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Even before Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm on September 26, Americares had launched a response. Before the storm, Americares emergency experts reached out to more than 360 partner clinics with offers of assistance, and in the days that followed, they shipped more than 16 tons of medicine and medical supplies, installed water purification systems, and deployed a mobile medical unit and mental health teams to restore health services and address trauma and loss from the storm. This rapid response was made possible through the support of corporate partners in the Americares Emergency...
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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...
