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Armenia: AmeriCares Medical Aid and Humanitarian Relief

In Armenia, 60% of the population lacks access to essential medicines, and almost one out of three people live in extreme poverty. Many survive on $2 or less per day – making it even harder to provide care for the sick and injured. AmeriCares recent work in Armenia has largely been focused on delivering basic medicines and medical supplies.

Progress in Armenia's health sector has been difficult due to ongoing conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan and the displacement of its communities due to the violence. At present, health conditions requiring more advanced levels of care — including heart disease, stroke and diabetes — are becoming major concerns. Economic hardships stemming from natural disasters, including the 1988 Spitak earthquake and droughts in 2000 and 2001, also contribute to the poor state of Armenia’s health system.

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Emergency Aid and Disaster Relief   

AmeriCares started working in Armenia in December 1988, when the devastating Spitak Earthquake struck. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake killed 25,000 people and left 500,000 others homeless. As the first humanitarian aid group to respond to the earthquake, AmeriCares sent an airlift within 24 hours of the catastrophe.

Over the next year, AmeriCares delivered six additional airlifts bringing the total amount of relief delivered to $13 million. In addition, AmeriCares established a surgical unit and a prosthetics clinic to treat the victims; and dozens of earthquake survivors were brought to the United States for specialized surgeries not available in their own country.

Medical and Humanitarian Aid  

AmeriCares supports health care facilities that serve approximately 85% of Armenia's 3 million people. The donated medicines and medical supplies have been distributed to hospitals, health clinics, orphanages and other programs across the country.

In the last two years, AmeriCares delivered 30 shipments to our partner, the United Armenia Fund (UAF) carrying medicines and supplies worth more than $20 million. AmeriCares has partnered with the UAF since 1992. Working closely with the Armenian Ministry of Health (MOH), UAF distributes medical aid to health care facilities throughout the country.

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AmeriCares is approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (C) (3) tax-exempt organization, and all donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. AmeriCares Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 061008595.