Voices from the Field
AmeriCares Relief Worker Blog From Haiti New Blog from Haiti. Read the latest personal stories from AmeriCares relief workers in Port-au-Prince.
01/20/10
AmeriCares Medical Mission to the Dominican Republic: One Doctor's Story Read Dr. Lockwood’s story about providing health care for Haitian refugees and the poorest Dominicans through a program AmeriCares supports. Learn how you can help.
12/15/09
Helping HIV and AIDS Patients in Cambodia AmeriCares relief worker Kat Rady was recently in the slums outside Phnom Penh where AmeriCares supports Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE's home-based care program for HIV and AIDS patients as well as a mobile clinic that treats many AIDS patients.
12/01/09
AmeriCares Relief Worker Sends News from Earthquake Stricken Indonesia An AmeriCares emergency relief expert reports from his earthquake recovery efforts in Indonesia. Read more.
10/08/09
AmeriCares Emergency Relief Expert Reports from Earthquake Affected Padang, Indonesia AmeriCares Emergency Relief Manager arrived in Padang, Indonesia today to work with local doctors and provide medical aid for earthquake survivors. Please donate to help.
10/03/09
Voices from the Field: Helping Mothers in Niger Read Mariama’s story, a young woman who suffered for over 15 years from an injury she endured while delivering a baby after her marriage as a child bride. Learn more and help other women recover.
09/21/09
Voices from the Field: Louisiana and Mississippi Four Years after Katrina Here is a first hand account from Kendra Hanson, an AmeriCares relief worker, who has just returned from the field in Katrina-affected communities. Read her story.
08/27/09
Pakistan Swat Valley Crisis: Voices from the Field Beaten by the Taliban, forced from his home by war, Salem still holds onto hope that peace will return to his home in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Read his story.
08/24/09
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
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