AmeriCares emergency response team is has been deployed to Oklahoma is to assess urgent needs and coordinate deliveries of medical and emergency aid.

XANGO has partnered with AmeriCares to deliver meal packs where they are most needed, in countries with high levels of malnutrition, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Somalia, Malawi, Mexico, Nicaragua and the Philippines.

AmeriCares is preparing an emergency medical aid shipment for survivors of last week’s devastating building collapse in Bangladesh. The global health and disaster relief organization is sending 3,000 pounds of medicines and supplies to the National Institute for Trauma and Orthopedic Rehabilitation in Savar, one of the major hospitals treating the injured.

The volunteer medical team that operates an annual free surgical camp in Khammom, India is one of hundreds of teams that travel to impoverished communities worldwide each year supported with medicines and supplies donated by AmeriCares Medical Outreach Program.

In India, AmeriCares has launched a Health Worker Safety Initiative, providing vaccinations, medical supplies, safety education and emergency preparedness training for doctors, nurses and health workers at hospitals and clinics.

National Volunteer Week shines a well-deserved spotlight on the crucial work of the dedicated volunteers at AmeriCares.

As part of a global effort to reduce micronutrient deficiency and increase child survival rates, AmeriCares and Vitamin Angels have launched a partnership to provide donated high-dose Vitamin A to select health care institutions serving children at risk.

AmeriCares has responded to the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan with emergency aid to help 44,000 people suffering from serious infections, malaria, pain and disease.