Voices from the Field
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
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
AmeriCares relief worker Michael Chang shares thoughts and impressions from his latest review of earthquake recovery efforts in China.
03/13/09
Elikem Tomety Archer, AmeriCares partnership manager for Africa, worked extensively in Africa including health programs in HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and anti-blindness initiatives. Elikem shares her most recent trip and tales of hope from Malawi. The medicines AmeriCares delivers help to relieve illness, and provide hope for families, one small step at a time.
02/05/09
Voices from the Field: Mongolia AmeriCares helps support medical care for mongolian orphans and other patients in great need.
01/12/09
Reflections on the 2004 Tsunami As the anniversary of the tsunami approaches, Rachel Granger recently returned to Indonesia to review the work AmeriCares has done over the last 4 years. She shares with us her experiences from the field, including her fist visit after the tsunami struck and subsequent visits to see the progress of rehabilitation programs supported by AmeriCares.
12/04/08
Keeping Hope Alive in Haiti AmeriCares aid worker Lisa Frantzen was recently in Haiti overseeing the arrival of an emergency airlift for hurricane survivors. Reflecting on the devastating collapse of two Haitian schools, Lisa also speaks to how education is critical to giving health care, and hope to Haiti’s children.
11/12/08
Report from Post-Flood Bihar, India Dr. Purvish Parikh, Managing Director of AmeriCares India, reports from Bihar, which is slowly recovering from the worst India floods in more than 50 years. The poorest of India’s states, Bihar is struggling with more than 3 million people displaced by the disaster. Dr. Parikh surveyed health conditions at several flood-survivor camps, delivered medicines and treated children without access to a doctor.
10/14/08
First report from Baton Rouge AmeriCares emergency response expert Jonathan Hodgdon is in Baton Rouge, La. assessing the needs of people in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Gustav toppled trees, damaged buildings and caused massive flooding over the holiday weekend. Since all of the hotels in Baton Rouge were filled to capacity when he arrived Tuesday night, Jonathan spent the night in the home of an AmeriCares donor. Here is his first report from the field sent via text message to his colleagues in AmeriCares Stamford headquarters this morning. Internet access is limited because of widespread power outages in the region.
09/03/08
Post-Katrina New Orleans Three years after Katrina, volunteers from across America are still an integral part of the recovery effort, providing labor and bringing hope to those who are still coming to terms with their losses. AmeriCares continues to support volunteer efforts in the Gulf Coast. Recently AmeriCares construction expert Fletcher Watton recently spent a week in New Orleans setting up a camp for volunteers building homes for Hurricane Katrina survivors.
08/12/08
AmeriCares Relief Worker Accompanies Medical Team AmeriCares relief worker Tharanga Godallage is in Myanmar this month, coordinating the arrival of additional shipments of medicines and medical supplies from AmeriCares as part of the sustained relief effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
07/16/08
AmeriCares Photographer Documents Hospital Construction in Qingchuan AmeriCares photographer Christopher Rowan was in China last month to document construction of the AmeriCares field hospital in Qingchuan. The hospital has since opened and a second field hospital is planned for Xuankou Township in Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the May 12 earthquake.
07/08/08
Engineer Eddie Casso Builds Field Hospital in Qingchuan Eddie Casso Lopez has traveled the world constructing field hospitals, from Pakistan to New Orleans and many points in between.
06/26/08
Dennis Brown Oversees AmeriCares Relief Effort in China AmeriCares staff member Dennis Brown traveled from AmeriCares head office in Stamford to China to oversee our relief efforts following the 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck China’s Sichuan Province on May 12. More than 80,000 people are dead or missing, hundreds of thousands have been injured and millions have been left homeless. Here he shares some of his impressions while in the field.
06/11/08
Staffer Ella Gudwin Among First American Relief Workers in Myanmar Ella Gudwin, a national AmeriCares staff member, was one of the first American relief workers allowed into Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis. More than 100,000 people are estimated to be missing or dead, many of whom were washed away by the rushing floodwaters. Here she shares her impressions and observations after two weeks in the field with Sharon Croos of AmeriCares Sri Lanka office.
05/30/08
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