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A clinical volunteer wearing a light blue JahJah Foundation T-shirt, a black headwrap, and protective dental loupes performs a procedure on a patient in a mobile clinic.

Hurricane Melissa

After Hurricane Melissa, Providers Treat Infection and Trauma in Jamaica’s Hard-Hit Communities

In a hurricane-battered community in western Jamaica, nurse Joan Rosegreen sat down to take a young mother’s vitals – and was startled. “Her blood pressure was exorbitantly high,” she said ...

A man in a heavy yellow coat with the hood over his face carries a brown cardboard box to an insulated container in front of shelves full of orange boxes.

Diabetes

Amid Ongoing Conflict, Insulin Departs for Children in Lebanon

A six-month supply of insulin for children with Type 1 diabetes in Lebanon departed Direct Relief’s warehouse today. The shipment is bound for the Chronic Care Center in Baabda, outside of ...

Two relief workers loading orange Direct Relief emergency supply totes into the cargo hold of a Kamaka Air Cessna 208 Caravan on a sunny tarmac in Hawai'i.

Extreme Weather

Direct Relief Supports Emergency Airlift of Supplies to Molokaʻi Following Hawaiʻi Flooding

Direct Relief supported an emergency airlift of essential supplies to Molokaʻi following severe flooding caused by a Kona Low weather system, in coordination with the Healthy Mothers ...