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More than 66 tons of medical supplies have been shipped to Yemen from Direct Relief since 2015. Here, a shipment of medical aid, coordinated by Direct Relief and local group, Yemen Aid, arrives in the country before distribution to local health facilities. (Photo courtesy of Yemen Aid)

Yemen Crisis

Yemen: Delivering Health in a Conflict Zone

After four years of war and subsequent famine and disease outbreaks, access to quality healthcare is extremely hard to come by for most Yemenis. The impact of the conflict in Yemen has been catastrophic. Seventy-five percent of the ...

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Staff at Jericho Road's Wellness Clinic fill medical prescriptions in the clinic's on-site pharmacy. Located in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Wellness Clinic offers services ranging from primary health care to health education. Direct Relief is supporting the clinic with medications and supplies needed to provide care to vulnerable patients. (Photo courtesy of Jericho Road Community Health Center)

DRC Ebola Outbreak

In Ebola’s Shadow, Caring for Patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A deadly Ebola outbreak, compounded by political upheaval and armed conflict, roils daily life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But for staff at the Jericho Road Wellness Clinic in ...

Emergency Medical Packs bound for Dunn, North Carolina, leave Direct Relief’s warehouse Tuesday. Health centers and clinics in the area are still evaluating the damage in their communities from Hurricane Florence, which made landfall over the weekend. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Community Health

Twenty-Five Free & Charitable Clinics Awarded “Continuity in Care” Grants

Direct Relief, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) selected 25 clinics from applicants across the country to take part in ...

Obstetric Fistula

Ending Obstetric Fistula, Together

January 10, 2019

Crews work to clean up mud and debris that washed through Montecito on Jan. 9, 2018. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

Montecito Mudslide

Montecito Mudslides: One Year into the Recovery

January 9, 2019

2018: The Year in Pictures

December 31, 2018

Earth’s Most Legendary Zelda Marathon Begins for Charity

December 27, 2018

Devastation in Sulawesi, Indonesia, is pictured on October 12, 2018. Responding in the area are members of the Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center, which has been conducting search and rescue in the days since the earthquake and tsunami struck, as well as medical outreach, shelter care and food distribution. Direct Relief is supporting MDMC with funding to continue their critical work in the region as recovery begins. (Photo courtesy of Gordon Willcock)

Indonesia

Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia

December 23, 2018

Camp Fire aftermath. Paradise, CA. (Photo: Andrew MacCalla, Direct Relief)

California Wildfires

Paradise Firefighters Receive $500,000 for Emergency Gear

December 21, 2018

Medicines360 and Direct Relief announced their partnership earlier this year to provide Medicines360’s hormonal IUD, LILETTA®, free of charge to clinics that serve the most vulnerable women in the United States. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Medicines360

Redefining Access for Women in America

December 14, 2018

Dr. Mark Buntaine of UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, speaks at Direct Relief on Dec. 12, 2018. Buntaine and Drs. Kelsey Jack, Ashley Larsen and Kyle Meng spoke about the effect of climate and disaster response. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Extreme Weather

Climate Change, Disasters and Time: A Discussion with UCSB Bren School Faculty

December 13, 2018

Direct Relief staff bring medical supplies to Mexico Beach after Hurricane Michael's impact in the Florida panhandle on Sunday, October 14, 2018. (Photo by Zack Wittman for Direct Relief)

Direct Relief Tops 2018 Charity Ratings

December 11, 2018

Puerto Rico

Profiles in Resilience

December 7, 2018

Yesenia Ortiz administra los registros médicos en el Centro Salud Familiar, un centro de salud comunitario de su ciudad natal: Arroyo, Puerto Rico. (Foto de Donnie Hedden para Direct Relief)

Hurricanes

Perfiles de Resiliencia

December 7, 2018

Since 2011, Direct Relief and the Life for a Child Program have partnered to ship insulin and supplies to manage Type 1 diabetes to more than 35 countries, including to children like Manuel. He receives supplies to manage his diabetes through his local health center in Bolivia. (Photo by Alejandra Arevalo Castrati for Life for a Child)

Diabetes

In More than 35 Countries, Insulin Reaches Children and Young Adults

December 6, 2018

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