Emergency Programs

Following Ecuador’s deadliest earthquake in decades, Americares emergency team deployed, built a supply chain of medicine and medical supplies…

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…

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…