Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 625 shipments of requested medical aid to 48 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 14.5 million defined daily doses of medication.

Included in medications shipped this week were rare disease therapies, vitamins, personal protective equipment, insulin, and more.

Direct Relief CEO Awarded Highest Civilian Honor in Ukraine

In Kyiv earlier this week, Direct Relief CEO Thomas Tighe received the Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ukrainian parliament’s highest civilian honor that is bestowed for exceptional contributions to Ukraine’s democratic development, civil harmony, and legislative progress. A 40-minute feature interview with Tighe regarding the award will air nationally across Ukraine.

Since 2022, Direct Relief has provided over $1.3 billion in medicines, medical supplies, and financial grants to support nonprofits serving the Ukrainian people.

During the visit to Ukraine and the surrounding region, Direct Relief representatives toured critical healthcare facilities of grantees, including the new Protez Foundation prosthetic clinic and the recently upgraded UNBROKEN facility. The renovations at UNBROKEN include a state-of-the-art prosthetics center, a training center, an eight-story residential housing unit, and significant enhancements to a 500-bed hospital.

According to UNBROKEN officials, the facility now handles an average of 250 emergency patients daily—a number that has doubled since the war began.

Direct Relief Ranked as a Top U.S. Disaster Response Nonprofit by Forbes

Direct Relief was profiled in a Forbes feature this week, which referred to the organization as, “one of the most respected and older organizations in the disaster relief business.”

From the article: Direct Relief may pump more aid into disaster relief in the U.S. and abroad than any other charity on the new Forbes list, depending on who’s counting and how. In the year ended June 30, 2024, it received $2.4 billion in medical supply and cash donations and reckons it used $775 million of that to aid victims of, among other tragedies, the Maui, Hawaii forest fires, the earthquake along the Syria/Turkey border, wars in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, and hurricanes and floods in the U.S. and abroad. The rest went to providing non-disaster medical supply aid to ongoing projects in 50 countries on five continents.

The article goes on to profile how Direct Relief leverages existing relationships and pre-positioned aid shipments to respond quickly and effectively in the wake of disasters. Forbes also details the organization’s focus on the video gaming community as a source of support.

Forbes ranked Direct Relief as number five on its annual Top 100 Charities list.

Operational Snapshot

UNITED STATES

Direct Relief delivered 592 shipments containing 1.8 million doses of medication during the past month to organizations, including the following:

Around the World

Globally, Direct Relief shipped over 12.7 million defined daily doses of medication totaling 55,869 lbs., to countries including the following:

YEAR TO DATE

Since January 1, 2024, Direct Relief has delivered 23,700 shipments to 2,406 partner organizations in 54 U.S. states and territories and 89 countries. These shipments contained 393.6 million defined daily doses of medication valued at $1.6B (wholesale) and totaled 5 million lbs.

in the news

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• Direct Relief ranked No. 5 largest U.S. charity | Pacific Coast Business Times
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