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FedEx

How Hurricane Prep Can Save Lives

Key initiative with FedEx stages essential medicines at health centers in hurricane-prone areas before disast...

Direct Relief staff load Emergency Medical Backpacks onto a helicopter bound for Vieques, an island off Puerto Rico's eastern coast that was badly impacted by Hurricane Maria. A new agreement reached this week will put more packs in the hands of emergency first responders so they're ready in case of disaster. (Photo by Donnie Hedden for Direct Relief)

Emergency Medical Pack

Direct Relief to Equip Puerto Rico’s Medical Reserve Corps

Direct Relief today announced a commitment to equip each member of Puerto Rico’s Medical Reserve Corps with the organization’s specially designed Emergency Medical Pack. Andrew MacCalla, ...

Telehealth

World Telehealth Initiative Formed to Bring World-Class Care to Communities Globally

Initiative will connect doctors and specialists to care providers in medically underse...

Sundowner winds whipped up the Holiday Fire in Goleta, California, causing many to evacuate as firefighters worked to save structures in the area. (Direct Relief photo)

Wildfires

Direct Relief on Hand as Holiday Fire Burns Through Goleta Neighborhood

July 7, 2018

Hurricane Beryl is tracking westward, and Direct Relief is reaching out to partner facilities in the region.

Hurricanes

Direct Relief Monitors Hurricane Beryl, First Atlantic Hurricane of 2018

July 6, 2018

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Reducing Risk in Bangladesh

July 5, 2018

Shipments of medicine and medical aid are staged inside Direct Relief's 155,000-square-foot warehouse on June 29, 2018. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

World Health Organization

Direct Relief Hosts World Health Organization at New Headquarters

July 2, 2018

A resident of Carpinteria, California, picks up an N-95 mask during the Thomas Fire in December, 2017. Air quality is often compromised during wildfires, and Direct Relief shipped masks Tuesday to first responders in Lake County, where the Pawnee Fire is burning. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Wildfires

Pawnee Fire Prompts Emergency Shipment to Northern California

June 26, 2018

Neighborhoods in Utuado, Puerto Rico, have been without consistent water and power for months. Direct Relief is supporting projects that will allow communities like these to be more resilient before the next storm, and recently completed a project that allows residents, formerly washing laundry in mountain streams, to wash clothes with the help of a solar-powered laundromat. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez for Direct Relief)

Hurricane Maria

Solar Laundromat Spins to Life in Puerto Rican Community

June 25, 2018

Miguel Morales, president of the community nonprofit Acción Comunitaria del Viví, Inc., checks the water pressure in the building before solar laundry services open in Barrio Vivi Arriba, Utuado, Puerto Rico, on May 26, 2018. Inside a former public school, the group, funded by Direct Relief, opened a free laundry service for the two nearby communities who have been without power for over eight months. The group, coordinated by Miguel Morales, serves as a community and aid center in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Many of the residents of the mountainous area are elderly and underprivileged. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez for Direct Relief)

Hurricane Maria

Nace Lavandería Solar en Comunidad Puertorriqueña

June 25, 2018

Soon-to-be midwives on their last day of training at Nadene Brunk Eads School in Hinche, Haiti, before graduating in February 2018. Each graduate received a Direct Relief Midwife Kit filled with tools for safe deliveries. (Photo by Cheryl Hanna-Truscott)

Midwife Kit

Diploma in One Hand, Midwife Kit in the Other

June 22, 2018

A Direct Relief shipment is staged on June 19 at the organization's California headquarters before being shipped to Guatemalan communities impacted by the Fuego Volcano. Many people are still displaced and require medical care. The shipment included Emergency Medical Backpacks as well as five rugged tents to be used as health stations for evacuees. (Cydney Justman/Direct Relief)

Fuego Volcano - Guatemala

Medical Aid Bound for Those Displaced by Fuego Volcano

June 21, 2018

Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continues to erupt. (Photo courtesy of USGS)

Kilauea Volcano - Hawaii

Respiratory Supplies Shipped to Hawaii Clinic as Kilauea Erupts

June 20, 2018

Community Health

Charitable Medical Center Supports Communities in Hebron

June 15, 2018

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Exposed to the Elements, Rohingya Face New Crisis

June 13, 2018

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FedEx

How Hurricane Prep Can Save Lives

Emergency Medical Pack

Direct Relief to Equip Puerto Rico’s Medical Reserve Corps

Telehealth

World Telehealth Initiative Formed to Bring World-Class Care to Communities Globally

Wildfires

Direct Relief on Hand as Holiday Fire Burns Through Goleta Neighborhood

Hurricanes

Direct Relief Monitors Hurricane Beryl, First Atlantic Hurricane of 2018

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Reducing Risk in Bangladesh

World Health Organization

Direct Relief Hosts World Health Organization at New Headquarters

Wildfires

Pawnee Fire Prompts Emergency Shipment to Northern California

Hurricane Maria

Solar Laundromat Spins to Life in Puerto Rican Community

Hurricane Maria

Nace Lavandería Solar en Comunidad Puertorriqueña

Midwife Kit

Diploma in One Hand, Midwife Kit in the Other

Fuego Volcano - Guatemala

Medical Aid Bound for Those Displaced by Fuego Volcano

Kilauea Volcano - Hawaii

Respiratory Supplies Shipped to Hawaii Clinic as Kilauea Erupts

Community Health

Charitable Medical Center Supports Communities in Hebron

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Exposed to the Elements, Rohingya Face New Crisis

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