Santa Barbara, United States · Established 1948
Direct Relief
Improving the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.
(About)
US-based medical aid organization providing prescription medicines and supplies globally.
Direct Relief was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, United States. Today it is one of the older organisations of its kind, working on medicines, disaster and emergency and known within the sector for its tagline "Improving the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.".
The organisation currently operates in 5 countries, with major presence in Ukraine, Syria and Haiti. US-based medical aid organization providing prescription medicines and supplies globally. Verified profiles, financials and annual reports are published on its official website at directrelief.org.
(Verified profile)
What the record actually says.
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Structure & mandate
Direct Relief is headquartered in Santa Barbara, United States, established in 1948. See the linked official sources for full governance and finances.
Key public programmes
- ▸Medicines — see official programme pages for details.
- ▸Disaster — see official programme pages for details.
- ▸Emergency — see official programme pages for details.
Founded
1948
HQ
Santa Barbara
United States
Countries of work
5+
Independent registers
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(Work in the field)
Photos of their work.
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(Where we operate)
Active in 5 countries.
- Ukraine
- Syria
- Haiti
- United States
- Globalregion
1 entry not pinnable (regions or aliases).
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