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Climate Resilience
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Americares helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day.
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Relief items delivered to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Meet 14 Nonprofits Advancing Disaster Preparedness and Response

When disaster strikes, there isn’t time to wait for donations to come in before a response is launched. Nonprofits like our Charity Alliance partners can mobilize within hours of a disaster because they’ve spent months preparing for the unexpected. They often have teams, partners, supplies, and response plans in place long before a hurricane makes landfall, an earthquake hits, or a wildfire spreads.  That’s why giving before a disaster is so important. Your donation helps relief organizations stay ready year-round so that they can respond to crises immediately. Our partners highlighted below bring decades of experience helping people through some of their most difficult moments. Their work shows the power of proactive giving, making it possible to deliver aid...
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Charity Photos

  • Title: Clean Water Project in Somalia
  • Charity: Americares
  • Country: Somalia
  • Photo Credit: Americares

  • Title: Americares staff at Americares Family Clinic in El Salvador 
  • Charity: Americares 
  • Country: El Salvador 
  • Photo Credit: Jeff Kennel

  • Title: Americares Emergency Shipment Prep
  • Charity: Americares
  • Country: USA
  • Photo Credit: Americares

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Charity Impact

AMERICARES: This Ambulance Crosses Borders When Its Patients Cannot
For most transgender women in Ukraine, there is no way to cross the border to Poland or other countries: Their formal documents identify them as men, so the government prohibits them from leaving the country. But, with Americares help, this group does receive specialized health care – from an ambulance that brings LGBTQ+ care to Lviv. “Since they cannot come to us, we decided to send our ambulance with paramedics and a nurse to deliver medical help to Lviv, Ukraine,” says Anna Szymkowiak, the transgender leader of Acceptance Foundation, Americares Poland-based partner, which owns and operates the ambulance. Americares first supported Acceptance Foundation in 2022, when Acceptance used the ambulance to evacuate people who needed medical care during transport from Ukraine – their only route to safety. In Poznań, Poland, the ambulance serves as a mobile health center for refugees staying in temporary residences, such as hotels. The clinic operated...
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