Hurricane Relief
Supporting Hurricane-Affected Communities
Direct Relief is supporting health facilities in hurricane-affected communities across the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.
Healthy People. Better World.
That means all people, regardless of politics, religion, or ability to pay. Improving their lives is Direct Relief's mission.
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Prescribing Aid, Worldwide
Direct Relief works in the U.S. and internationally to equip doctors and nurses with life-saving medicines and supplies needed to care for the world's most vulnerable people.
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Relief, Direct to People in Need
California Fire Relief
Helping Wildfire-Affected Communities across California
Providing wildfire resources to healthcare agencies and first responders.
Puerto Rico
Response, Recovery Continues for Puerto Rico
Direct Relief continues to support the island's recovery, strengthening health and power infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Maria.
AID TRACKER
Unaudited totals since Jan. 1, 2019
Updated
- in medical aid
- $845,867,231
- doses of medicine
- 195,817,300
- pounds of medicine and supplies
- 4,361,265
- deliveries
- 17,464
- healthcare providers supported
- 1,717
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.
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Disaster Relief
Ready When Disasters Strike
An international network of trusted partners enables Direct Relief to assess immediate healthcare needs, understand the situation on the ground, and respond quickly and efficiently when a disaster strikes.
Issues & Solutions
Advancing Health Globally
Direct Relief equips health professionals in resource-poor communities to meet the challenges of diagnosing, treating, and caring for people in need.
Charity Navigator
Direct Relief Earns 8th Consecutive 4-Star Rating
Direct Relief’s leading financial performance and efficiency have earned it a 4-star rating for the eighth consecutive year from Charity Navigator, and top ranking on its list of best charities.
Charity Ratings
Direct Relief Ranked 7th Largest U.S. Charity
The growth occurred in a year when Direct Relief extended more help to more people in need than ever before in its 70-year history, furnishing essential medications, vaccines, instruments and supplies through 13,554 deliveries to all 50 U.S. and globally.
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California Wildfires
California’s Wildfires Jeopardize Community Health
Christian Espinoza, a manager at the MEND Clinic in Pacoima, said the flames of the Sandalwood Fire – which has burned nearly 5,000 acres so far as it blazes a path into the San Fernando Valley – were visible from the clinic windows. “When ...
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California Wildfires
Healthcare Providers, Patients Confront California Power Outages
In California’s East Bay, clinicians worked in the dark. In a rural town, staff had to choose: power their records or protect their vaccines? When the lights go out, all bets are off. ...
Disease Prevention
Forging the Links of Cold Chain Medication
It may be 80 degrees and sunny outside Direct Relief’s Santa Barbara warehouse, but in a house-sized box inside the warehouse, it feels like a winter day. Cold wind blasts down from the ...