1% for the Planet vets environmental organizations within our network and when a natural disaster occurs, we expand our list of organizations to include those working on the ground to respond immediately.
Americares is prepared to deliver critically needed medicines and relief supplies in affected communities, as well as provide emergency funding to help health facilities reopen. In addition, an Americares emergency medical team in the U.S. is on standby, ready to deploy to Jamaica to provide primary care and mental support, if needed.
In Haiti, Americares staff has been activated to provide medicines and medical supplies to partner health facilities in storm-damaged communities. Americares has also offered assistance to partner organizations in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
Global Links is shipping a 40-foot container of critically needed medical supplies to the Caribbean in November, and depending on the needs expressed by our partners on the ground, will adapt contents to what’s most needed after the damage from Hurricane Melissa is assessed. Global Links offers supplies to United States-based individuals, groups, and organizations with established relationships to healthcare institutions and providers in communities with need around the world. The primary supplies available through Global Medical Partnerships are Medical Backpacks, Sutures, and Breathe Hope Nebulizers. These materials can be requested for disaster response situations. In cases where other types of supplies are needed, a detailed list of the materials and quantities can be submitted for evaluation by the Medical Aid team.
International Medical Corps is on the ground in Jamaica, working close with the Ministry of Health and local partners to distribute hygiene, wound-care and first aid kits; stand up temporary health facilities and establish field hospitals; deliver medicines, medical equipment and essential supplies, including generators to restore power to health facilities; conduct minor repairs to help clinics reopen quickly; and establish temporary health clinics and shelters, if needed.
We are providing high capacity emergency water filtration systems to impacted communities in Jamaica. Each system can support up to 6,000 people with safe water access.