January 14, 2019
By Alexia Suarez and Ivelisse Morales,
Even before Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the island’s mental health was fragile, and available services were not enough to meet the island’s…
May 29, 2018
In an effort to improve the treatment and management of high blood pressure in free clinic patients, Americares collaborated with the University…
April 24, 2018
By Ian Speers, Africa Fellow, Americares International Programs
While there are many other factors that also need to be addressed for delivering at a facility to be a feasible option, encouraging communities…
October 11, 2017
By Jed Selkowitz, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Americares
Part 3 of the Liberian Journey and the work to rebuild a health system.
September 03, 2017
Our first glimpse of Buchanan is the next morning when we set out on the drive to our clinic in Zondo Town, which is a district in rural Grand…
August 23, 2017
The countdown is on for our trip to Liberia to capture in-depth stories of Americares work there. What began as a response to the Ebola crisis…
August 30, 2016
By Kate Dischino, VP, Emergency Programs, Americares
Kate Dischino, AmeriCares Director of Emergency Response, just returned from the greater Baton Rouge area where she assessed needs following…
August 08, 2016
By Dr. Julie Varughese, M.D., Americares Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Technical Unit
Dr. Varughese brings us up to date on our current understanding of the Zika virus and AmeriCares continued efforts to help underserved populations…
July 19, 2016
By Americares Staff,
A shipment of critical relief supplies, including water purifiers, arrived for survivors of the 7.8 magnitude Ecuador Earthquake. Fernando Bendek,…
June 24, 2016
By Lindsay O’Brien, VP of U.S. Programs and Partnerships at Americares
In one morning alone, 107 men living outside St. Mary’s Dining Room (a full health and social services agency near San Francisco) had come to…
May 06, 2016
On Thursday, April 28, in the midst of destruction, AmeriCares partnered with the Canoa Ministry of Health to provide a warm, safe environment…
April 27, 2016
Our Emergency Response Director shares her personal view from ground level in Ecuador in the first days after the worst earthquake in decades…
April 01, 2016
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Southern California, serves as an example of successful integration between primary care and mental health…
March 21, 2016
This month, Lindsay O’Brien paid a visit to the University of Miami’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic (UMPMC)
March 07, 2016
By Dr. E. Anne Peterson, SVP of Global Programs, Americares
To best serve women and children in crisis zones, we need to ask them what’s really happening. As responders, we need to listen, then act.
November 05, 2015
By Sal Migliaccio, Senior Associate, U.S. Programs
One specific area of human health which goes largely unnoticed is the lack of affordable high quality dental care for those people who do not…
September 27, 2015
The events of Hurricane Katrina inspired my career in nonprofit emergency management. My experiences on the Gulf Coast following the storm, and…
September 01, 2015
By Ramona Bajema, Japan Program, Former Manager, Recovery Programs, Americares
Greetings from Japan! Over the last few weeks, I have met with over 20 different local partners to see the status of past and present projects…
August 04, 2015
How many of us have given a quick “no” at the end of an appointment when asked, “Do you have any questions for me?” Whether it’s because we’re…
June 04, 2015
An AmeriCares team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, just 48 hours after the April 25 earthquake. AmeriCares teams have been holding mobile health…
June 01, 2015
May 27, 2015
The monsoons are coming, and everyone is trying to get tents to protect people, clinic spaces and medical supplies. Tents are coming from the…
May 22, 2015
By Alex Ostasiewicz, Former Multimedia Manager, Americares
Despite the difficult circumstances, we were welcomed warmly: AmeriCares was the first aid organization to reach this village in the six days…
May 05, 2015
As AmeriCares teams travel to earthquake-affected communities in Nepal, the general mood among survivors is one of uncertainty. The occasional…
December 18, 2014
By Dr. Majid Sadigh, MD, Volunteer Medical Doctor, Liberia
Seven or more health care workers, including two workers whose sole responsibility is spraying 0.5% chlorine to maintain control of infectious…
December 14, 2014
We had three more lives lost overnight and two more since early morning. The more stable patients or those in the recovery phase sit outside,…
October 21, 2014
By Garrett Ingoglia, Former VP of Emergency Response, Americares
Liberians were already struggling with the everyday grind of poverty and the devastation of the recent civil war when the Ebola epidemic struck….
September 08, 2014
By Elikem Archer, Former Senior Director of Africa and Middle East Partnerships, Americares
The news that the lead doctor treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone was the latest casualty of the crisis brought me to tears.
July 03, 2014
By Christina Newport, Associate Director, U.S. Medical Assistance Program
Can a simple change in the delivery of care impact patients’ health? As I opened the door to the Martin Luther King (MLK) Health Center in Shreveport,…
May 09, 2014
A journey that begins at birth and with a mother having the access to the health services needed to take him home healthy after delivery. That…
AmeriCares comprehensive response to Typhoon Haiyan began before the storm with deliveries of emergency medical kits. Throughout the response,…
January 30, 2014
On November 12, four days after Typhoon Haiyan, I was on a plane to the Philippines. Our emergency response team had tracked the typhoon for…
January 28, 2014
By Bret McEvoy, Emergency response expert
After some time at the Mactan Air Base, Americares Staff flew to Tacloban then drove about 10 miles south to Tanauan, Leyte, where we met up…
January 23, 2014
By Americares Haiti Team, Regional Office
January 12, 2014 marked the fourth anniversary of a day that will forever be etched in the memory of Haitians — the devastating earthquake that…
December 09, 2013
In El Salvador, TOMS Giving Partner AmeriCares distributes new TOMS Shoes to children to add value to their work, particularly in promoting good…
By Dimitriy Popov, Associate Director, Eurasia Partnerships
AmeriCares has been donating medicines to Uzbekistan since 1997. On my last visit, I met a patient who was memorable for his gratitude…
October 28, 2013
By Hannah Bildahl, Relief Worker, Americares
Before Hurricane Sandy struck, I went to my house one last time to check that I hadn’t left anything behind. Suddenly my friend Sarah yelled,…
October 20, 2013
By Nenette Motus, Partner and Guest Blogger
A gray-haired 72-year old woman from Barangay Tabok, Pontevedra in her bermuda shorts, blue T-shirt and blue hat slowly makes her way into the…
July 22, 2013
The suffering continues for countless families in the aftermath of a massive flood disaster in Uttarakhand, India. Garrett Ingoglia, AmeriCares…
July 19, 2013
On Monday, May 20, I was preparing a shipment of tetanus vaccine for an Oklahoma town struck by a tornado a day earlier when our team received…
May 23, 2013
Less than 24 hours after a monstrous EF-5 tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs, our relief team arrived in the hard-hit…
March 19, 2013
On March 7, 2013, six residents of the Group Home Momiji and their family members gathered to celebrate the opening of their new Ofunato home,…
February 14, 2013
After Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast, AmeriCares relief teams were in the field assessing the needs of clinics and aid distribution centers…
January 16, 2013
By Riaz Khalil, Consultant, Relief Programs at Americares
2012 marked the third consecutive year that Pakistan has been inundated by crisis-level flooding. Since the floods struck in 2010, AmeriCares…
January 07, 2013
By Sarah Anders, Former Communications associate at AmeriCares.
Still, three years after the earthquake, Haiti’s health infrastructure requires profound rebuilding — and strengthening so that it comes back…
December 07, 2012
Dmitriy Popov and Madeleine Rowan were part of the AmeriCares relief team working in Staten Island in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy. Below,…
November 21, 2012
My colleague Alex and I visited a group of doctors in Coney Island who have been bringing water and medicines in backpacks up the stairwells…
November 15, 2012
When Sandy hit the Rockaways, sea water converged from both sides of the peninsula, surging into basements and living rooms in this beachside…
November 14, 2012
AmeriCares deployed teams of Hurricane Sandy relief workers throughout the tri-state area to assess needs and deliver medical aid, water, relief…
November 08, 2012
AmeriCares has deployed Hurricane Sandy relief teams to hard-hit communities throughout the tri-state area to fill urgent needs for medical aid…
November 05, 2012
AmeriCares is marshalling all of our resources to support survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Since the storm hit on October 29, we have been working…
July 23, 2012
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the height of storm activity typically occurring in August and September….
June 27, 2012
In April, 2011 a series of deadly tornadoes struck the South, Midwest, and Eastern U.S., claiming hundreds of lives and destroying thousands…
June 25, 2012
Part 2: The worst damage from violent March 2012 tornadoes in Kentucky was centered in the eastern Appalachian foothills. AmeriCares focused…
May 21, 2012
Part 1: The worst damage from violent March 2012 tornadoes in Kentucky was centered in the eastern Appalachian foothills. AmeriCares focused…
April 26, 2012
When AmeriCares launched its 2011 U.S. Disaster Recovery Grants initiative, emergency response director, Garrett Ingoglia, conducted site visits…
March 10, 2012
On a recent trip to our office in Japan, AmeriCares Communications Director, Leslie Gianelli, visited Ogatsu, a once-thriving coastal town transformed…
March 02, 2012
In August, 2011, AmeriCares opened an office in Sendai to oversee the distribution of long-term aid focusing on restoring access to health services,…
Every community in coastal Japan has its own stories – stories of loss, of survival, of hope. On a recent visit to Japan, Leslie Gianelli, AmeriCares…
February 09, 2012
Tens of thousands of families in remote villages of Pakistan lost everything in the devastating July 2010 floods, and more than one year later,…
More than 5 million people are struggling to survive in the wake of a new wave of severe flooding in southern Pakistan, including many families…
January 19, 2012
Ramona’s reflections after visiting the radiation-affected communities of Shinchi-machi and Soma City on the second, third and fourth day of…
January 18, 2012
In January, 2012, Ramona Bajema and Kyoko Sakurai traveled to the coastline of Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures – Yamamoto-cho, Shinchi-machi,…
January 04, 2012
By Donna Porstner, Director of Media Relations, Americares
AmeriCares Communications Manager Donna Porstner was recently in Haiti visiting some of the 100-plus hospitals and clinics AmeriCares has supported…