Behind a long garden wall in Znamianka, central Ukraine, 150 children and adults between the ages of four and 35 with developmental or physical disabilities live in a close-knit residential community. Since November 2025, they and around 300 residents of three other facilities have received specialist physical and psychological care and rehabilitation through “Little Hearts,” […]

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The Florida Panhandle and coastal areas of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana are bracing for the Atlantic’s second named tropical storm of the hurricane season. Tropical Storm Bertha will bring heavy rains, wind gusts, storm surge, and potential flooding over the next three days. As of 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said that […]

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The elephant was close enough to kill him. About as tall as a basketball rim and weighing many tons, it swept the boy down and was attacking him with its feet, rustling up a wall of dust. Andrew Kiranto, now 32, remembers that day vividly. He had been walking with friends close to his home […]

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The monitors beep as doctors prepare for a cesarean. The suction machine and the bed warmer are arranged for the incoming baby. Unexpectedly, the lights go out, followed by all of the electrical medical equipment. The temperature of the room quickly begins to escalate.   Doctors, nurses, and midwives stand still, holding their breath as […]

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Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 399 shipments of requested medical aid to 36 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 17.9 million defined daily doses of medication Medications and supplies shipped this week included treatments for rare diseases, nutritional supplements, syringes, and cold-chain storage equipment. Medical Outreach Continues […]

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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake originated off the coast of Guatemala and El Salvador on Friday, according to preliminary reports from the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor was reported at 8:48 a.m. local time, with the epicenter located 48 kilometers off the coast of Aquiles Serdán, Chiapas, Mexico. The quake was reported near Mexico’s Pacific Coastline, near […]

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The Ebola outbreak has changed daily care at the Wellness Clinic, Jericho Road’s clinic in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, even though the clinic has not received a confirmed Ebola case. The clinic provides essential health services for patients in the region, including primary care, a surgery center, and a birthing ward. The effect […]

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Subscribe on LinkedIn This story first appeared in Amy Weaver’s LinkedIn newsletter, Direct Relief: Hope Ahead. On June 24, I was in an Uber rushing from speaking at Stanford to catch a flight back to Direct Relief’s headquarters in Santa Barbara. We were running late, and traffic was a mess. It wasn’t looking good. “Oh, […]

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A critical shipment of medical aid has arrived in Venezuela to treat patients impacted by last month’s devastating earthquakes. On Saturday, 25 pallets of medical aid, totaling more than six tons, touched down in Caracas. The shipment includes medications for chronic disease management, including for diabetes, field medic packs for first responders, hygiene products for […]

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When a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck just off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in 2004, triggering a tsunami and killing more than 200,000 people within 20 minutes, Craig Redmond quickly joined the response, helping community members rebuild their livelihoods amid the wreckage. It was an early, formative moment in a career spent responding to dozens […]

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