This month:

• Response to China Earthquake
• Response to Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
• 10th Airlift to Darfur
• U.S. Tornado Response

AmeriCares Deploys Field Hospital, Delivers Aid to China

Staff photo This AmeriCares field hospital in Pakistan is an example of the one AmeriCares is constructing in China.

AmeriCares emergency response team is now in the process of constructing and equipping a fully functional field hospital in the devastated Sichuan Province to help meet the needs of survivors of the China earthquake. In immediate response to the disaster AmeriCares, through air transport, delivered medicines, medical supplies and blankets to help those in the affected areas. > > > Read More

AmeriCares Supplies Aid to Cyclone-Stricken Myanmar

Photo: International Organization for Migration

Mobile medical teams have been distributing AmeriCares aid to those affected by Cyclone Nargis.

AmeriCares was one of the first nonprofit organizations to deliver aid directly into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar. We supplied more than 15 tons of critically needed medicines and medical supplies to help the 2.5 million affected by Cyclone Nargis. As follow-up to the initial response, our emergency response team is working to supply and equip a number of planned primary health care clinics in the affected regions.
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AmeriCares Delivers 10th Airlift to Darfur

Photo: AmeriCares

A Darfurian woman cradles a 20-day-old infant in her arms.

West Darfur is one of Sudan’s most inaccessible and dangerous regions, making aid deliveries over land extremely difficult. AmeriCares, however, was able to deliver aid directly into West Darfur by an emergency airlift, sending more than 15 tons of critical medicines and medical supplies to Geneina. It was AmeriCares 10th airlift to Darfur since 2004. Over that time we have delivered 167 tons of aid valued at nearly $5 million.
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AmeriCares Contributes to Iowa Tornado Relief Effort

Photo: National Weather Service

An area in Parkersburg, Iowa, in the aftermath of a level 5 tornado. The tornado hit Iowa on May 25, killing seven and leaving hundreds homeless.

AmeriCares shipped a truck containing more than 35,000 bottles of water to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo, Iowa, to aid in the recovery from the strongest tornado to hit the state in 32 years. We remain in contact with our local partners throughout the country to supply any additional aid that may be needed during this unusually active tornado season.
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