AmeriCares Helps Children Fight Swine Flu

AmeriCares supports a successful vaccination program in New Orleans. Photo courtesy of GNO Immunization Network

School has just started for children throughout the country, as have increased concerns about the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly know as swine flu.

Find out how we are protecting families from swine flu here at home.

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Flood Victims in West Africa to Receive
AmeriCares Help

Nomads in Burkina Faso, Africa. Photo under Creative Commons from Paul Williams / Flickr

Deadly flooding in the West African nations of Burkina Faso and Senegal have left over 200,000 people homeless in recent days.

Learn more about our relief efforts for survivors of this ordeal.

Voices from the Field: Helping Mothers in Niger

Millions of women around the world can recover from the trauma of fistula.

Read Mariama‘s story, a young woman who suffered for over 15 years from an injury she endured while delivering a baby.

Learn more and help other women recover.

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