriCares is entering its 20th year in partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's 15 leading pharmaceutical companies. The Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation (BICF) is dedicated to making positive, lasting differences in the lives of underserved patients, their loved ones, medical professionals and communities around the world. Through its product donation program, BICF makes its leading medications available to AmeriCares. Over the course of two decades, BI products valued at over $105 million have gone to more than 40 countries, including Cambodia, China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Gaza, India, Senegal, Vietnam and the U.S.
Bristol-Myers Squibb, one of the world’s leading makers of medicines and related health care products, has made a powerful impact on AmeriCares work for 16 years. As innovators in the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular and infectious disease, afflicitons of the nervous system, mental health and wound care, BMS has provided AmeriCares with more than $200 million of critical medicines for over 60 countries. Guatemala, Uzbekistan, Peru, China, Ethiopia and Mexico City are just a few recipients of the valuable aid provided by BMS.
Henry Schein, Inc. has long been a valued donor partner since early 1989. In times of emergency Henry Schein and its employees have been there to support the AmeriCares response. Immediately after the devastating Tsunami disaster Henry Schein’s donation of medical supplies and made a tremendous impact on the AmeriCare’s mission with their donations of various medical supplies.
Nestlé Waters North America has a long-standing commitment to partnering with AmeriCares in times of great need. When devastating hurricanes hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August and again in September 2005, AmeriCares turned to Nestlé Waters with urgent requests. Nestlé Waters’s contributions of Bottled Water, valued at more than $38,000, helped AmeriCares bring vital relief to survivors in the affected areas.