Press Releases

Stamford, Conn. – March 10, 2021 – Americares has delivered over $23 million in aid to support displaced families, refugees and host communities affected by 10 years of deadly conflict in Syria, which have created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Stamford, Conn. – Feb. 23, 2021 – As COVID-19 infected millions around the world and forced families into isolation, Americares launched into action, responding in more than 30 countries with critically needed protective gear and training for frontline health workers. Since launching its response last February, the health-focused relief and development organization has dedicated every resource to ensure health workers stay safe and can continue their lifesaving work.

Stamford, Conn. – Feb. 19, 2021 – Americares is preparing emergency shipments of bottled water, medicine and relief supplies for Texas families and local health centers affected by the severe winter weather that has wreaked havoc across the state.

Stamford, Conn. – Feb. 11, 2021 – Americares and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, today announced the results of a new ground-breaking research study that found integrating mental health services in non-communicable disease prevention programs reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease among Syrian refugees and host populations in Jordan.

Stamford, Conn. – Jan. 15, 2020 – Actor, Director, Producer and Americares Board Member Tony Goldwyn will host an Americares virtual volunteer event on Monday, Jan. 18, to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. #Heroes4Health Unite: Be an Americares COVID-19 Hero will take place at 1:00 p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. PT via Zoom.

Stamford, Conn. – Dec. 17, 2020 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Stephanie Kauffman as its new deputy development director, strategic partnerships.

Stamford, Conn. – Dec. 8, 2020 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the promotion of Gabriela Salvador, MD, MPH, to senior vice president of global operations. In this elevated role, Dr. Salvador directs the administrative operations of Americares field teams, overseeing all policies and procedures to ensure efficient, compliant and effective global operations. Her responsibilities also include oversight of global safety and security, facilities management and compliance.

Americares has awarded $250,000 to nonprofit organizations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Twenty-five free and charitable clinics were each awarded $10,000 grants.

Stamford, Conn. – Nov. 17, 2020 – Americares is responding to Hurricane Iota, which made landfall in Nicaragua yesterday as a catastrophic Category 4 storm just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta came ashore less than two weeks ago. While Iota is expected to weaken as it makes its way across Central America, the National Hurricane Center warned that the hurricane could bring life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides as it heads to Honduras and El Salvador.

For the fifth consecutive year, Americares has earned a 4-star rating—the highest possible—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, for its strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency. Only 16 percent of the charities evaluated by Charity Navigator have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star evaluations.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 29, 2020 – Americares has nearly $1 million worth of critical medicine and medical supplies on the way to hospitals and health facilities in Armenia treating innocent civilians caught in the midst of the escalating Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 22, 2020 – Americares is launching a ground-breaking program to promote respectful maternal care practices at health facilities in Liberia and Tanzania and increase the number of expectant mothers and children utilizing health services.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 8, 2020 – Americares is preparing to respond to Hurricane Delta as the storm grows in strength and size over the Gulf of Mexico and heads directly toward Louisiana communities still recovering from Hurricane Laura.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 7, 2020 – The Americares Airlift Benefit Livestream on Oct. 3, raised more than $1.8 million for the health-focused relief and development organization’s programs worldwide. Actor, Director, Producer and Americares board member Tony Goldwyn and Actor and Musician Jackie Cruz co-hosted the special one-hour event.

Stamford, Conn. – Sept. 29, 2020 – Actor, Director, Producer and Americares board member Tony Goldwyn and Actor and Musician Jackie Cruz will co-host the Americares Airlift Benefit Livestream on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Stamford, Conn. –Sept. 23, 2020 – Americares, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is expanding COVID-19 screening, public health education and telehealth services in El Salvador.

Stamford, Conn. – Sept. 17, 2020 – Americares has committed $2.5 million in aid for the wildfires raging throughout the western United States. Americares support will include critically needed medicine and relief supplies valued at $2 million plus at least $500,000 in financial support for families and health care centers in affected areas. The record blazes have scorched millions of acres of land, blanketed the region with hazardous smoke, displaced tens of thousands of people and led to more than 30 deaths.

Stamford, Conn. –Sept. 8, 2020 – Americares has welcomed M. Rashad Massoud, MD, MPH, FACP, as its new senior vice president and chief program officer.

Stamford, Conn. –Sept. 2, 2020 – Americares is providing surge medical support in Peruvian health facilities overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The health-focused relief and development organization is dispatching medical personnel, all of which are locally based and have experience working within the health system, to health centers in Lambayeque, Lima and Piura to meet the increase in demand for care and provide the struggling health system with some relief as the coronavirus pushes health center capacity to the brink.

Americares is preparing to respond to back-to-back storms along the Gulf Coast of the United States.