Past Emergencies

Earthquake - Haiti »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Port-au-Prince and environs
Date:		January 12
Local Partner(s):		100-plus partners established in the response, in addition to longstanding relationships in the country
Overview:		7.0-magnitude earthquake destroys much of Port-au-Prince, killing 230,000 people and injuring hundreds of thousands more. More than a million people displaced to temporary camps.

Earthquake - Solomon Islands »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Tetepare and Rendova, Solomon Islands
Date:		January
Local Partner(s):		The Loloma Foundation
Overview:		7.2 and 6.5-magnitude earthquakes, create landslides that damage homes and villages. Direct Relief offers medical material assistance.

Chile Earthquake »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Southwestern Chile
Date:		February
Local Partner(s):		(ONEMI); The Chilean Consulate office, Los Angeles, CA; The Archdiocese of Lima, Peru; The Hawaii Primary Care Association; Chilean Ministry of Health (MOH)
Overview:		A 8.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Chile, killing 799 people and rendering an estimated 2 million homeless. Direct Relief provides more than $165,000

Earthquake - Sumatra »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Sumatra, Indonesia
Date:		April
Local Partner(s):		Muhammadiyah, Island Aid, Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Mercy Relief, and Australian Aid International
Overview:		Sumatra experiences a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Direct Relief contacts partners in the region to offer medical aid and assistance.

Qinghai Earthquake - China »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		The Yushu region, China
Date:		April
Local Partner(s):		One Heart World-Wide (OHW), Qinghai University Hospital de (OHW), Amitabha Foundation, One HEART, and Mercy Relief
Overview:		Western China is hit with a 6.9-magnitude earthquake. Some 400 people have died and thousands are feared injured. Direct Relief commits $100,000 in cash to local partners.

Tennessee Flooding »

Type:		Flooding
Affected Area:		Middle Tennessee, West Tennessee, South Central and Western Kentucky and northern Mississippi
Date:		May
Local Partner(s):		National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the Tennessee Primary Care Association (TPCA)
Overview:		Massive flooding in Nashville, results in 30 deaths and creates an estimated $1 billion in damage. Direct Relief offers medical aid to local partners.

Flood and Volcano - Central America »

Type:		Flooding
Affected Area:		Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras
Date:		June
Local Partner(s):		God’s Child Project, FUSAL
Overview:		Tropical Storm Agatha and the eruption of Pacaya Volcano kills more than 150 people. Thousands across the region are homeless. Direct Relief assembles aid for partners in El Salvador and Guatemala to assist people displaced by the two natural disasters.

Hurricane Alex »

Type:		Hurricane
Affected Area:		Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Yucatan Peninsula, northern Mexico, and South Texas
Date:		June
Local Partner(s):		The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC), Brownsville Community Health Center
Overview:		Flooding in northern Mexico kills two people and displaces thousands. Direct Relief reaches out to partners in the Gulf and Mexico to offer assistance as needed.

Bombings - Uganda »

Type:		Civil Unrest
Affected Area:		Kampala, Uganda
Date:		July
Local Partner(s):		AMREF (African Medical Research and Education Foundation), Ugandan Ministry of Health
Overview:		A bombing kills 76 people in Uganda's capital. Direct Relief respons by providing $30,000 in cash assistance and $15,000 in emergency funding to local partners.

Flooding - Pakistan »

Type:		Flooding
Affected Area:		Southern and Northwestern Pakistan
Date:		July
Local Partner(s):		Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic & Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS), Murshid Hospital and Health Care Center, and American Refugee Committee (ARC)
Overview:		Flood waters have killed more than 1,600 and displaced or affected more than 13 million people in the country, destroying infrastructure. Direct Relief International delivered more than $2.6 million (wholesale) in medical aid for people affected.

Wildfire - Kern County, Calif »

Type:		Wildfire
Affected Area:		Kern Country, CA
Date:		July
Local Partner(s):
Overview:		Two fires destroy more than 30 homes. Direct Relief provides aid to area clinics assisting the evacuated and affected.

Hurricane Earl »

Type:		Hurricane
Affected Area:		Bahamas, Eastern United States, Atlantic Canada, and Quebec
Date:		August
Local Partner(s):		The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Overview:		Category 4 hurricane approaches U.S., leaving 6. Direct Relief's emergency response team reaches out to partners on the East Coast and to offer assistance.

Earthquake - Baja California »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Baja California
Date:		October
Local Partner(s):		Mountain Health & Community Services and the Council of Community Clinics in San Diego County
Overview:		A 6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico's Baja peninsula. Direct Relief offers assistance through state agencies and regional partners in California.

Flooding - Vietnam »

Type:		Flooding
Affected Area:		Central Vietnam
Date:		October
Local Partner(s):		Marie Stopes International (MSI) Vietnam
Overview:		More than 150 people killed in Vietnam’s extensive flooding and hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. Direct Relief offers emergency medical aid to partners in-country, including Marie Stopes International.

Typhoon Megi »

Type:		Storm
Affected Area:		Philippines
Date:		October
Local Partner(s):		Save the Children
Overview:		Megi's 155-mph winds whipped through northern provinces of the Philippines, destroying homes, felling trees, and downing powerlines. Direct Relief offers assistance to our local partners.

Hurricane Tomas »

Type:		Hurricane
Affected Area:		Haiti
Date:		November
Local Partner(s):		United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Pan American Health Organization
Overview:		More than 1.5 million people in 10 different areas were put at risk. Direct Relief equipps thousands of families living in camps with hygiene kits and needed items such as water purification tablets, oral rehydration solution, IV supplies, and antibiotics.

Tornado - Mississippi »

Type:		Tornado
Affected Area:		Yazoo Country, Jackson,
Date:		November
Local Partner(s):		National Association of Community Health Centers
Overview:		Severe weather injures at least 17 people, damages infrastructure, and cuts power. Direct Relief reaches out to our partners in the region.

Tsunami - Indonesia »

Type:		Tsunami/Volcano
Affected Area:		Indonesia
Date:		November
Local Partner(s):		Muhammadiyah
Overview:		A 7.7-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, multiple volcanic eruptions, and major flooding that wiped out villages in West Papua. The Direct Relief Emergency response team equips partners deploying medical teams in Indonesia.

Earthquake - Vanuatu »

Type:		Earthquake
Affected Area:		Vanuatu, Pacific Islands
Date:		December
Local Partner(s):		Ministry of Health
Overview:		A 7.6-magitude earthquake causes a small tsunami in the Pacific Ocean near the Vanuatu islands. Direct Relief contacts the Ministry of Health to offer medical material aid.

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Leverage

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