Midwest US Tornado Response and Recovery Fund

International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is responding to help people affected by the Kentucky tornadoes, working with local agencies and partners to provide such assistance as temporary shelters, generators, medical supplies and equipment, and hygiene items.

Americares

Americares contacted more than 100 partner health facilities in Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee to offer assistance—mostly safety net clinics serving low-income, uninsured and underinsured families. They have deployed an assessment team to conduct damage assessments and partner visits in the heavily impacted areas in and around Mayfield, Kentucky. In addition, they are sending offer lists to partners that include offers of medicines such as TDAP and insulin, hygiene kits for displaced families and PPE for health workers and survivors.

Care

CARE is poised to provide immediate assistance to impacted communities. Their local partners are helping to provide immediate assistance to tornado victims including food, water and funding to families in need.

Feeding America Kentucky's Heartland, Inc.

Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland is providing ready-to-go emergency meals for victims. These emergency meals require no cooking are ready-to-eat and contain extra utensils.