Nizamuddin Abdul Karim Sheikh, India
I grew up, and after 13 years, I got married. Then, after some time, I had some issues in my marriage, and we used to have quarrels. All my childhood and good friends had gone to the Gulf and were...
View ArticleBill Dean, Liberia
The school, the clinic, the church—they are all here. And so those are attracting people to come. I pray that someday, we’ll have a high school here and even a college. So, we really have a big dream...
View ArticleYanique Hernandez, Dominican Republic
Yo creo que, que el mayor desafio que tenemos como paiz es realmente poder logran la accessabilidad de los pacientes a que llegen a los hospitals. I believe that the greatest challenge we face as a...
View ArticleHalloween Safety Rules for Ghouls
Halloween Safety with Americares Chief Medical Officer Dr. Julie Varughese Halloween safety has taken on a whole new meaning with the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you decide to trick-or-treat or plan...
View ArticleTest Post
For our New Mexico and our Arizona, the majority of these items we requested from Americares, we are going to be providing to the Navajo Nation. Obviously, they have medical teams that are going up to...
View ArticleKeenan Rosado
My name is Keenan Rosado and I’m a physician’s assistant student doing my family medicine and women’s health clinical rotation at the Shifa Free Clinic. Our clinic rotations are usually five weeks...
View ArticleLinda Venzke
I’m actually considered the medical director. I’m an RN with my master’s in nursing. I’ve been a part of the group – the Luke Society Incorporated is the name of our group, our clinic. We started 30...
View ArticleLuz Rivera
My name is Luz Rivera. I’m the clinical coordinator for the Ithaca Free Clinic. I did love this straining. It gave me more tools and more ideas on how to basically implement what I was already doing,...
View ArticleShirley Roberts
I’m Shirley Roberts, and I’m the clinic nurse manager that actually runs the Grace Community Clinic in Grapevine, Texas. The clients that we take care of are all low-income, and they’re all uninsured....
View ArticleSupply Chain Challenges and Solutions: How Americares Keeps Moving
Q & A with: Kristin Norley, Americares Director of Supply Chain Management in conversation with Kate MacLachlan, Communications Associate During the COVID Pandemic, the whole world seems to be...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 Pandemic, a Personal and Organizational View
Kate MacLachlan, Communications Associate at Americares, shares her personal perspective of working on our response to the pandemic. I joined Americares mid-pandemic to work on an important project:...
View ArticleA Voice from Haiti in an Earthquake
Dr. Waly Turin, Americares Project Officer, Haiti, provides a ground view of the earthquake and aftermath. The first day of the earthquake, I was on the second floor. I felt nothing more than shaking,...
View ArticleRefugees from Ukraine Find Safety and Feel Loss
Adam Keehn, Americares Director, Complex Emergencies, shares a ground view from Poland of refugees from Ukraine fleeing the conflict in their country. I’ve been in Krakow, Poland, for two weeks. Krakow...
View ArticleResponding to Hurricane Ian: A Partner Story of Mobile Health Care in a Disaster
Tija Danzig, Senior Director, US Programs shares a story about one of our partners in Florida in the response to Hurricane Ian. This is the first story in a three-part series of blog posts highlighting...
View ArticleRising From the Ashes
Ana María Ariza, Americares Coordinadora de Comunicaciones, Colombia, shares Claudia’s story of loss, courage and the road forward from Venezuela to Colombia. *Name has been changed Claudia*, 40, often...
View ArticleHow to Prepare for a Disaster
By Americares U.S. Director of Emergency Response Mariel Fonteyn As we enter the Atlantic hurricane season and peak season for extreme heat and wildfires, Mariel Fonteyn offers tips from her years of...
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