This week, Direct Relief launched CrisisReady – a data-driven effort to inform targeted disaster response and preparedness. By Amarica Rafanelli The environments in which disasters occur are...
Direct Relief and AbbVie provided a grant to equip the Cataño fire station with renewable energy, so firefighters can respond effectively to future disasters. Firefighters are committed to saving...
When the Covid-19 pandemic made misoprostol scarce, Nepali women were placed at risk. In the midst of 2020's Covid-19 response, a member of Direct Relief's emergency response team received an unusual...
By Talya Meyers The Eri Yiakl Foundation, originally formed to help Eritrean refugees during the pandemic, now finds itself responding to conflict in Ethiopia - and finding new ways to meet needs...
Direct Relief is supporting vaccination efforts on the island. By Ana Umpierre Regina Ramos and Santiago Del Valle, who live together in Caguas, are both over 65. They were eager to receive a...
Aid groups on the ground, supported by Direct Relief, are distributing medical supplies, food, and shelter. By Talya Meyers DECEMBER 24, 2020 6:25 AM Yasa, a Category 5 cyclone, crashed into Fiji on...
By Ryan Strauss 2020 saw the unprecedented confluence of a deadly global pandemic with natural disasters worldwide – the largest wildfires ever recorded in the Western U.S. and Australia, 12 named...
The disaster response group, AKUT, pulled survivors from the rubble of last month's Aegean quake. Now, they're providing ongoing support to Turkey's displaced. By Talya Meyers On October 30, a...
By Noah Smith Hurricane Iota walloped Nicaragua last week with Category 4 winds of 155 miles per hour. The storm, which Nicaragua’s government declared the strongest ever to hit the nation, came on...
By Cydney Justman Hurricane Iota, thought to be the strongest storm ever to strike Nicaragua, slammed into the country’s Caribbean coast on Monday evening as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm made...