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Bleak landscape of Bahai; Sudanese refugees scattered across Chad. Photo: Matt McDermott
Makeshift shelters scatter the desert landscape. Photo: Matt McDermott
Three-generations of Sudanese women together endure harsh conditions together. Photo: Matt McDermott
A crowd waits hours for the distribution of food. Photo: Matt McDermott
The long trek to get water often falls to the children. Photo: Matt McDermott
Two sisters crouch to find shade in the shadow of their makeshift home. Photo: Matt McDermott
A string of twine serves as her only toy. Photo: Matt McDermott
Women walk kilometers to retrieve dirty water from one of the scant wells. Photo: Matt McDermott
AmeriCares relief worker observes the sampling of newly purified water. Photo: Cassie Mannix
Donkeys help to carry precious water for the three-hour trek across the desert. Photo: Matt McDermott
An ill child seeks relief on her grandmother's lap. Photo: Matt McDermott
A donkey dies under the heat of an unyielding sun. Photo: Matt McDermott
Boys forget the harsh conditions and mug for the camera. Photo: Matt McDermott
A mother provides relief for her dehydrated child with water purified by AmeriCares distributed products. Photo: Matt McDermott
A young girl cares for her baby sister. Photo: Matt McDermott
Women and children huddle in front of makeshift shelter. Photo: Matt McDermott
Mother with children in their temporary shelter. Photo: Matt McDermott
Women and children wait patiently for care at the health clinic. Photo: Matt McDermott
Refugee children, many of whom have witnessed the brutal slaughtering of family members. Photo: Matt McDermott
Since AmeriCares first airlift to Darfur, Sudan four years ago, more than 152 tons of medicines and medical supplies valued at over $2 million have provided access to critical health care to those displaced by the ongoing violence.
AmeriCares continues its commitment to restoring health to the refugee population and is planning its 10th emergency airlift into West Darfur in early 2008.
As the conflict rages, Sudanese people seek safety in neighboring Chad, where refugee camps quickly become overcrowded, increasing the need for international aid and assistance. AmeriCares responds by sending additional emergency airlifts to help the refugee populations in both countries.
AmeriCares is the only relief organization sending medicines directly into West Darfur. In many of the camp health care clinics, virtually all the prescriptions have been filled with medicines provided by AmeriCares. The critical medications and essential medical supplies AmeriCares delivers helps hundreds of thousands of men, women and children throughout North, South and West Darfur.
AmeriCares first emergency airlift into Darfur in 2004 included more than 72,000 pounds of critical medicines and essential supplies, enabling humanitarian aid workers to provide health care to those most affected. AmeriCares is planning its tenth airlift to assist the refugee population in West Darfur, Sudan.
