Pre-Positioned Aid Helps Flood Survivors Worldwide
Global
10/01/12
AmeriCares Global Pre-Positioning Initiative, launched in early 2012, has already helped crucial aid quickly reach flood survivors in Pakistan, the Philippines, Colombia, India and Indonesia – aid that is put in place before disaster strikes.
Clean Water for Iraq
Iraq
07/28/09
In Iraq, nearly half of the population lacks reliable access to safe drinking water. AmeriCares is helping with donations of water purification supplies. Find out how you can help.
AmeriCares Medical Aid Arrives in Gaza
01/23/09
AmeriCares Gaza delivery of more than $2.6 million in lifesaving humanitarian medical aid to our partner, ANERA, has arrived safely in Gaza. Local hospitals and health care clinics are receiving the current shipment of medical aid, including antibiotics, surgical supplies, pain medicines, and other emergency supplies.
AmeriCares Delivering Lifesaving Medical Aid to Gaza
12/30/08
As violence escalates in Gaza, AmeriCares is taking urgent action to ensure the delivery of more than $1.4 million in lifesaving medical aid arrives safely to help people in need. AmeriCares is providing shipments of medicines and medical supplies for families trapped by ongoing violence in Gaza.
AmeriCares Sending Aid to Earthquake Victims in Pakistan
Pakistan
11/05/08
AmeriCares is sending relief shipments to Pakistan to help survivors of a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that left at least 300 dead and more than 800 people injured. Damage and pollution of water systems and wells have caused an acute shortage of safe drinking water; and with it greater risk of disease outbreaks. Almost 90% of survivors have no access to safe drinking water in the areas hit hardest by the quake.
Pakistan’s Earthquake Victims to Receive AmeriCares Aid
Pakistan
11/01/08
AmeriCares emergency response experts are planning relief shipments for Pakistan to help survivors of a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that left at least 215 dead and scores of people injured. The shipment includes life-saving medicines and medical supplies. Additionally, water purification solution will help ensure safe drinking water is available to help those in need.
Fighting the Cholera Outbreak in Iraq
Iraq
10/01/08
AmeriCares is sending medicines and supplies to stem a deadly cholera outbreak in Iraq. With thousands of lives in jeopardy, AmeriCares is sending 3,200 bottles of IV solutions and nearly $600,000 worth of medicines and medical supplies to help control the outbreak and address other health concerns.
AmeriCares Continues To Support Health Care Needs in Iraq
Iraq
03/28/08
AmeriCares remains dedicated to providing medicines and medical supplies for those impacted by the war, and recently sent a shipment of essential medicines and supplies as part of our ongoing humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq.
Health Clinics Help Iraqi Refugees
Jordan
02/05/08
Iraq has been plagued by war and civil conflict for the past two decades, causing millions to be displaced from their homes and communities. Together, AmeriCares and the Jordan Health Aid Society (JHAS), a local health care organization in Jordan, have addressed the need for adequate health care for the increasing refugee population.
Emergency Relief to Iraq for Cholera Outbreak
Iraq
10/21/07
Some 30,000 people in Iraq have become seriously ill with cholera and other forms of dehydrating watery diarrhea which has spread through the northern part of the country. When IMC, the nonprofit organization working on the ground in Iraq, made an urgent request for help, AmeriCares immediately donated IV solutions and purchased other medicines and medical supplies to treat the disease.
Airlifting Aid to Lebanon
Lebanon
08/21/06
AmeriCares is mobilizing an airlift to Lebanon, that will arrive in Beirut tomorrow, bringing more than 15 tons of essential medicines and relief supplies to help ease the critical humanitarian situation. The airlift will leave from Amman, Jordan and is carrying medicines, medical and disaster relief supplies including antibiotics, analgesics, and other aid valued at $2 million. An AmeriCares emergency response team is accompanying the flight.
Helping in Syria
Syria
08/03/06
As the crisis in the Middle East continues, the humanitarian situation is increasingly critical, especially for refugees fleeing into neighboring Syria. AmeriCares Emergency Response Manager Jonathan Hodgdon is in Syria, preparing for AmeriCares relief shipments that will arrive shortly. Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have sought safety here from the recent bombings. Weeks of violence now means months, if not years, of recovery. AmeriCares' contribution to the relief effort will ensure that these refugees have access to essential medicines and basic healthcare treatments. AmeriCares relief in Syria will be distributed through Life for Relief and Development, a nongovernmental organization that has partnered with AmeriCares previously.
Crises in the Middle East
Middle East
07/30/06
While the Middle East continues to erupt in violence, the humanitarian situation of those living in many countries in the area grows more desperate by the day. AmeriCares has announced the opening of a dedicated Middle East Relief Fund to provide humanitarian aid to the many people affected and displaced by this intensifying conflict.
