Disaster Assistance Response Team

SAMARITAN'S PURSE AIRLIFTS LIFE-SAVING TRAUMA SUPPLIES TO ISRAEL

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Friday, January 12, 2024

BOONE, N.C., Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse will airlift 1,000 Advanced Trauma Life Support kits to Israel on its 757 cargo plane.

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  • BOONE, N.C., Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse will airlift 1,000 Advanced Trauma Life Support kits to Israel on its 757 cargo plane.
  • War is horrific, and innocent civilians are suffering," said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse.
  • "Samaritan's Purse is committed to helping families in need, and we are grateful to be able to support Magen David Adom with ambulances and these life-saving trauma kits.
  • To date, Samaritan's Purse has provided 18,500 food boxes, nearly 4,000 hot meals, and more than 18,000 food vouchers to families in need.

SAMARITAN'S PURSE RESPONDS IN ISRAEL; PROVIDING AMBULANCES AND OTHER LIFE-SAVING SUPPORT

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

BOONE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- When Hamas attacked Israel in early October, Samaritan's Purse immediately deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team.

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  • BOONE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- When Hamas attacked Israel in early October, Samaritan's Purse immediately deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team.
  • Samaritan's Purse is responding in Israel by providing ambulances and other life-saving support.
  • Samaritan's Purse has committed to providing Magen David Adom with fourteen new ambulances to replace the ones that were destroyed by Hamas.
  • Samaritan's Purse has provided hygiene kits, 5,900 food vouchers, 300 food boxes, and 3,800 hot meals for internally displaced families in Israel.

Water Mission Bringing Emergency Safe Water Access to Morocco Following Earthquake

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

North Charleston, S.C., Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Water Mission , a Christian engineering nonprofit, is responding to the earthquake that occurred late Friday night in Marrakech, Morocco.

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  • North Charleston, S.C., Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Water Mission , a Christian engineering nonprofit, is responding to the earthquake that occurred late Friday night in Marrakech, Morocco.
  • Water Mission is deploying a Disaster Assistance Response Team to assist with emergency safe water, sanitation, and hygiene needs in the region.
  • “The need for emergency safe water access in the immediate days after a disaster is critical for survival and helping to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases,” said Water Mission CEO and President George C. Greene IV, PE.
  • Water Mission has more than 20 years of experience responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises with immediate and long-term safe water solutions.

Water Mission Deploying a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Turkey

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Water Mission is deploying a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Turkey to evaluate emergency safe water, sanitation, and hygiene needs in the region.

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  • Water Mission is deploying a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Turkey to evaluate emergency safe water, sanitation, and hygiene needs in the region.
  • Water Mission is actively working to coordinate efforts with local government authorities and other aid organizations to exceed these disaster relief standards.
  • Water Mission has more than 20 years of experience responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises with immediate and long-term safe water solutions.
  • Click here to learn more about our disaster response following the catastrophic earthquakes.

Airlink and USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Launch Haiti Air Bridge to Deliver Humanitarian Aid

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Funding for the Airlink air bridge comes from a USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) grant to provide at least two charter flights a month until the end of January. In-kind freight forwarding (cargo pick-up coordination, ground transportation and warehousing) has been provided by Airlink partner SEKO Logistics. 

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  • Disaster logistics nonprofit Airlink has launched an air bridge from the US to Haiti transporting humanitarian aid to the Caribbean Island on behalf of aid agencies working to overcome transport constraints and security concerns.
  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Funding for the Airlink air bridge comes from a USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) grant to provide at least two charter flights a month until the end of January.
  • Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have struggled to deliver aid to Haiti on the back of upward spiraling transport costs.
  • "This air bridge is critically needed to get aid into Haiti, but we could not have done it without the support of SEKO Logistics and grant funding from USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and the American people."

New York Doctor Leads Medical Mission to Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TNLG reports New York doctor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat is leading a medical mission to Ukraine with a team to provide medical care to sick and injured Ukrainians and refugees.

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  • NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TNLG reports New York doctor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat is leading a medical mission to Ukraine with a team to provide medical care to sick and injured Ukrainians and refugees.
  • Dr. Nesheiwat is a double board-certified physician and serves as Medical Director of CityMD and is a Fox News Medical Contributor.
  • Dr. Nesheiwat is also a Disaster Assist Relief Team member with Samaritan's Purse (DART), serving the injured and wounded in Liviv, Ukraine.
  • If you would like to support their medical mission, go to www.ChildrenAreMagical.org .

Engiven Enables Crypto Donors to Donate to Samaritan's Purse Ukraine Relief Efforts

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, Engiven, a leading cryptocurrency donation services company, is honored to announce the ability for crypto donors to support Ukraine relief efforts through Samaritan's Purse.

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  • SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, Engiven, a leading cryptocurrency donation services company, is honored to announce the ability for crypto donors to support Ukraine relief efforts through Samaritan's Purse.
  • Samaritan's Purse also sent a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) including doctors, nurses, and logistics and set-up personnel.
  • James Lawrence, CEOof Engiven shares, "Everyone is asking how they can help with efforts in the Ukraine and to the surrounding countries as the refugees flee.
  • Engiven is honored to enable people to donate crypto to Samaritan's Purse in order to provide medical relief, hygiene kits, and assistance to refugees."