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International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Blvd.
IMC Ethiopia Distributes seeds to mothers. (DRC) for treatment. Malnutrition and disease exacerbated by years of conflict have killed an estimated four-million residents. OverviewEstablished by volunteer doctors and nurses, IMC provides disaster relief, capacity building and training, primary health care, mental health services, and economic assistance to communities worldwide. IMC’s programs are designed to be sustainable and are handed over to trained local leaders instead of being ended, ensuring a significant impact that lasts generations. 90% of IMC employees live where they work, ensuring programs that are fiscally responsible and culturally-sensitive, while also boosting local economies. MissionIMC is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care, training, relief, and development programs that focus on the community level for multiplied impact and enhanced sustainability. ProgramsIMC operates in some of the most challenging environments in the world, where conflict, disease, and disaster have had a devastating effect on communities. IMC provides primary health care, mental health services, economic recovery and skills training, specialized training for health care workers and volunteers, rehabilitation of health and sanitation facilities, and targeted health services including care for women and malnourished children. IMC’s veteran relief workers were on the ground within hours of the 2004 tsunami, 2005 Pakistan earthquake, and Hurricane Katrina; indeed, IMC is one of the world’s fastest responders when disasters strike. However, we also remain through the duration of a crisis. IMC works through the three major phases of crises: the acute phase just after the event, the transitional phase during which communities recover, and the development phase, at which point the environment is fairly stable and real rebuilding can begin. While many organizations work only in emergencies or development, IMC works in all three phases continuously and specializes in difficult transitional periods. Every step of the way, IMC involves local communities in decisions, from where to build a well to how to best educate residents on important health issues. ImpactCurrently, IMC operates programs in 22 countries and regions worldwide that benefit over 20 million people each year, 80% of them women and children. In some places, such as Afghanistan, IMC’s work over the years has helped rehabilitate and restructure national health care systems. The impact of IMC’s programs is multiplied by training local health workers in the same skill sets that physicians might have: from vaccinating a child to performing surgery in field conditions. Additionally, well-trained volunteers can help educate residents about health, prevent malnutrition, and even safely deliver babies in the absence of doctors. FinancialChanging The Present will soon provide financial information on nonprofit organizations. |
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