Natural disasters, poverty, disease, and war impact millions around the world. Americares provides disaster preparedness, medical aid, disaster relief and recovery.
In vulnerable regions, we pre-position emergency medical supplies, help communities reduce risk and prepare for disaster while training health care providers. More
In the first hours, our emergency team sets in motion a disaster relief operation uniquely suited for the crisis and conditions on the ground. More
We may stay in country for months and years, rebuilding hospitals and clinics and addressing targeted health needs of the community and restoring health care access. More
The past year and more have highlighted the increasing frequency and severity of overlapping crises – driven by extreme weather events, the worst earthquake in nearly a century in Türkiye and Syria and the War in Ukraine. This trend has had a devastating impact on health, particularly among groups vulnerable to disasters, as communities have struggled to rebuild from concurrent and consecutive events. Scroll down to find out more about the places and people that have confronted crisis – past and present.
Past Emergency
Americares responded to the deadliest and largest wildfires in California history. Three different fires killed more than 80, left hundreds…
Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a life-threatening Category 5 storm, delivering a catastrophic impact with peak…
Americares is responding to the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that generated a deadly tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The earthquake…
Americares responded to Hurricane Florence, a dangerous storm bringing a life-threatening storm surge, massive inland rainfall and catastrophic…
Active Emergency
Americares has set up clinics in towns near the Colombia border or where Venezuelans have settled to meet the critical primary health care needs of migrants fleeing the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
The Facts 51+ inches of U.S. record rainfall from a tropical storm– flooded an area…
As Hurricane Maria smashed into Puerto Rico, Dominica and other Caribbean islands, Americares emergency experts responded immediately to this…
Americares deployed emergency response experts to assist in relief efforts for communities in the path of Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful…
Americares is supporting the recovery from Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Texas communities with 130 mph winds, torrential rains and historic…
In Yemen, Americares has provided six shipments of medicines and supplies to four partners since the crisis became acute in April 2017, supporting…
Americares responded to Hurricane Matthew’s deadly path through Haiti and other Caribbean nations and along the southeast coast of the U.S.,.
Following Ecuador’s deadliest earthquake in decades, Americares emergency team deployed, built a supply chain of medicine and medical supplies…