AmeriCares
ATMs are out of cash. Land lines are down. Businesses and schools are closed until next Monday.
| Evacuees of Gustav are running out of gas and cash. Major roads will go underwater soon if the heavy rains continue. |
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| Just received word from our colleagues in New Orleans and Baton Rouge - many people are living in their cars along the highways. |
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| We're coordinating with Nestlé Waters to ensure quick deliveries of bottled water to people in need around the Gulf Coast. |
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| Our emergency response team has been in touch with our local partners on the Gulf Coast to determine how we can best help them. |
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| An emergency response expert from AmeriCares has been deployed to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. |
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| Given the situation in Georgia, we're poised to deliver donated medicines, including painkillers, antibiotics, eye drops and first aid kits |
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| We've invested more than $1.7 million in grants to long-term recovery organizations in the Gulf Coast following Katrina. |
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| http://twitpic.com/7obx - Finally! A photo of our second field hospital in Qingchuan Province, China. |
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| http://twitpic.com/7o9s - New photos just in from our work throughout parts of rural China. Check out this photo of our new patient ward! |
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| We're operating with only one ambulance at this time, which is not enough to serve the entire county of Qingchuan. |
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| As many as 130 patients are being seen on a daily basis. Fees are not charged for any injuries related to the earthquake. |
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| Since opening our second field hospital in China, 50 surgeries have been completed and 30 births have occurred. |
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| We're now constructing a second field hospital in Sichuan Province. Northwest Airlines donated the transportation costs for delivery. |
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| Our President & CEO, Curt Welling, is interviewed about the decline of charitable giving during the 1st quarter: http://tinyurl.com/5hlyly |
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| We're continuing to prepare our second major shipment of medicines and supplies to Myanmar as part of our sustained effort post-Nargis |
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| http://twitpic.com/338y - The new AmeriCares field hospital in Wenchuan County will be built on the site shown in this photo. |
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| Medical personnel in Wenchuan have been working out of tents seeing anywhere between 80-200 patients a day. This hospital is much needed. |
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| We’re in the process of delivering, constructing and equipping a second field hospital in Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the 7.9 quake |
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| Our latest medical delivery to Myanmar will help The MENTOR Initiative, which is coordinating a malaria campaign in country |
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