notes: FROM RELIEF WEB: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti Source: AmeriCares Foundation Date: 31 Oct 2010 As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares has landed an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases, AmeriCares quickly assembled and rushed an airlift to Haiti to meet acute needs for more people stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies in the emergency shipment were successfully unloaded and delivered by our Haiti team to our Port-au-Prince warehouse for distribution to our partners; supplies included IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children." In a country plagued by tragedy, more than 330 people have died and over 4,700 people have been hospitalized due to the outbreak. Concentrated in Haiti's Artibonite region, north of Port-au-Prince, health officials are on high alert and are working hard to stop the disease that spreads through water and food contaminated by human waste. Several people in Port-au-Prince have been diagnosed, but it is suspected they were exposed to cholera in the Artibonite. They have been isolated and are being closely monitored. "People infected with cholera can rapidly lose body fluids and become dangerously dehydrated," said Dr. Frank Bia, AmeriCares Medical Director and expert in infectious diseases. "Without treatment, people can go into shock from low blood pressure or die. In the most severe cases, patients may die within hours of becoming infected." When news of the outbreak first emerged, AmeriCares began delivering critical medical aid to combat cholera to healthcare providers on the front lines in the Artibonite valley and Port-au-Prince within 24 hours. As part of AmeriCares emergency preparedness plans in Haiti, oral and IV rehydration solutions, antibiotics and other essential medical supplies were already in our Port-au-Prince warehouse. AmeriCares will also send a sea shipment to provide additional needed items for the cholera epidemic should the epidemic spread and worsen and to replenish emergency supplies. AmeriCares has already delivered over $30 million in aid to Haiti to help survivors of the devastating January 2010 earthquake. AmeriCares has been working in Haiti since 1984, delivering medicines and supplies to health care providers throughout the country. Those deep roots have enabled our emergency response team to navigate the challenging environment and overcome transportation issues in order to increase access to medicines for the Haitian people in both rural and urban areas. ================================================== FROM THE WEBSITE: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti October 25, 2010 http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/haiti-cholera-outbreak-relief-airlift.html ... As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares is readying an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases and fatalities, AmeriCares is sending an airlift to meet acute needs for men, women and children stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies being readied for the shipment include IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children." -> FROM RELIEF WEB: As Cholera Spreads Quickly in Haiti AmeriCares Responds With More Aid Source: AmeriCares Foundation Date: 12 Nov 2010 Additional shipments of lifesaving medicines being expedited STAMFORD, CT — AmeriCares, with its team on the ground providing medical aid since cholera was first reported, is readying additional emergency shipments of medicines to Haiti, including both an air and sea shipment, to combat the deadly disease which is spreading quickly and has now reached the capital city of Port-au-Prince. AmeriCares previous shipments carrying oral rehydration fluids, IV solutions and antibiotics are being dispatched to cholera treatment centers at a high rate as more people become sickened from the waterborne bacteria that spreads through contaminated water. AmeriCares is among the few leading aid organizations partnering with the Ministry of Health to keep cholera treatment centers provisioned. To help stop the spread of disease, AmeriCares is also delivering a water purification shipment of two million sachets that will purify 5.5 million gallons of water, enough to provide 20,000 families with safe drinking water for weeks. "Now that cholera cases are being reported in Port-au-Prince, the outbreak could easily spread to the earthquake survivor camps where more than a million people are still homeless," said Christoph Gorder, senior vice president of global programs for AmeriCares. "With little natural immunity to cholera, the Haitian people are at high risk of serious illness and death." AmeriCares relief workers have been distributing critical medicines and medical supplies from its warehouse in Port-au-Prince to health care providers on the front lines of the outbreak since October 22, when the first cases of cholera were reported in the Artibonite valley area. As part of AmeriCares emergency response and preparedness plans, antibiotics, oral rehydration solutions, IV sets and other aid were pre-positioned in its Haiti warehouse, ready to be mobilized in the event of such an outbreak. AmeriCares will continue its deliveries of medical assistance to combat this preventable but deadly disease. ------------------------------------- FROM RELIEF WEB: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti Source: AmeriCares Foundation Date: 31 Oct 2010 As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares has landed an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases, AmeriCares quickly assembled and rushed an airlift to Haiti to meet acute needs for more people stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies in the emergency shipment were successfully unloaded and delivered by our Haiti team to our Port-au-Prince warehouse for distribution to our partners; supplies included IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children." In a country plagued by tragedy, more than 330 people have died and over 4,700 people have been hospitalized due to the outbreak. Concentrated in Haiti's Artibonite region, north of Port-au-Prince, health officials are on high alert and are working hard to stop the disease that spreads through water and food contaminated by human waste. Several people in Port-au-Prince have been diagnosed, but it is suspected they were exposed to cholera in the Artibonite. They have been isolated and are being closely monitored. "People infected with cholera can rapidly lose body fluids and become dangerously dehydrated," said Dr. Frank Bia, AmeriCares Medical Director and expert in infectious diseases. "Without treatment, people can go into shock from low blood pressure or die. In the most severe cases, patients may die within hours of becoming infected." When news of the outbreak first emerged, AmeriCares began delivering critical medical aid to combat cholera to healthcare providers on the front lines in the Artibonite valley and Port-au-Prince within 24 hours. As part of AmeriCares emergency preparedness plans in Haiti, oral and IV rehydration solutions, antibiotics and other essential medical supplies were already in our Port-au-Prince warehouse. AmeriCares will also send a sea shipment to provide additional needed items for the cholera epidemic should the epidemic spread and worsen and to replenish emergency supplies. AmeriCares has already delivered over $30 million in aid to Haiti to help survivors of the devastating January 2010 earthquake. AmeriCares has been working in Haiti since 1984, delivering medicines and supplies to health care providers throughout the country. Those deep roots have enabled our emergency response team to navigate the challenging environment and overcome transportation issues in order to increase access to medicines for the Haitian people in both rural and urban areas. ================================================== FROM THE WEBSITE: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti October 25, 2010 http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/haiti-cholera-outbreak-relief-airlift.html ... As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares is readying an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases and fatalities, AmeriCares is sending an airlift to meet acute needs for men, women and children stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies being readied for the shipment include IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children."

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti October 25, 2010 http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/haiti-cholera-outbreak-relief-airlift.html ... As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares is readying an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases and fatalities, AmeriCares is sending an airlift to meet acute needs for men, women and children stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies being readied for the shipment include IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children." ... === One Month After the Haiti Earthquake, AmeriCares Relief Still Desperately Needed 02/12/10 One month ago today, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti taking at least 200,000 lives, injuring 300,000 and leaving over one million men, women and children homeless. Within days of the disaster, AmeriCares delivered an emergency airlift of medical relief to the battered Port-au-Prince airport. With the help of AmeriCares disaster relief experts who were already on the ground, nearly $14 million in lifesaving aid has been delivered to help Haitian earthquake survivors. "One month after the earthquake, the health situation remains very severe," reports Brian Hoyer, a member of AmeriCares emergency response team on the ground in Port-au-Prince. "Now we must focus on primary and community health in order to reduce the possibility of disease for all the people left homeless by this disaster." Prior to the disaster Haiti suffered from high rates of infectious and neglected tropical diseases. The earthquake struck Haiti's most populated area causing a breakdown in sanitation, clean water, housing and medical services. Many hospitals and health clinics were damaged or destroyed – leaving doctors and nurses without the tools and supplies they needed to care for throngs of injured survivors. AmeriCares relief workers initially reported dire medical conditions like scenes from the U.S. Civil War – tents filled with people in agony, amputations performed with carpentry saws, broken bones set by hand and alcohol used as a disinfectant. "The doctors were doing the best they could with what they had. We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia while other caregivers did everything in their power to comfort her," recounted Hoyer. "We delivered pain medicines, but more are desperately needed." Hospitals and health clinics treated record numbers of patients despite the damage and destruction to their facilities and equipment, as well as the rapid deletion of their medicines and supplies. In response, AmeriCares has delivered lifesaving medical aid, including enough anesthesia to treat almost 8,000 people needing surgery and antibiotics to help 90,000 people recover from serious infections. To replenish supplies and replace equipment, AmeriCares has sent everything from a state-of-the-art portable digital x-ray machine to basic supplies, such as sterile gauze and sutures. "Children under five are the most vulnerable earthquake survivors," reports Hoyer. "Our long term plan will help support programs to reach these kids and help them be healthy." AmeriCares initial relief efforts have included medical aid to help thousands of children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. Aid deliveries included specialized pediatric nutritional supplements and fluids. Prenatal vitamins were sent to help prevent birth defects and improve the health of thousands of pregnant women. Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies are in the delivery pipeline and will help children in orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. As the rainy season approaches in Haiti, AmeriCares is gearing up to protect vulnerable Haitians from deadly waterborne diseases. The rains threaten over 1.2 million people who lost their homes in the earthquake and now have nowhere else to live except for squalid tent cities. "The sanitation conditions are terrible with little or no access to latrines and limited water," said Hoyer. AmeriCares has delivered water purification solutions, oral rehydration salts and specialized antibiotics to combat and treat diseases which thrive in unsanitary environments. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti for over 25 years, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Before our response to this most recent disaster, AmeriCares had already delivered $145 million in medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. "After being here for the last month, we are inspired by the strength of the Haitian people and the steps they are taking to redefine their future; and we are grateful to our donors for their support which will allow us to continue to assist in the rebuilding process," said Rachel Granger, who arrived in Haiti within 48 hours after the earthquake and heads AmeriCares response team. ------------------------------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster. -> FROM RELIEF WEB: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti Source: AmeriCares Foundation Date: 31 Oct 2010 As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares has landed an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases, AmeriCares quickly assembled and rushed an airlift to Haiti to meet acute needs for more people stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies in the emergency shipment were successfully unloaded and delivered by our Haiti team to our Port-au-Prince warehouse for distribution to our partners; supplies included IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children." In a country plagued by tragedy, more than 330 people have died and over 4,700 people have been hospitalized due to the outbreak. Concentrated in Haiti's Artibonite region, north of Port-au-Prince, health officials are on high alert and are working hard to stop the disease that spreads through water and food contaminated by human waste. Several people in Port-au-Prince have been diagnosed, but it is suspected they were exposed to cholera in the Artibonite. They have been isolated and are being closely monitored. "People infected with cholera can rapidly lose body fluids and become dangerously dehydrated," said Dr. Frank Bia, AmeriCares Medical Director and expert in infectious diseases. "Without treatment, people can go into shock from low blood pressure or die. In the most severe cases, patients may die within hours of becoming infected." When news of the outbreak first emerged, AmeriCares began delivering critical medical aid to combat cholera to healthcare providers on the front lines in the Artibonite valley and Port-au-Prince within 24 hours. As part of AmeriCares emergency preparedness plans in Haiti, oral and IV rehydration solutions, antibiotics and other essential medical supplies were already in our Port-au-Prince warehouse. AmeriCares will also send a sea shipment to provide additional needed items for the cholera epidemic should the epidemic spread and worsen and to replenish emergency supplies. AmeriCares has already delivered over $30 million in aid to Haiti to help survivors of the devastating January 2010 earthquake. AmeriCares has been working in Haiti since 1984, delivering medicines and supplies to health care providers throughout the country. Those deep roots have enabled our emergency response team to navigate the challenging environment and overcome transportation issues in order to increase access to medicines for the Haitian people in both rural and urban areas. ================================================== FROM THE WEBSITE: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti October 25, 2010 http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/haiti-cholera-outbreak-relief-airlift.html ... As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares is readying an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases and fatalities, AmeriCares is sending an airlift to meet acute needs for men, women and children stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies being readied for the shipment include IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children."
cat_notes: -> Removed old notes 11-5-10 LTel: One Month After the Haiti Earthquake, AmeriCares Relief Still Desperately Needed 02/12/10 One month ago today, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti taking at least 200,000 lives, injuring 300,000 and leaving over one million men, women and children homeless. Within days of the disaster, AmeriCares delivered an emergency airlift of medical relief to the battered Port-au-Prince airport. With the help of AmeriCares disaster relief experts who were already on the ground, nearly $14 million in lifesaving aid has been delivered to help Haitian earthquake survivors. "One month after the earthquake, the health situation remains very severe," reports Brian Hoyer, a member of AmeriCares emergency response team on the ground in Port-au-Prince. "Now we must focus on primary and community health in order to reduce the possibility of disease for all the people left homeless by this disaster." Prior to the disaster Haiti suffered from high rates of infectious and neglected tropical diseases. The earthquake struck Haiti's most populated area causing a breakdown in sanitation, clean water, housing and medical services. Many hospitals and health clinics were damaged or destroyed – leaving doctors and nurses without the tools and supplies they needed to care for throngs of injured survivors. AmeriCares relief workers initially reported dire medical conditions like scenes from the U.S. Civil War – tents filled with people in agony, amputations performed with carpentry saws, broken bones set by hand and alcohol used as a disinfectant. "The doctors were doing the best they could with what they had. We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia while other caregivers did everything in their power to comfort her," recounted Hoyer. "We delivered pain medicines, but more are desperately needed." Hospitals and health clinics treated record numbers of patients despite the damage and destruction to their facilities and equipment, as well as the rapid deletion of their medicines and supplies. In response, AmeriCares has delivered lifesaving medical aid, including enough anesthesia to treat almost 8,000 people needing surgery and antibiotics to help 90,000 people recover from serious infections. To replenish supplies and replace equipment, AmeriCares has sent everything from a state-of-the-art portable digital x-ray machine to basic supplies, such as sterile gauze and sutures. "Children under five are the most vulnerable earthquake survivors," reports Hoyer. "Our long term plan will help support programs to reach these kids and help them be healthy." AmeriCares initial relief efforts have included medical aid to help thousands of children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. Aid deliveries included specialized pediatric nutritional supplements and fluids. Prenatal vitamins were sent to help prevent birth defects and improve the health of thousands of pregnant women. Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies are in the delivery pipeline and will help children in orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. As the rainy season approaches in Haiti, AmeriCares is gearing up to protect vulnerable Haitians from deadly waterborne diseases. The rains threaten over 1.2 million people who lost their homes in the earthquake and now have nowhere else to live except for squalid tent cities. "The sanitation conditions are terrible with little or no access to latrines and limited water," said Hoyer. AmeriCares has delivered water purification solutions, oral rehydration salts and specialized antibiotics to combat and treat diseases which thrive in unsanitary environments. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti for over 25 years, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Before our response to this most recent disaster, AmeriCares had already delivered $145 million in medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. "After being here for the last month, we are inspired by the strength of the Haitian people and the steps they are taking to redefine their future; and we are grateful to our donors for their support which will allow us to continue to assist in the rebuilding process," said Rachel Granger, who arrived in Haiti within 48 hours after the earthquake and heads AmeriCares response team. ------------------------------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster.

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE: One Month After the Haiti Earthquake, AmeriCares Relief Still Desperately Needed 02/12/10 One month ago today, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti taking at least 200,000 lives, injuring 300,000 and leaving over one million men, women and children homeless. Within days of the disaster, AmeriCares delivered an emergency airlift of medical relief to the battered Port-au-Prince airport. With the help of AmeriCares disaster relief experts who were already on the ground, nearly $14 million in lifesaving aid has been delivered to help Haitian earthquake survivors. "One month after the earthquake, the health situation remains very severe," reports Brian Hoyer, a member of AmeriCares emergency response team on the ground in Port-au-Prince. "Now we must focus on primary and community health in order to reduce the possibility of disease for all the people left homeless by this disaster." Prior to the disaster Haiti suffered from high rates of infectious and neglected tropical diseases. The earthquake struck Haiti's most populated area causing a breakdown in sanitation, clean water, housing and medical services. Many hospitals and health clinics were damaged or destroyed – leaving doctors and nurses without the tools and supplies they needed to care for throngs of injured survivors. AmeriCares relief workers initially reported dire medical conditions like scenes from the U.S. Civil War – tents filled with people in agony, amputations performed with carpentry saws, broken bones set by hand and alcohol used as a disinfectant. "The doctors were doing the best they could with what they had. We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia while other caregivers did everything in their power to comfort her," recounted Hoyer. "We delivered pain medicines, but more are desperately needed." Hospitals and health clinics treated record numbers of patients despite the damage and destruction to their facilities and equipment, as well as the rapid deletion of their medicines and supplies. In response, AmeriCares has delivered lifesaving medical aid, including enough anesthesia to treat almost 8,000 people needing surgery and antibiotics to help 90,000 people recover from serious infections. To replenish supplies and replace equipment, AmeriCares has sent everything from a state-of-the-art portable digital x-ray machine to basic supplies, such as sterile gauze and sutures. "Children under five are the most vulnerable earthquake survivors," reports Hoyer. "Our long term plan will help support programs to reach these kids and help them be healthy." AmeriCares initial relief efforts have included medical aid to help thousands of children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. Aid deliveries included specialized pediatric nutritional supplements and fluids. Prenatal vitamins were sent to help prevent birth defects and improve the health of thousands of pregnant women. Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies are in the delivery pipeline and will help children in orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. As the rainy season approaches in Haiti, AmeriCares is gearing up to protect vulnerable Haitians from deadly waterborne diseases. The rains threaten over 1.2 million people who lost their homes in the earthquake and now have nowhere else to live except for squalid tent cities. "The sanitation conditions are terrible with little or no access to latrines and limited water," said Hoyer. AmeriCares has delivered water purification solutions, oral rehydration salts and specialized antibiotics to combat and treat diseases which thrive in unsanitary environments. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti for over 25 years, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Before our response to this most recent disaster, AmeriCares had already delivered $145 million in medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. "After being here for the last month, we are inspired by the strength of the Haitian people and the steps they are taking to redefine their future; and we are grateful to our donors for their support which will allow us to continue to assist in the rebuilding process," said Rachel Granger, who arrived in Haiti within 48 hours after the earthquake and heads AmeriCares response team. ------------------------------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster. -> FROM THE WEBSITE: Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti October 25, 2010 http://www.americares.org/newsroom/news/haiti-cholera-outbreak-relief-airlift.html ... As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads among some of Haiti's most vulnerable communities, AmeriCares is readying an emergency airlift of critical aid filled with medicines and medical supplies. The airlift is in addition to lifesaving cholera relief supplies already delivered in recent days. "Given the severity of the cholera outbreak and the concern that it could result in a growing number of cases and fatalities, AmeriCares is sending an airlift to meet acute needs for men, women and children stricken with the deadly disease," said Christoph Gorder, AmeriCares SVP of Global Programs. "Essential medicines and supplies being readied for the shipment include IV solutions, infection control items, antibiotics and rehydration fluids specially formulated for afflicted children." ... === One Month After the Haiti Earthquake, AmeriCares Relief Still Desperately Needed 02/12/10 One month ago today, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti taking at least 200,000 lives, injuring 300,000 and leaving over one million men, women and children homeless. Within days of the disaster, AmeriCares delivered an emergency airlift of medical relief to the battered Port-au-Prince airport. With the help of AmeriCares disaster relief experts who were already on the ground, nearly $14 million in lifesaving aid has been delivered to help Haitian earthquake survivors. "One month after the earthquake, the health situation remains very severe," reports Brian Hoyer, a member of AmeriCares emergency response team on the ground in Port-au-Prince. "Now we must focus on primary and community health in order to reduce the possibility of disease for all the people left homeless by this disaster." Prior to the disaster Haiti suffered from high rates of infectious and neglected tropical diseases. The earthquake struck Haiti's most populated area causing a breakdown in sanitation, clean water, housing and medical services. Many hospitals and health clinics were damaged or destroyed – leaving doctors and nurses without the tools and supplies they needed to care for throngs of injured survivors. AmeriCares relief workers initially reported dire medical conditions like scenes from the U.S. Civil War – tents filled with people in agony, amputations performed with carpentry saws, broken bones set by hand and alcohol used as a disinfectant. "The doctors were doing the best they could with what they had. We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia while other caregivers did everything in their power to comfort her," recounted Hoyer. "We delivered pain medicines, but more are desperately needed." Hospitals and health clinics treated record numbers of patients despite the damage and destruction to their facilities and equipment, as well as the rapid deletion of their medicines and supplies. In response, AmeriCares has delivered lifesaving medical aid, including enough anesthesia to treat almost 8,000 people needing surgery and antibiotics to help 90,000 people recover from serious infections. To replenish supplies and replace equipment, AmeriCares has sent everything from a state-of-the-art portable digital x-ray machine to basic supplies, such as sterile gauze and sutures. "Children under five are the most vulnerable earthquake survivors," reports Hoyer. "Our long term plan will help support programs to reach these kids and help them be healthy." AmeriCares initial relief efforts have included medical aid to help thousands of children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. Aid deliveries included specialized pediatric nutritional supplements and fluids. Prenatal vitamins were sent to help prevent birth defects and improve the health of thousands of pregnant women. Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies are in the delivery pipeline and will help children in orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. As the rainy season approaches in Haiti, AmeriCares is gearing up to protect vulnerable Haitians from deadly waterborne diseases. The rains threaten over 1.2 million people who lost their homes in the earthquake and now have nowhere else to live except for squalid tent cities. "The sanitation conditions are terrible with little or no access to latrines and limited water," said Hoyer. AmeriCares has delivered water purification solutions, oral rehydration salts and specialized antibiotics to combat and treat diseases which thrive in unsanitary environments. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti for over 25 years, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Before our response to this most recent disaster, AmeriCares had already delivered $145 million in medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. "After being here for the last month, we are inspired by the strength of the Haitian people and the steps they are taking to redefine their future; and we are grateful to our donors for their support which will allow us to continue to assist in the rebuilding process," said Rachel Granger, who arrived in Haiti within 48 hours after the earthquake and heads AmeriCares response team. ------------------------------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster.

name: Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICATION/MEDICAL SUPPLIE-EQUIP./WATER/RELIEF/BABY SUPPLIES) -> Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICATION/MEDICAL SUPPLIES-EQUIP./WATER/RELIEF/BABY SUPPLIES)

name: Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICATION/MEDICAL/WATER/RELIEF/BABY SUPPLIES) -> Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICATION/MEDICAL SUPPLIE-EQUIP./WATER/RELIEF/BABY SUPPLIES)

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster. -> FROM THE WEBSITE: One Month After the Haiti Earthquake, AmeriCares Relief Still Desperately Needed 02/12/10 One month ago today, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti taking at least 200,000 lives, injuring 300,000 and leaving over one million men, women and children homeless. Within days of the disaster, AmeriCares delivered an emergency airlift of medical relief to the battered Port-au-Prince airport. With the help of AmeriCares disaster relief experts who were already on the ground, nearly $14 million in lifesaving aid has been delivered to help Haitian earthquake survivors. "One month after the earthquake, the health situation remains very severe," reports Brian Hoyer, a member of AmeriCares emergency response team on the ground in Port-au-Prince. "Now we must focus on primary and community health in order to reduce the possibility of disease for all the people left homeless by this disaster." Prior to the disaster Haiti suffered from high rates of infectious and neglected tropical diseases. The earthquake struck Haiti's most populated area causing a breakdown in sanitation, clean water, housing and medical services. Many hospitals and health clinics were damaged or destroyed – leaving doctors and nurses without the tools and supplies they needed to care for throngs of injured survivors. AmeriCares relief workers initially reported dire medical conditions like scenes from the U.S. Civil War – tents filled with people in agony, amputations performed with carpentry saws, broken bones set by hand and alcohol used as a disinfectant. "The doctors were doing the best they could with what they had. We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia while other caregivers did everything in their power to comfort her," recounted Hoyer. "We delivered pain medicines, but more are desperately needed." Hospitals and health clinics treated record numbers of patients despite the damage and destruction to their facilities and equipment, as well as the rapid deletion of their medicines and supplies. In response, AmeriCares has delivered lifesaving medical aid, including enough anesthesia to treat almost 8,000 people needing surgery and antibiotics to help 90,000 people recover from serious infections. To replenish supplies and replace equipment, AmeriCares has sent everything from a state-of-the-art portable digital x-ray machine to basic supplies, such as sterile gauze and sutures. "Children under five are the most vulnerable earthquake survivors," reports Hoyer. "Our long term plan will help support programs to reach these kids and help them be healthy." AmeriCares initial relief efforts have included medical aid to help thousands of children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. Aid deliveries included specialized pediatric nutritional supplements and fluids. Prenatal vitamins were sent to help prevent birth defects and improve the health of thousands of pregnant women. Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies are in the delivery pipeline and will help children in orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. As the rainy season approaches in Haiti, AmeriCares is gearing up to protect vulnerable Haitians from deadly waterborne diseases. The rains threaten over 1.2 million people who lost their homes in the earthquake and now have nowhere else to live except for squalid tent cities. "The sanitation conditions are terrible with little or no access to latrines and limited water," said Hoyer. AmeriCares has delivered water purification solutions, oral rehydration salts and specialized antibiotics to combat and treat diseases which thrive in unsanitary environments. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti for over 25 years, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Before our response to this most recent disaster, AmeriCares had already delivered $145 million in medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. "After being here for the last month, we are inspired by the strength of the Haitian people and the steps they are taking to redefine their future; and we are grateful to our donors for their support which will allow us to continue to assist in the rebuilding process," said Rachel Granger, who arrived in Haiti within 48 hours after the earthquake and heads AmeriCares response team. ------------------------------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster.

name: Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICAL/RELIEF SUPPLIES) -> Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICATION/MEDICAL/WATER/RELIEF/BABY SUPPLIES)

notes: AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster. -> FROM THE WEBSITE: AmeriCares Flying New Airlift of Medical Aid to Help Haiti January 24, 2010 AmeriCares is sending more lifesaving aid to help survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake. The latest airlift of medical relief is scheduled to arrive in Haiti within the next few days. The latest airlift will arrive in Cap-Haïtien, approximately 80 miles north of Port-au-Prince, where earthquake survivors are being transported for medical treatment. Earlier shipments of humanitarian and medical relief are already helping injured earthquake survivors. AmeriCares has chartered a DC-4 which will be loaded with more than ten tons of lifesaving aid including essential medicines, IV-solutions and anesthesia to help with surgeries. During the previous airlift, aid continued to be added to the flight up until the time of take off. AmeriCares relief workers in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic have been working around the clock to distribute critical medical aid including antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other essential relief supplies. "Doctors are doing the best they can with the equipment and supplies they have. Haitian hospitals have little to begin with and the earthquake destroyed much of their supplies," reports AmeriCares relief worker Brian Hoyer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "We observed doctors resetting a woman's severely broken leg without anesthesia; other caregivers were doing everything in their power to comfort her. We delivered pain medicines and other critical supplies, but more relief is desperately needed." Doctors traveling to Haiti to provide medical treatment are also receiving help from AmeriCares. More than $500,000 worth of supplies are helping volunteer doctors provide treatments ranging from surgeries for patients who were injured in the earthquake to basic health care for survivors. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. AmeriCares is organizing additional aid deliveries from around the world. Aid includes: •Bottled water trucked in from across the U.S. is being consolidated in Miami and will soon be shipped to the Dominican Republic. From there is will be transported to earthquake affected-areas throughout Haiti. •AmeriCares is also delivering 2.3 million water purification sachets – enough to provide 45,000 families with enough safe drinking water for the difficult weeks to come. The supplies are flying in from Pakistan and Panama. •Baby food, rehydration fluids and other supplies to help children will soon fly out from Miami to help orphanages throughout areas of Haiti rocked by the earthquake. •From AmeriCares India, vital antibiotics and medicines critical in emergency hospital settings are being shipped out of Mumbai. •By boat and plane, 3.5 million bottles of water are being prepared for delivery. We are in the process of filling 30 twenty-foot shipping containers filled with bottled water with the remaining water to be airlifted out of Miami ============================================================ AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster.

name: Americares (2010 Haiti Earthquake) -> Americares - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICAL/RELIEF SUPPLIES)

region: Haiti, Carribean -> Haiti, Caribbean

notes: from the website: AmeriCares is sending $3 million worth of medical aid to survivors of yesterday’s deadly, 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti from our Stamford warehouse. Disaster relief modules stocked with emergency medicines and medical supplies valued at $2 million have been deployed from the Amsterdam warehouse. Medicines and supplies are critically needed in Haiti right now and our emergency response experts are working around-the-clock to get those lifesaving products into the hands of medical personnel treating survivors. -> AmeriCares Emergency Airlift Lands in Haiti Plane arrives carrying over $6 million worth of medicines and supplies January 18, 2010 AmeriCares first emergency airlift carrying over $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti earthquake survivors has arrived in Port-au-Prince. The airlift, which touched down at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, includes antibiotics that fight infections and pain medicines for survivors with broken bones, as well as other critically needed relief supplies. AmeriCares initially planned to deliver $5 million worth of aid, but due to the immense outpouring of donations, another $1 million of aid was added prior to takeoff. The AmeriCares emergency response team in Haiti is working to quickly distribute the medicines and supplies to hospitals and health clinics treating the injured. "It's such a rewarding feeling to know these lifesaving medicines are in Port-au-Prince and ready to be delivered to medical facilities crowded with patients awaiting treatment," said AmeriCares Chief of Staff Carol Shattuck, who accompanied the airlift. "This is the first of many AmeriCares deliveries to help the people of Haiti recover from this tragedy. We have committed $15 million worth of aid, and AmeriCares will be delivering more desperately needed medicines, bottled water and nutritional supplements in the days, weeks and months ahead." AmeriCares also airlifted medicines and supplies into the Dominican Republic today to truck into Haiti, as well as deliver to hospitals treating Haitian earthquake survivors crossing the border for treatment. AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984, partnering with local health care organizations throughout the country. Over the years, we have delivered more than $145 million worth of medical aid and humanitarian relief to Haiti. AmeriCares helps partners serve more patients and avoid running out of basic medicines and medical supplies with regular shipments throughout the year. For over 25 years, AmeriCares has responded with emergency relief and lifesaving aid to catastrophic disasters around the world that have affected millions of families including: Hurricane Katrina in the U.S., typhoons in the Philippines, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, earthquakes in China and Peru, and deadly cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Your gift to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will help with our lifesaving response to this deadly disaster.
mission: AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs – and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs – for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion. -> AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs – and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs – for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion.

organization: Social Services -> Non-Profit Disaster/Humanitarian Medical Relief
areas_served: -> Haiti
mission: AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs – and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs – for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion. -> AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs – and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs – for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion.

mission: -> AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs – and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs – for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion.

notes: -> from the website: AmeriCares is sending $3 million worth of medical aid to survivors of yesterday’s deadly, 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti from our Stamford warehouse. Disaster relief modules stocked with emergency medicines and medical supplies valued at $2 million have been deployed from the Amsterdam warehouse. Medicines and supplies are critically needed in Haiti right now and our emergency response experts are working around-the-clock to get those lifesaving products into the hands of medical personnel treating survivors.
region: -> Haiti, Carribean
mission: from the website: AmeriCares is sending $3 million worth of medical aid to survivors of yesterday’s deadly, 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti from our Stamford warehouse. Disaster relief modules stocked with emergency medicines and medical supplies valued at $2 million have been deployed from the Amsterdam warehouse. Medicines and supplies are critically needed in Haiti right now and our emergency response experts are working around-the-clock to get those lifesaving products into the hands of medical personnel treating survivors. ->