Respond to Emergencies
From hurricanes to forced displacement in conflict situations, our Charity Alliance members have the capacity to act swiftly in the wake of natural disasters and humanitarian crises around the world. Leading response organizations, including Americares, Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, and Save the Children, are vital to response efforts. Their teams work on the ground to erect temporary shelters, deliver emergency medical supplies, protect children and others who need special assistance, ensure access to basic resources, and maintain sanitary conditions. They also have established programs in place to help affected individuals and communities attain long-term stability.
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Communities across the Caribbean are facing a humanitarian crisis. In late October, Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as one of the strongest storms in recorded history before tearing through Haiti, Cuba, and neighboring nations. Dozens have lost their lives, with thousands displaced and entire towns left without essentials like food, clean water, shelter, and electricity. Flooding, destroyed infrastructure, and ongoing power outages are making relief efforts urgent and complex.
But you can help. Our Charity Alliance members are on the ground, responding to the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities with life-saving care and critical supplies.
Your donation to the Hurricane Melissa Disaster Relief Fund will directly support trusted charities providing:
- Immediate relief: Distributing medicines, hygiene kits, food, field medic packs, cleaning supplies, power sources, potable water, and mental health and psychosocial support.
- Long-term recovery: Rebuilding essential infrastructure and childcare facilities, providing ongoing mental health services for survivors and responders, restoring livelihoods, and strengthening economic recovery efforts.
When donations exceed the immediate needs of our partners responding to Melissa, funds will be directed to our Emergency Relief Fund, ensuring flexible, rapid support for families and communities facing urgent humanitarian crises worldwide.
Together, we can bring relief, restore hope, and help communities rebuild stronger than before.
As the crisis rapidly evolves, here’s what some of our charity partners are doing now to respond.
Americares – mobilizing an emergency response across the Caribbean, including preparations to deploy an assessment team to Jamaica to identify urgent health needs and support local responders, as well as assessing immediate needs alongside trusted local partners in Haiti.
CARE – responding in Jamaica, with plans in place for Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas, focusing on rapid aid delivery and supporting communities to rebuild with dignity.
ChildFund International– activating emergency support with trusted partners in Jamaica to deliver shelter, clean water, and other critical supplies to vulnerable children and families. Committed to protection before, during, and after emergencies.
Direct Relief – prepositioned 11 Hurricane Preparedness Packs across the Caribbean and at the UN Humanitarian Response Depot in Panama, each containing over 200 essential items to support care for 1,000 patients for 30 days. Also dispatched Emergency Medical Backpacks and hygiene kits with partners in hurricane-prone countries.
Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) – distributed MannaPack® meals ahead of the hurricane and continues to use them for recovery efforts in communication with partners across Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
Food For The Poor – activating full emergency operations across its Coconut Creek headquarters and Jamaica, delivering pre-positioned aid immediately after the storm and operating its warehouse to distribute food, water, hygiene kits, and shelter materials. Air shipments will deploy as soon as operations resume in Kingston, while two marine containers are being prepared to depart from Florida within 48 hours. Additional aid is en route with thousands of hygiene kits, bedding, tarps, and school supplies.
Hope for Haiti – focusing on long-term support for communities in Haiti’s southern region, including health care support and medicine distributions at Les Cayes clinic and mobile clinics and assessing damage and needs.
International Medical Corps – sending an emergency response team to the island to assess conditions and distribute supplies, working closely with the Ministry of Health and other local partners.
International Relief Teams – sending food, clean water, emergency medicine packs, tarps, and hygiene kits.
MAP International – sending 20,000 Disaster Health Kits through trusted local partners, with another 10,000 kits ready to ship, containing essential hygiene items like soap and first aid supplies, along with basic medicines to help families stay healthy when clean water and shelter are scarce.
Matthew 25: Ministries – shipping essential supplies to Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad to empower local partners, both pre-positioned ahead of time and ready to ship when conditions allow. Standing ready with doctors, nurses, and team members to provide on-the-ground support as needed.
Mercy Corps – assessing immediate needs including safe water, shelter materials, and emergency cash assistance in partnership with trusted local organizations to coordinate resources, provide technical and logistical support, and mobilize funding to scale impact efficiently. Supported communities with accurate information on evacuation routes and safe water practices and pre-positioned supplies like clean water, solar power, emergency communications, and critical relief items ahead of landfall.
Outright International – raising emergency funds to send directly to trusted local LGBTIQ partners in Jamaica providing food, clean water, medicine, and safe shelter.
Project HOPE – coordinating with local officials and conducting rapid needs assessments on the ground in affected areas.
Rise Against Hunger – preparing two containers of meals, over-the-counter medicine, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and feminine hygiene products for shipment to partners in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Save the Children – prioritizing support for children and families through the distribution of essential items, emergency cash assistance, and mental health support and working to restore access to education so children can continue learning despite the crisis.
Salvation Army World Service Office – responding with emergency food, clean water, and shelter to displaced families.
World Food Program USA – working with the government of Jamaica to pre-position mobile warehouses, generators, and other logistics assets, as well as airlifting 2,000 emergency food kits, enough to assist around 6,000 people for 10 days.
World Relief – equipping local partners and staff in Haiti to manage the impacts, beginning with funds and kits for 300 households in Haiti affected by flooding and high winds.
World Vision – supporting disaster relief efforts in Haiti, ready to assist 4,000 households with food, clean water, hygiene kits, and shelter materials. In Jamaica, six warehouses have essential supplies ready to deploy, including flood buckets, generators, hygiene kits, tarps, and other emergency items.
In October 2025, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal, pausing hostilities after two years of violence in the region—the first step in a long journey towards recovery and, hopefully, peace. With news of the ceasefire, charities on the ground are prepared to dramatically scale their operations, delivering aid or prepositioning it to go when blockades are lifted.
During the past two years, over 69,000 Gazans have been killed, cities and hospitals have been destroyed, and thousands of hostages and detainees have been taken from their families. Our Charity Alliance members with a long-term presence in the region have been responding to civilians in need in both Gaza and Israel under these impossible circumstances. In Gaza, experts say a humanitarian disaster is unfolding as aid blockades have left thousands without food and medical care.
While the ceasefire agreement is fragile, more aid is expected to be allowed into Gaza as it is negotiated, providing some measure of relief to thousands in desperate need. Donate now to ensure charities can meet this crisis as blockades are lifted and deliver aid where it’s needed most.
As the conflict changes moment by moment, here’s what some of our partners in the region are working on right now.
When disasters strike and communities are left reeling, your empathy and generosity can make a world of difference. Give to the Emergency Relief Fund to provide immediate relief to those facing the most urgent needs, wherever they may be.
With a focus on emergency humanitarian aid, this fund ensures that your contributions are allocated where they can have the greatest impact. Your donation helps leading international charities provide essential supplies, shelter, medical care, and other life-saving assistance to those affected by crises of all kinds, from natural disasters to conflicts and beyond.
Your support to the Emergency Relief Fund is more than a donation; it’s a lifeline to those in desperate need. Together, we can bring hope to the darkest of times and make a difference in the lives of those facing unimaginable challenges. Join us in our mission to provide relief, restore dignity, and ignite hope in the hearts of those in crisis.