AAFP Foundation

Disaster Relief

Your AAFP Foundation believes it is important to help those whose lives have been impacted by disaster both here in the U.S. and around the world.  

Pacific Rim Disaster Relief Efforts - The Pacific Rim including Indonesia, American Samoa and Samoa suffered a devastating blow on September 29th and 30th, as each experienced massive earthquakes and a subsequent tsunami in the Samoas. It is feared at this point that there could be as many as 1 million people who are displaced from their homes and over a thousand deaths.

The AAFP Foundation is asking for member donations to support relief efforts in the area. Contributions will go to help our partner relief agencies, Heart to Heart International and International Medical Corps, on the ground in these devastated areas.

2009 Heart to Heart International Pacific Rim Disaster Information -- Learn more about the AAFP Foundation's in country partner Heart to Heart International. Also, find out about the specific relief efforts taking place in the Pacific Rim.
(3-page PDF file; About PDFs)
2009 International Medical Corp Pacific Rim Disaster Information -- Learn more about the AAFP Foundation's partner International Medical Corps (IMC) and the efforts that IMC is taking in the Pacific Rim.
(1-page PDF file; About PDFs)
Disaster Assistance Program -- Donations to the Disaster Assistance Program help family physicians whose practices are wiped out by domestic disasters.

A family physician volunteer provides emergency assistance to a family in China
Bill Burke, D.O., a volunteer family physician from Columbus, Ohio, provides emergency assistance to a family affected by the May 2008 earthquake in China. Photo courtesy of Heart to Heart International.
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