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Nearly 2,000 families in south central Somalia now have access to clean, safe water, thanks to a collaboration between Americares and local nonprofits.

Forbes has named Americares the 8th largest charity in the United States for the second…

After moving several times to flee bombing, Nada, her husband and their three young children…

On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene sent a 75-foot oak tree crashing through the roof…

Twice a week, an Americares doctor and Pestel Health Center staff deliver health services directly to remote communities in Haiti.

Americares maintains strong ties with our peers by being a member of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based nonprofits working on humanitarian aid and development around the world.

Heat domes are a type of heat wave, where hot air becomes trapped over a region for an extended period of time.

Every parent endures nights when their young children make trips to the bathroom. Amina, a…

Every two weeks, hope arrives on wheels in 130 of Mumbai’s slum communities when Americares…

Most people in and around Asheville, N.C., had no safe water: Hurricane Helene dumped as much as 30 inches of rain, rivers overflowed their banks and rushing brown torrents washed away cars, homes and even roads.

This mobile clinic is a respite during heat waves in Tucson, Arizona. Here, Dr. Kyle Meehan, the prenatal provider for the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine Mobile Health Program, discusses the risks to patients with April Hunter, Americares Senior Director of U.S. Programs for Medicine Security and Systems.

In Liberia, only very young children do not recall the Ebola virus disease outbreak that…

By the first day of summer, 135 million people in the United States and Canada are expected to face a life-threatening heat wave that will blanket the region from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the U.S.; last year the Department of Health and Human Services estimated more than 2,300 people died due to heat-related illness. 

By the first day of summer, 135 million people in the United States and Canada are expected to face a life-threatening heat wave that will blanket the region from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the U.S.; last year the Department of Health and Human Services estimated more than 2,300 people died due to heat-related illness. 

To help with the stress and trauma of war and cancer, Americares has also provided Tabletochki and 24 other regional partners with mental health training and support for health workers and patients.

In Gaza, even newborn babies have little chance for a healthy life. While normally, new mothers would be discharged from the hospital with formula and diapers

For Ehsan* and his family in Aleppo, Syria, the powerful earthquake that struck Türkiye and northern Syria in February 2023 felt like “judgement day.” At first, they thought the jolting was yet another airstrike in Syria’s ongoing civil war but ran from the house when they realized it was a quake.

The Hawaii wildfires, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, killed at least 97 people, displaced thousands and caused an estimated $5.6 billion in damage. The disaster hit especially hard for people experiencing homelessness in Maui, compounding the difficulties they already faced to survive.

In the first 100 days since the violent and destructive war escalated in Israel and Gaza, Americares has worked around the clock to address the most urgent health needs of families and individuals affected by the crisis.

Open Call by 290 organizations from 50 countries for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives