Emergency USA
| File:EMERGENCY USA Logo.jpg | |
| Founded | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-Profit |
| Focus | Humanitarianism, Human Rights, Healthcare |
| Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | emergencyusa.org |
EMERGENCY USA is a human rights advocacy and humanitarian non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California that supports emergency medical treatment to civilian victims of war. It is the American arm of the Italian NGO EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY USA supports EMERGENCY's international programs which offer free-of-charge, high standard medical and surgical care to victims of war.
Programs[edit]
International[edit]
EMERGENCY USA supports EMERGENCY's international programs which are currently being operated in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, and Sudan.[1]
Domestic[edit]
EMERGENCY USA promotes human rights and raises awareness of issues surrounding healthcare in their program locations through media and grassroots advocacy.[2][3]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official Website
- MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry "Unprecedented Ebola outbreak spreads further" EMERGENCY USA's Executive Director talks about the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone and the steps the organization has taken in their Ebola response.
- Forbes "Grassroots Social Media Campaign Aims To Raise $1 Million In The Ebola Fight" Coverage of the End Ebola Now campaign in support of the organization's Ebola response.
- Wall Street Journal "Lack of Qualified Staff Hurts Ebola Fight in Africa" Staffing EMERGENCY USA's Ebola response.
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