Nepal

A mental health program supported by Americares gave survivors of the Nepal earthquake new ways to cope with the pain and loss after a major disaster.

AmeriCares is responding with emergency teams, coordinated relief efforts and shipments of medical aid to help survivors of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has rocked Nepal, killing thousands and sending the region into chaos.

An earthquake survivor in Nepal regains her health through a rehabilitation center built and operated by AmeriCares in partnership with the International Organization for Migration.

Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 23, 2015 — AmeriCares has $1.1 million worth of medicine headed to Nepal to restock hospitals running critically low on essential supplies. The shipment, which is expected to arrive in early January, is in response to an urgent request from the World Health Organization. AmeriCares pharmaceutical partners, including AbbVie, Fresenius Kabi, and Pfizer, generously donated products for the emergency shipment.

AmeriCares is rushing an emergency delivery of two tons of essential medicines for hospitals in Nepal running critically low on supplies due to the nationi¢â‚¬â„¢s ongoing severe fuel shortages.

AmeriCares is responding with emergency medical teams, coordinated relief efforts and shipments of medical aid to help survivors of the earthquakes that rocked Nepal, killing thousands and sending the region into chaos.

On April 25, 2015, the worst earthquake in 80 years rocked Nepal, caused buildings to collapse, set off avalanches on Mount Everest and catapulted…