Emergency Medical Aid to South Sudan
South Sudan
12/10/12
AmeriCares has responded to the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan with emergency aid to help 44,000 people suffering from serious infections, malaria, pain and disease.
Sahel Response: New Emergency Aid Shipped to Niger
Niger
09/26/12
An AmeriCares emergency shipment of water purification sachets have been shipped to Niger, and a delivery of urgently-needed medical aid in being prepared to help 55,000 people suffering amid an escalating food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa.
Training Health Workers to Fight Cholera in the Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa
09/13/12
AmeriCares and leading global health organization icddr,b have teamed up to provide treatment and training to health care professionals fighting cholera in Sierra Leone and the Horn of Africa – a region ravaged by drought, famine and conflict.
Emergency Aid to Mali Underway
Mali
08/08/12
An AmeriCares shipment of urgently-needed emergency medical aid and water purification sachets are being readied for shipment to Mali, to help 40,000 people suffering amid an escalating food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa.
Crucial Medical Aid Enables Primary Care in Somalia
Somalia
06/12/12
An AmeriCares Emergency Medical Module, shipped to Somalia in late 2011, contained urgently-needed medicines that helped medical units deliver primary health care to 6,273 sick and injured people living in refugee camps and remote villages.
Disinfectant Delivery to Tanzanian Hospital Keeps Patients and Doctors Healthy
Tanzania
02/28/12
Since 2008, the AmeriCares Health Worker Safety Initiative at Bugando Medical Centre has provided vaccinations, trainings, safety supplies and other vital resources for hospital staff and medical students. The Bugando Medical Center is a 900-bed teaching hospital located in Mwanza, Tanzania, serving more than 14 million people in the region.
Safe Water Makes a Lifesaving Difference to Families in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
02/27/12
In an effort to bring safe water to families hard-hit by drought and famine, AmeriCares procured and delivered more than 3 million sachets of PUR water purification tablets to camps and communities in Kenya and Ethiopia. One million of the sachets were delivered to our partner, Oxfam during the height of the emergency to be used in a program aimed at providing thousands of Ethiopian families with clean, treated water for three months.
Lifesaving Nutritional Aid for Mothers and Babies in Somalia
Somalia
11/22/11
An AmeriCares shipment containing the first of 257,040 supplemental meal packs—enough to provide 8,568 people facing malnutrition with a daily boost in calories and essential vitamins—is now being distributed among victims of the catastrophic famine gripping the Horn of Africa. The shipment is part of AmeriCares large scale response in the region.
Crucial Nutritional Support Helps Fight Hunger and Save Lives
11/17/11
Since 1985, AmeriCares has played an active role in bringing lifesaving nourishment where it’s needed most, with immediate emergency deliveries of nutritional supplements to ease human suffering in famine-stricken countries, and ongoing nutritional support, programs and grants to help break the cycle of hunger in impoverished countries worldwide.
New Shipment of Urgent Medical Aid Readied for Libya
Libya
10/20/11
Now that civil conflict has subsided and Tripoli is logistically accessible, AmeriCares is readying a new shipment of urgently requested antibiotics, pain relievers, medicines and surgical supplies for four hospitals and two clinics in and around the Libyan city, to treat the war wounded as well as people with chronic diseases.
$1.2 Million in Emergency Medical Aid Arrives in Somalia
Somalia
10/17/11
A shipment of $1.2 million in urgently requested medical aid arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia – the most recent of several deliveries in AmeriCares’ large scale emergency response to help ease the suffering of children and adults in the famine-stricken region.
34,000 Pounds of Lifesaving Nourishment Flown to Somalia
Somalia
09/26/11
34,000 pounds of nutritional supplements departed on an AmeriCares humanitarian air shipment on September 20 to provide lifesaving help to severely malnourished refugees in Mogadishu. The shipment is part of AmeriCares large scale disaster relief operation and one of three deliveries that will feed 13,000 starving children and adults in the Horn of Africa for one month.
Fistula Repair Program Restores Hope and Health
Tanzania
09/26/11
21-year-old Reticia Rughamira found help at the AmeriCares Obstetric Fistula Repair program – an initiative at Bugando Medical Centre in Tanzania that has mended the bodies and lives of more than 2,000 women in need.
As Famine Worsens, AmeriCares Expands Response
Somalia
09/08/11
AmeriCares has expanded its large-scale emergency response in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia to help save as many lives as possible. In addition to a series of ongoing shipments of crucial medicines, nutritional supplements, water purification tablets and supplies, a new AmeriCares field hospital is being built in Kenya to treat thousands of vulnerable refugees at risk for illness and disease.
