Emergency Programs

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Our Emergency Response Director shares her personal view from ground level in Ecuador in the first days after the worst earthquake in decades shattered the country.

An AmeriCares team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, just 48 hours after the April 25 earthquake. AmeriCares teams have been holding mobile health clinics for survivors and traveling to rural areas with stocks of medicine and supplies, to treat survivors and assess needs at hospitals and clinics.

An AmeriCares team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, just 48 hours after the April 25 earthquake. AmeriCares teams have been holding mobile health clinics for survivors and traveling to rural areas with stocks of medicine and supplies, to treat survivors and assess needs at hospitals and clinics.

The monsoons are coming, and everyone is trying to get tents to protect people, clinic spaces and medical supplies. Tents are coming from the U.S. and India.

Despite the difficult circumstances, we were welcomed warmly: AmeriCares was the first aid organization to reach this village in the six days since the quake. After our quick look at the town, we got right to work, meeting with community leaders and making a plan for the next day.

As AmeriCares teams travel to earthquake-affected communities in Nepal, the general mood among survivors is one of uncertainty. The occasional aftershocks are not very strong, but with the weakened condition of structures, any disturbance could be dangerous.

Acting on lessons learned from previous disasters, and making Investments in disaster preparedness have real impacts. We at AmeriCares have seen the value of careful preparation demonstrated again and again. Just ask patients from snow-covered Buffalo Health Centers. They will tell you what it means.