In the aftermath of both the 2004 Tsunami and decades of civil war, Operation USA is addressing the humanitarian crisis that continues in Sri Lanka.
Operation USA is currently partnering with local Haitian NGO L’Athletique d’Haiti to construct a cafeteria to meet the increased demand created by recent disasters.
For over 29 years, Operation USA has provided supplies, equipment and medicines—free of charge—to community clinics and health centers throughout California.
The Awesome Girls Program offers afterschool programming for girls, providing safety, shelter and nurturing in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Through the Children’s Bureau of New Orleans, this program provides specialized programs for children and families in the greater New Orleans area, with an emphasis on mental health, child welfare and advocacy.
In the 10 years since Hurricane Mitch devastated the region, Operation USA has made a long-term commitment to the village of Santa Rosa, Nicaragua.
Operation USA responds to May, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, China with the construction of a school, built in conjunction with Honeywell Hometown Solutions.
Operation USA continues post-hurricane projects in Louisiana and Mississippi–with an emphasis on community health clinics. Although there has been significant progress in much of the region, many residents are still struggling to reconstruct their lives.
One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, Operation USA’s extensive relief work included projects funded in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and India.
Operation USA is supporting the construction of The Visions Learning Center, which will be built adjacent to the Kalagam Girls School in Colombo.
Dedicated to working with poor in rural areas, Mekong Plus’ programs include livelihood training, microcredit, education and health care.
Cyclo drivers are some of the most vulnerable people in Phnom Penh, often living/sleeping on the streets while supporting their families in the provinces. The Cyclo Center provides a variety of services to these individuals at risk.
A program for culturally ostracized HIV+ women and their children, providing skill training, health care and more.
Operation USA’s largest Tsunami relief project has been in the fishing village of Kallady, Sri Lanka. As part of a long-term commitment to the village, ongoing projects continue.
Following a Category 2 hurricane on September 1, 2008, Operation USA responded with aid to Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Texas.
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike slammed into the Caribbean hitting Haiti and Cuba, causing serious flooding, wind damage and crop devastation.
In June and July of 2008, back to back rain storms slammed the American Midwest causing some of the worst flooding in over a decade. Operation USA responded with emergency medical, shelter and nutritional supplies.
An overview of supply airlifts from 1979 to present.
Working in the Kala Refugee Camp in Zambia, this program educates Congolese refugees about disease prevention, women’s and children’s health, human anatomy and healthy living.
On May 3, 2008 Cyclone Nargis, a category 4 cyclone, hit the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar. Operation USA worked to provide medical supplies for populations not being reached by other humanitarian aid.
NPR’s The Story: Just Back From Sri Lanka, featuring OpUSA’s Director of South Asia Programs. Aired May 13, 2009
Los Angeles-based International Relief Agency, Operation USA, Responds to Emergency Request from San Diego County-area Health Clinics.
South Asia Director Nimmi Gowrinathan speaks about the situation in Sri Lanka in Part 4 of the series, “Caught in the Crossfire”.
Joins Global Relief Community in Calling for Immediate Access to Conflict Zones for Humanitarian Workers
OPERATION USA JOINS 25 MAJOR AMERICAN RELIEF AGENCIES IN EFFORT TO SEND MEDICAL AID TO CIVILIANS IN GAZA
JANUARY 8, 2009
Your support is needed for this urgent humanitarian crisis.
International aid organizations are mobilizing responses to the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Recent air strikes and a ground offensive have exacerbated an already serious humanitarian crisis for [...]
From truthdigg.com
In the 12 years since Operation USA began directly providing humanitarian aid to Cuba’s main pediatric hospitals and its much-lauded international medical school, licenses have had to be obtained from both the US Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury. The shorthand name for [...]
Proceeds from the November 29th concert will go help Operation USA to fund hurricane relief efforts tailored to meet local needs of families and health facilities in Cuba, Haiti and Texas.
LOS ANGELES (September 12, 2008)—Los Angeles based international relief agency, Operation USA, is responding to Hurricane Ike’s arrival in Texas and preparing a shipment of medical supplies and other essentials to health centers throughout the affected region. Operation USA is working with the Texas Association of Community Health Centers which is dealing with the medical [...]
LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2008) Los Angeles-based international disaster relief group, Operation USA, announced today that it would send emergency assistance to Cuba’s main pediatric hospitals so that they could better respond to the medical needs of children stemming from the devastation caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Ike is hitting Camaguey Province, Cuba’s capitol, [...]
LOS ANGELES (September 1, 2008) The Los Angeles-based international disaster relief agency, Operation USA, is working with communities likely to be affected by Hurricane Gustav next week.
Operation USA was active in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which struck Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi on August 29, 2005 (Katrina) and again in mid September, 2005 (Rita). [...]
LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2008)–Los Angeles based Operation USA has deployed staff already stationed in Asia to assess the needs of what is now an estimated 7 million people affected by the recent cyclone which destroyed or devastated wide swaths of Burma (aka Myanmar), especially in or near Yangon (formerly the capital Rangoon) and throughout [...]
In 2008, named the
“#1 Exclusively Privately Funded Charity”
by Charity Navigator.
Co-recipient of the
1997 Nobel Peace Prize as part of “The International Campaign to Ban Landmines”