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
The World Health Organization first declared an international public health emergency on February 1, 2016 because of a suspected link between…
On April 25, 2015, the worst earthquake in 80 years rocked Nepal, caused buildings to collapse, set off avalanches on Mount Everest and catapulted…
To help restore access to health care for families affected by the violence in the Central African Republic, Americares shipped emergency medical…
On November 8, 2013, super Typhoon Haiyan – possibly the most powerful storm ever recorded—dealt a massive blow to the Philippines. Within 72…
Our response team deployed to a country torn by ethnic strife to ensure that emergency aid reached partners in areas with the most urgent needs…
In December 2013 the first death from Ebola set in motion an international public health emergency that infected nearly 27,000 people and killed…
Famine in the Horn of Africa, affected 13 million people in a region ravaged by drought, poverty and conflict. In Somalia tens of thousands of…
Americares responded immediately to Hurricane Sandy, dispatching teams of relief workers to hard-hit areas, sending aid shipments, providing…
Within hours of the triple disaster, Americares mobilized a large-scale emergency response, with shipments of medical and humanitarian aid that…
Active Emergency
The brutal civil war in Syria created one of the world’s most challenging humanitarian crises. Americares has been supporting health care services…
On January 12, 2010, a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas in Haiti, killing more than 230,000…
When Hurricane Katrina struck, inundating the city of New Orleans and leaving so much of the Gulf Coast in ruins, AmeriCares responded — and…