Direct Relief

Healthy People. Better World.

That means all people — regardless of politics, religion, or ability to pay. Improving their lives is Direct Relief’s mission.

Workers unload medical supplies from a helicopter.

Humanitarian Relief

Direct Relief works in the U.S. and internationally to equip doctors and nurses with life-saving medical resources to care for the world’s most vulnerable people.

Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone in Need.

Health providers at the main clinic in Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, are providing care in the community, which is near the epicenter of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the country last month. Staff at the clinic, operated by Locally Haiti, are using the Emergency Medical Backpacks from Direct Relief to provide triage care. (Courtesy photo)

Disaster relief

Haiti Earthquake

Direct Relief has staff on the ground in Haiti and is delivering critical medical supplies in response to the earthquake.

Volunteers with Mountain Heart Nepal prepare to provide medical support to an airlifted patient. (Photo courtesy of Mountain Heart Nepal)

covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus Outbreak Response

Bolstering Covid vaccine distribution, supplying PPE and medicine for critical patient care – in the U.S. and internationally.

Dr. Khadijah Lang, president of the Golden State Medical Association, stands in front of a mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles. (Direct Relief)

Health Equity

Direct Relief Establishes “Fund for Health Equity”

The Fund supports communities in which the effects of racism and socioeconomic disparities persist.

in medical aid: $1,516,843,270

doses of medicine: 151,008,390

pounds of medicine and supplies: 6,999,227

deliveries: 16,900

healthcare providers supported: 2,233

Giving is Good Medicine

Everything Direct Relief does, every person whose life is improved or saved, stems from an act of generosity that’s purely voluntary. You don’t have to donate. That’s why it’s so extraordinary when you do.