AmeriCares News
Helping Summer Camps for Sick Children in Romania AmeriCares donates critically needed medicines to Camp Ray of Hope where each summer, 40 boys with hemophilia spend a week at the camp in central Romania. The can enjoy the summer playing sports and games – simple, childhood activities that would be far too dangerous for them at home. Find out how you can help.
06/26/09
Michael Jackson, AmeriCares Supporter, Honored for Generosity AmeriCares mourns the passing of Michael Jackson, who supported our lifesaving work. Read more.
06/26/09
AmeriCares Helps Survivors of Cyclone Aila in India In response to deadly Cyclone Aila, AmeriCares recently sent medical aid and disaster relief experts to eastern India where more than 5 million people were left homeless. Read more and see how you can help.
06/18/09
Sri Lanka Refugee Crisis: Emergency Aid Worker Reports from the Field An AmeriCares relief worker reports from the field in Sri Lanka where he has been helping displaced families still living in refugee camps like Manik Farm. Learn more and find out how you can help.
06/18/09
Disaster Relief Group Braces for Start of Hurricane Season June 1st marks the start of hurricane season for the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. In preparation for these storms and the damage they can do, AmeriCares has stocked disaster aid in key areas prone to hurricanes.
06/01/09
AmeriCares Donates Mobile Clinic to Free Vaccination Program AmeriCares is donating a mobile clinic to the Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, allowing the hospital to continue a highly successful immunization program that has vaccinated more than 55,000 children against dangerous childhood diseases. Read more.
05/29/09
AmeriCares Sends Emergency Aid for Refugees in Sri Lanka To help support the health care needs of refugees in Sri Lanka, AmeriCares sent relief workers to assess the health care needs and, in response, is sending two emergency airlifts of medicines, medical supplies and humanitarian aid. Read more and learn what you can do to help.
05/29/09
Health Concerns Facing Refugees in Pakistan As nearly one million innocent people in Pakistan flee from violence between Taliban forces and their government, AmeriCares sent emergency medical aid to help address the desperate health care needs at crowded refugee camps. AmeriCares Medical Director, Dr. Frank Bia, MD, MPH, explains refugee-related health concerns and the aid we sent in response. Read more and learn how you can help.
05/21/09
Orissa Tornado Victims in India Receive Aid from AmeriCares AmeriCares emergency response experts in India recently provided lifesaving medical supplies and treatment to victims of a fierce tornado that swept through Orissa on India's east coast on the Bay of Bengal. The brutal storm killed 16 people, hospitalized 200 patients and affected 18,000 others.
05/21/09
The civil war between Sri Lanka’s government forces and Tamil militants is finally over. Yet more than 250,000 people remain refugees, despite the official end of Asia's longest-running conflict. To help support health care for displaced families, AmeriCares recently delivered nearly $500,000 worth of medicines and medical supplies. Learn more and find out what you can do to help.
05/19/09
Pakistan's Refugee Camps to Receive Medical Help AmeriCares sent an emergency airlift of medicines and medical supplies to refugee camps in Pakistan for families displaced by violence between the government and Taliban militants. The bloody conflict has now spread beyond the embattled Swat Valley to the rest of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). Read more.
05/18/09
An AmeriCares relief worker reports from Pakistan's refugee camps with harrowing news. Here he shares his thoughts and impressions from the field.
05/15/09
AmeriCares is working hard to respond to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus, commonly known as Swine Flu. It has sickened more than 5,000 people and has been linked to over 150 deaths. Recent reports show that nearly a third of the world's popuation could be affected by the outbreak by the fall of 2009.
05/12/09
Lifesaving Help for China's Earthquake Survivors AmeriCares field hospitals have been critical to recovery efforts in areas affected by a devastating earthquake one year ago. Learn more and find out what you can do to help.
05/11/09
Pakistan’s Swat Valley Families to Receive Aid from AmeriCares Innocent Civilians in Pakistan’s Swat Valley to Receive Emergency Medical Aid from AmeriCares. Learn more and find out what you can do to help.
05/11/09
AmeriCares sent medical and infection control supplies to help several American clinics with Swine Flu. Some report patients with flu symptoms. Others are taking precautions as they are not far from Mexico where the outbreak has been severe.
05/11/09
Voices from the Field: A Mother’s Story AmeriCares hopes to celebrate Mother's Day by making it easier for mothers, and their children, to get the medicines and health care they so desperately need. This is the story of Ana Deisy, the mother of one of our patients at the AmeriCares Family Clinic in El Salvador.
05/06/09
Myanmar Remembers Anniversary of Deadly Cyclone Nargis One year ago today, Cyclone Nargis first struck Myanmar, causing a massive tidal wave and floods that killed nearly 140,000 people. AmeriCares was there within days, providing medical aid. Find out how you can help survivors still struggling to recover.
05/02/09
AmeriCares Sends Medical Aid to Mexico for Swine Flu Outbreak Mexico is in the midst of an outbreak of Influenza A, commonly known as Swine Flu. It has sickened more than 2,500 people and has been linked to 159 deaths. AmeriCares current aid to Mexico includes three shipments of medicines and supplies valued at more than $5.5 million.
04/29/09
AmeriCares is sending medical and infection control supplies to help several Texas clinics with Swine Flu. Some report patients with flu symptoms. Others are taking precautions as they are not far from Mexico where the outbreak has been severe.
04/28/09
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