Americares - HQ [medical aid]

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• 2024 Hurricanes Milton/Helene ArchivedJoined Sep 29, 2024
• 2013 Oklahoma Tornadoes ArchivedJoined May 23, 2013
• 2012 Hurricane Isaac ArchivedJoined Oct 29, 2012

  http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/hurricane-isaac-relief-team-helping-families-in-louisiana-and-mississippi.html

• 2012 Hurricane Sandy ArchivedJoined Oct 29, 2012

  http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/hurricane-sandy-us-disaster-preparations-intensify-1028.html

• 2011 Hurricane Irene/Tropical Storm Irene ArchivedJoined Aug 26, 2011
• 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Disasters ArchivedJoined Aug 26, 2011
• 2011 East Africa Famine ArchivedJoined Aug 26, 2011
• 2011 Mississippi Tornado ArchivedJoined May 29, 2011
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• 2011 Missouri Tornado ArchivedJoined May 29, 2011
• 2011 Spring - Tornadoes-Floods-Wind Storms ArchivedJoined May 29, 2011
• 2010 /2011 Haiti Cholera Epidemic ArchivedJoined May 29, 2011
• 2010 Haiti Earthquake ArchivedJoined May 29, 2011
• 2005 Hurricane Katrina ArchivedJoined Jan 27, 2008
• 2007 South Mexico Floods ArchivedJoined Nov 21, 2007

  In the fall, Mexico experienced one of the worst natural disasters in its history. Heavy rains flooded three rivers surrounding the town of Villahermosa in the southern state of Tabasco forcing hu...

• 2007 Tropical Cyclone Sidr ArchivedJoined Nov 21, 2007

  AmeriCares relief team has arrived in Bangladesh and is working with our partners to evaluate the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. One emergency shipment of medicines and supplies has been sent from...

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Clearinghouse for medical supplies. You must apply. See
their website for more info. They also operate free medical clinics in Connecticut.
see www.americaresfreemedicalclinics.org 88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT USA 06902 From their website: From where do our relief supplies come?
AmeriCares receives donations of medicines, medical supplies
and other relief materials from some of the nation's most
highly respected pharmaceutical companies as well as other
corporations. Two warehouses, one each in the U.S. and Europe,
store materials and make them available for immediate shipment.
The warehouses are constantly being restocked with products
that are continually shipped by sea and by air around the world. Corporate Partners * Abbott Laboratories. One of our most loyal supporters, Abbott
has generously donated over $400 million of product to AmeriCares,
providing life saving aid to people in over 100 countries. * AmerisourceBergen In the aftermath of the tsunami
AmerisourceBergen mobilized its 14,000 employees across the country
and from 17 AmerisourceBergen warehouses throughout the U.S,
donated more than $1 million worth of antibiotics, antivirals
and antimalarials to AmeriCares. * AstraZeneca is donating medicines. Following Katrina, many
survivors in the Gulf Coast area with chronic health problems
had difficulties accessing their prescriptions or refilling
their medications. * Becton, Dickinson & Company...syringes and needles. * Bristol-Myers Squibb, BMS has provided AmeriCares with more
than $200 million of critical medicines for over 60 countries. * Esprit Pharma focuses on specialty therapeutics for both
urology and women's health care. The company's first donation
consists of an important and useful antibiotic, ProQuin? XR
that has a unique delivery of ciprofloxacin. * Henry Schein, Inc. Medical Supplies * Nestl頗aters North America. When devastating hurricanes
hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August and again in September 2005,
AmeriCares turned to Nestl頠Waters with urgent requests.
Nestl頗aters?s contributions of Bottled Water, valued at more
than $38,000, helped AmeriCares bring vital relief to survivors
in the affected areas. When a disaster strikes, AmeriCares relief experts assemble a
needs list from the affected area. That list is matched against
the warehouse inventory and if further provisions are needed,
staff members contact corporate donors for the additional
supplies. Over the years, more than 1,000 corporate donors
have partnered with AmeriCares to provide life-saving aid in
the form of medicines, vitamins, surgical and hospital equipment,
blankets, milk products, food, disaster relief supplies, water
purifiers, tents, vaccines and diapers. AmeriCares places a huge premium on accurately monitoring the
distribution of all of our shipments. We have the know-how and
expertise to respond responsibly and efficiently to all disasters.
Strong relationships are maintained with highly capable and
qualified people and organizations in countries around the world
that provide accurate information and effective logistical
support. There is continual contact with indigenous health care
providers in many countries to ensure that the relief supplies
are used responsibly. Over the years, invaluable experience has
been gained in moving large quantities of medicine safely to areas
where transportation is poor and the political situation unstable.
Our world-renowned reputation for accountability has long since
earned the confidence of the pharmaceutical and medical supply
industries, in addition to our many financial supporters. AmeriCares is consistently one of the first humanitarian
organizations to respond to worldwide disasters with urgently
needed medical supplies. Our ability to respond quickly would
not be possible without the generous contributions, both financial
and in-kind, of many donors, especially our corporate partners. The AmeriCares humanitarian lifeline to the world extends across
the globe every day. It also touches lives in the United States,
reaching out to the uninsured through AmeriCares Free Clinics; to
those in need of home repair through AmeriCares HomeFront; and to
children infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, through Camp
AmeriKids. It is the compassionate concern shown by all in the AmeriCares
community?employees, financial and in-kind donors, local partners
and thousands of committed volunteers?that enables AmeriCares to
help millions of people around the world. AmeriCares is an international relief organization whose passion
to help is matched by an ability to deliver. Whether it's an epic
disaster or a daily struggle, AmeriCares goes to extraordinary
lengths to ensure that medicines, medical supplies and aid reaches
individuals in need wherever they are, whenever they need it.
In a quarter of a century, we have delivered more than $6 billion
of aid to 137 countries. AmeriCares is an I.R.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
organization. The AmeriCares Model
For over two decades, the success of AmeriCares has been
characterized by timely response, meaningful impact, high integrity
and intense passion for the work. To deliver medicine, relief
supplies and health care to the needy, AmeriCares has developed a
platform based on strategic partnerships, high-efficiency and
tight auditing procedures. Since its founding, AmeriCares has provided more than $6 billion
of aid to 137 countries. To accomplish these results, AmeriCares
assembles product donations from the private sector, determines
the most urgent needs and solicits the funding to send the aid
via airlift or ocean cargo to health and welfare professionals
in the indigent locations. On the ground, AmeriCares works with international and local
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's), hospitals, health networks
and government ministries of long-standing effectiveness such as
the Order of Malta, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity,
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, HOPE
Worldwide, Project Mercy, Centres pour le D鶥loppement et la
Sant頡nd Help The Afghan Children. Two warehouses, one each in the U.S. and Europe, serve as assembly
centers for inventory. In some instances, where products such as medicines or medical
supplies are not available through conventional channels and the
need is critical, AmeriCares applies funds for direct purchases. Uncompromising security procedures assure that the assistance is
distributed to the designated beneficiaries and not diverted-for
example, all-inclusive tracking of medicine by lot number and
thorough follow-ups. The model is time-tested, cost-effective and experience-driven.
Historically, auditing discloses that each $100 in cash
contributions enables AmeriCares to deliver more than $3,000 in
emergency relief, including medicines, medical supplies,
clothing, footwear, blankets and nutritional supplements.

Fee for service

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Service

Temporary

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