This Sunday is the Academy Awards©. Millions will be watching as Hollywood recognizes the past year's most acclaimed films.
That got us thinking: what if we could get even a small fraction of those millions to show their support for saving lives and rebuilding communities devastated by disease, conflict, and natural disaster?
Before the Academy Awards© this Sunday, we want to add 1,000 new Facebook supporters. "Like" us on Facebook today and help us reach our goal before February 26.
When you "like" us on Facebook and share our posts, you're helping more and more people to find out about our lifesaving work. And when more people know how they can help, we can restore health and hope to more communities around the world!
"Like" us on Facebook today and don't forget to share with your friends, so they can be part of the campaign too!
Thank you. We know we can count on your support!
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2012 is almost here and we would like to take a moment to thank you for supporting our emergency response efforts in Libya.
This year with the help of our amazing supporters, we were able to respond to the crisis in Libya, as well as emergencies in East Africa and Japan, while continuing our long-term recovery programs worldwide. You can see for yourself --click on the video below and hear firsthand from our staff on the frontlines, working in some of the most unstable and dangerous regions of the world.
And as we look to the future, we hope we can count on your support again.
Your generosity was crucial during our initial emergency response and it’s just as important now, as we work to help these devastated communities rebuild and recover. Please considering making a donation or using your new GlobalGiving gift card to help our rebuilding efforts.
Your donation will help us start 2012 strong!
On behalf of all of at International Medical Corps, thank you for your support.
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GlobalGiving has announced an amazing opportunity and we need your help to make it happen!
Starting at October 19, 12:01 am EDT, GlobalGiving will match 30% of all online donations up to $1,000 per donor until the end of the day or when funds run out. In addition, GlobalGiving is offering a $1,000 bonus to the project that raises the most that day and a $1,000 bonus to the project that receives donations from the most individual donors.
Think about it: your gift of $40 becomes $52… $100 becomes $130…. $400 becomes $520…
But funds will run out quickly and we need you to act fast on October 19 to take advantage of this match before it’s too late.
With your support for Provide Emergency Medical Care For Libyan Refugees, International Medical Corps has:
In the past, your support has meant so much to countless men, women, and children in need. Now, you can give knowing that your donation will go 30% further and that 92 cents of every dollar you give goes to program-related activities.
Please – act soon and your donation could save lives.
Thank you. We know we can count on your support.
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Just two days after the fighting broke out in February, International Medical Corps was one of the first NGOs to enter Libya and almost 7 months later, our teams are still on the ground. In total, we have 29 ex-pat staff and more than 100 national staff working in eastern and western Libya and at the Tunisian border.
Arriving in Tripoli in the midst of the conflict on August 22nd, an International Medical Corps’ emergency response team, composed of relief experts, orthopedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, and anesthesiologists, cared for the wounded and brought lifesaving medications and supplies. They found the greatest health care needs are orthopedic equipment, oxygen, and narcotic pain medications. Right now, our teams continue to support health care needs in Tripoli with staffing support at the Al Khadra hospital and capacity-building trainings at Mitiga hospital and the Tripoli Medical Center.
In Eastern Libya, we began our Physical Rehabilitation for War-Wounded Casualties in Benghazi, with the first patients being seen for assessments shortly afterwards. We are also running mobile medical teams, filling staffing gaps, providing trainings in gender-based violence and psychological first aid, and establishing a hotline for survivors of gender-based violence.
International Medical Corps is committed to helping the people of Libya recover from the violence, rebuild, and become self-reliant, creating a stable, more secure future.
Thank you so much for your support.
The brutal conflict in Libya between rebels and government forces has affected countless families and the situation continues to deteriorate. More than 1,000,000 people have already fled the violence, crossing the borders primarily into neighboring Egypt and Tunisia, and the UN Human Rights Council estimates that as many as 15,000 people have died.
Deploying immediately after fighting broke out in February, our emergency response teams have been caring for the displaced and wounded in the midst of a war zone. International Medical Corps is one of a handful of organizations operating both inside the country and throughout displacement camps along the Tunisian border. We’ve delivered shipments of medicines and food supplies, including more than 20,000 kilos in food aid.
Our teams work in some of the most extreme conditions, caring for patients through severe supply shortages, power outages, and rocket fire. Our doctors and nurses are treating severely wounded individuals in the heavily attacked western city of Misurata and helping to evacuate them by boat. Our team has set up a field hospital outside of the city as well, in order to better care for the large number of evacuees. We are also delivering medical supplies, including trauma and surgical kits, to local hospitals and deploying mobile medical teams to the hardest-hit areas.
After receiving reports from inside the country alleging that Qaddafi’s forces are raping women and girls, International Medical Corps launched training services for local psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses to provide medical and psychosocial support services for rape survivors.
Yet even as this crisis continues, International Medical Corps is working toward long-term recovery. We’re providing psychological first aid training to teachers working with children in Benghazi, to help them overcome the devastating effects of conflict. We have also launched training programs for local healthcare workers, including emergency medic training for senior medical students in Libya. By the end of the 4-week course, trainees will be deployed to the front lines of the conflict, to staff ambulances, aid stations, and hospitals.
In addition to providing emergency medical care, we are working with local partners to develop a new rehabilitation center in Benghazi. The facility will offer long-term physical therapy for those who have survived amputations and other massive orthopedic trauma, spinal cord injuries, and head trauma.
International Medical Corps is committed to helping Libyans endure this conflict and to laying the groundwork for a more stable, secure future. On behalf of International Medical Corps and all of the families we’ve helped, thank you for your support.
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