Emergency Response 2007

Civil Strife - Kenya »

Type:		Civil strife
Affected Area:		Kenya
Date:		Began December 27, 2007
Local Partner(s):		OGRA Foundation
Overview:		Released emergency medical aid to partner OGRA Foundation. Learn more »

Cyclone Sidr - Bangladesh »

Type:		Cyclone
Affected Area:		Bangladesh
Date:		November 15, 2007
Local Partner(s):		Hope Foundation Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha SRDD
Overview:		Released $280,000 (wholesale) in medical material aid currently en route to partners. Learn more »

Fires - Southern California »

Type:		Fires
Affected Area:		Between Santa Barbara and San Diego counties
Date:		October 21, 2007
Local Partner(s):		California Primary Care Association Community Clinic Assocation of Los Angeles Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics Council of Community Clinics in San Diego
Overview:		Direct Relief has extended offers of support of medical inventories to partner clinics, clinic associations, and emergency officials. Learn more »

Earthquake - Peru »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Central coast region, including Lima
Date:		August 15, 2007
Local Partner(s):		Archdiocese of Lima Peruvian American Medical Society
Overview:		Direct Relief has mobilized medical material and cash resources to support the recovery from the 7.9-magnitude earthquake. Learn more »

Fire - Santa Barbara County, California, USA »

Type:		Fire
Affected Area:		Santa Barbara County, CA, USA
Date:		July 4, 2007
Local Partner(s):		American Red Cross Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health
Overview:		The fire has burned more than 92,000 acres and could threaten urban populated areas. Learn more »

Floods - South Asia »

Type:		Floods
Affected Area:		Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Date:		June 2007
Local Partner(s):		ADRA American Refugee Committee Marie Stopes Clinic Society Public Health Department of Greater Mumbai
Overview:		The severe flooding has left more than 2,300 dead and 20 million displaced. Learn more »

Flood - Jakarta, Indonesia »

Type:		Flooding
Affected Area:		Jakarta, Indonesia
Date:		February 2007
Local Partner(s):		CHF International Indonesian Red Crescent
Overview:		Flooding that began February 2 has caused at least 85 fatalities and left 350,000 homeless. Learn more »

Floods - Bolivia »

Type:		Flooding
Affected Area:		Eastern province of Santa Cruz and surrounding areas
Date:		February 2007
Local Partner(s):		ProMujer PROSALUD Population Services International
Overview:		After nearly three months of heavy rain in Bolivia, UNICEF estimates that as many as 400,000 people have been affected by the worst floods in 25 years. Learn more »

Emergency Response

Efficiency

Forbes magazine has rated Direct Relief 100% efficient in fundraising for the eighth time in 2010.

Leverage

In the past 10 years, each dollar spent has provided up to $30 (wholesale) of medical material aid specifically requested by in-country health professionals to care for patients.