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Extreme Weather

Hawaiʻi Flooding: Direct Relief Response Continues Following Historic Kona Low Storms

Direct Relief continues to support communities across Hawaiʻi following a series of powerful Kona Low storms in March that brought extreme conditions across the islands. The first storm ...

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 ...