Jordan

Since 2005, AmeriCares began providing ongoing aid to our in-country partner American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA). AmeriCares sends regular shipments of medicines and medical supplies to ANERA. ANERA works closely with the Jordanian Red Crescent and the Jordan Ministry of Health, both of which run health programs throughout the country, including a large hospital in Amman.  

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, and sparked the Gulf War, thousands of people fled their homes in Kuwait and sought refuge in Jordan. AmeriCares responded by delivering three airlifts of supplies carrying non-perishable foods, water, juices, medicines, blankets, bedding materials, soap and other supplies needed to maintain overburdened refugee camps. AmeriCares' aid was distributed through the Ministry of Health and the Jordanian Red Crescent Society to refugees at camps in Azraq, Ruweyshed and Amman as well as to the border camps Shalan One, Two and Three.