2015 ACHIEVEMENTS 2016 GOALS RESPOND RECOVER TRANSFORM With donorsupport, shared missionto save lives andbuildhealthierfutures. Please joinusinmeetingthechallengesthatlieahead, to fulfillour achievement isadonor’s desireBehind every adifference. to make allowing themto live full, productive lives. providers, willtransform ourwork thefutures ofpeopleinneed, ofhealth through collaborationswithourglobalnetwork ofdisaster. ortheaftermath struggling withpoverty time, Over programs forrecovery to those strengthen healthservices continue to respond to emergencies andexecute long-term with sustainableimprovements intheircommunities. We will 2016,ourprogramsIn willgrow reaching inimpact, more people donors, willmake possibleourgoalto transform more lives. key from goalsfor our 2016,which,together withsupport This highlights ourachievements prospectus in2015andour states. andall50U.S. in94countries increasing accessto healthservices targeted healthprograms valuedatmore than$600million, healthier lives for millionsofpeoplewithmedicine, suppliesand

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Million countries projects Total Aid More than $600 Health in37 Countries Reached 94 LIBERIA Emergency Programs

2015 By launching rapid and comprehensive disaster responses, The Philippines is also a key site AmeriCares helped restore health services for survivors of for the launch of AmeriCares 26 emergencies in 20 countries. disaster risk reduction programs that reduce risk of injury, inform actions if disaster does AmeriCares responded to the Nepal earthquake occur, and support recovery. In 2015, AmeriCares launched immediately: Our emergency medical team arrived within or continued risk reduction programs in more than 48 hours and within four weeks, AmeriCares had airlifted 250 communities at high risk of disaster in , $20 million in lifesaving medicine and supplies for survivors Myanmar and the Philippines, reducing risk for 60,000 —all approved by the Ministry of Health before delivery. people.

To protect health workers and stop the spread of Ebola, AmeriCares equipped more than 100 health providers in 2016 West Africa with medicine and protective gear, recruited We will continue to increase the impact of our response to medical volunteers for an Ebola treatment center in Liberia, disasters by strengthening AmeriCares presence in disaster- and provided more than 600 health workers at three Ebola prone countries, training local relief workers and expanding centers in Liberia with critical supplies for patient care and implementing new disaster preparedness and risk and safety. reduction programs.

“ The timing of AmeriCares donation was Our Emergency Program will restore health services in 13 essential—we were almost drowned in communities in Nepal, with a focus on long-term recovery

the fight against Ebola, but the support and resilience. Our recovery work in the Philippines will also of partners like AmeriCares enabled us continue. In the U.S. we will target free and charitable clinics to combat infections and stopped us with emergency preparedness resources, ensuring they can from being consumed by the disease.” operate during and after disasters. – Chief Medical Officer, Kono government hospital We will fulfill our five-year commitment to earthquake recovery in and complete our commitment to Japan Photos by Matthew McDermott Matthew by Photos To ensure a resilient health system in the disaster-prone Philippines, AmeriCares rebuilt more than 80 community after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and radiation disaster. health clinics damaged in a typhoon last year, installing stormproof generators at some clinic sites.

Liberia All photos AmeriCares unless specif ied. Nepal, left, and upper right: Nepal, ied. unless specif AmeriCares photos All 26 disaster responses in 20 countries Recovery Disaster projects in preparedness Haiti, Japan, in 250+ Philippines and communities the U.S. $39 Million to 30 countries and 12 U.S. states

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PHILIPPINES 20% 38 to battle Global Programs infectious Million disease Medical Supplies for patient care, safe * surgeries, health 57% worker safety to treat and more Reducing risk chronic Increasing disease access to of diabetes, hypertension and medicine other diseases 23% pain relief, Strengthening wound care health systems 16 and more and improving maternal and Million child health Prescriptions

2015 We will pilot new initiatives to enhance supply chain AmeriCares increased the scale, scope and depth of management in some of the most challenging health care our work by increasing access to quality medicine and environments across the globe by creating new inventory supporting health programs that have a sustainable management systems in local hospitals and clinics in Latin impact on the communities they serve. America, the Philippines and West Africa.

To improve the health of mothers and children, we In Liberia, Sierra Leone and Tanzania, AmeriCares will launched a school-based health program for 78 schools in expand our health worker safety work, launching new Mumbai, . In addition, our longstanding partnership programs and providing medicine and supplies, with Abbott and the Abbott Fund provided a nutrition including safety equipment and protective gear. program for more than 2,500 preschoolers in Vietnam. In its seventh year, our breast cancer awareness, education and In Grand Bassa County, Liberia, AmeriCares will save lives health worker training program in Cambodia reached more by improving maternal and child health services with than 7,000 women and screened more than 800 women. construction of a new maternity ward at the county hospital and skills training for midwives and other health workers. AmeriCares expanded health worker safety programs in India, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Tanzania to reduce risk of In Tanzania, we will improve the health of women infection in hospitals and clinics. and children by launching a program to prevent birth injuries that lead to obstetric fistula, with training for birth attendants. 2016 AmeriCares will expand shipments of medicine and We will make thousands more safe surgeries possible by supplies by 10 percent, providing medicine for 1.6 million placing quality surgical instruments with our network of more prescriptions for people in need with a focus on volunteer medical teams—completing year two of our diabetes and hypertension. Safe Surgery Initiative.

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Nicaragua Guatemala Tanzania RESPOND RECOVER TRANSFORM “ poverty anddespair.”poverty called a dailyhurricane living inthemiddleof ourpatients,serve all AmeriCares helpsus —BarbBaptista,Executive Director Representative AmeriCares Program Budgets at $60million. low-income uninsured valued peopleinConnecticut, decades, we have provided care to more than20,000 two atacostofjust$2million.In and donated services through clinics more than$8millioninmedicalservices more than3,100 served Connecticut patients, providing its20thyear,In AmeriCares Free Clinicprogram in Patient Assistance Program. —$128 millioninprescribed medicines—through our patients withenoughmedicinefor 363,000prescriptions AmeriCares alsoprovided 108,000low-income U.S. reduce ofdiabetes. theirrisk patientsimprove theirhealthand to helppre-diabetic care withapilotprogram thatgives clinicsresources We increased ofclinicsto provide thecapacity quality provider ofdonated medicineintheU.S. maintaining ourpositionasthenation’s leadingnonprofit the nation’s low-income uninsured andunderinsured, than $117millioninmedicineandmedicalsuppliesto clinics andhealthcenters, AmeriCares provided more to includemore expandingournetwork than800 By 2015 For Low-Income U. South CarolinaSouth Freeof Anderson ClinicinAnderson, Expand Access to program Medicine Increase preparedness oflocalresponders communities inhigh-risk Increase speedandstrength response ofemergency forImprove low-income healthservices peopleinthe U.S. Expand access to healthcare inLatin America Build ahealthierfuture for Africa S . Patients Emergency Programs.Emergency will remain AmeriCares U.S. available to serve and move location;themobilemedicalunit to apermanent patients treated, AmeriCares Free ClinicofStamford will After asuccessfullaunchexceeded in expectations vulnerable population. specifically target donationsto this nonprofit first AmeriCares the patients withamentalillnessandmake donations ofmedicationwilloffset costs for clinicsand patients withmentalillness. Our access to care for low-income Initiative, AmeriCares willincrease Through Health Mental ournew 2016 Georgia $1.5 million $1 million $3 million $2 million $5 million $3 million

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Your support translates to healthier, more productive lives for millions of families in the coming year.

Every AmeriCares health program leverages our more than three decades of experience and the trusted relationships we maintain and grow with 2,000 local health providers, 900 volunteer medical professionals, 200 medical supply corporations and 65,000 committed financial donors.

This broad base of support means that we can act effectively and efficiently, increasing the impact of our work—and your donation. “AmeriCares is increasing Because corporations make medical products available for our impact, by following donation, more than 97 percent of resources donated to critical emergency AmeriCares directly help people in need. AmeriCares leverages work with innovative, HAITI long-term programs every dollar to create $20 worth of aid—in medicines, health that strengthen health supplies, project support, technical expertise and more. systems, transforming lives today and for years We can ensure the impact your support will have on the lives to come.” of people in need. — Michael J. Nyenhuis, President and CEO Please join us.

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3% For every $1 donated, FUNDRAISING, MANAGEMENT we deliver more than AND GENERAL $20 in humanitarian aid. 97% PROGRAM SERVICES $1 $ More than 97 percent of all donations directly improve the 20 health of people in need.

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