AmeriCares is a global non-profit organization focused on health and development that responds to individuals affected by poverty, disaster, or crisis.

In addition, the organization has offices in Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Liberia, Nepal, the Philippines, Tanzania, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere in the United States.

[4] Robert Macauley, who was an executive in the paper industry (Virginia Fibre Corporation), arranged to have a Pan American Airlines 747 rescue the children.

Macauley was educated at Greenwich Country Day School, Andover Phillips Academy, and Yale University, where he studied international affairs.

[5] In 1981, Pope John Paul II asked Macauley to raise funds that would provide medicine, clothing and other supplies for people suffering under martial law in Poland.

[9] Prior to joining AmeriCares in 2016, Squires served as a chief operating officer for Physicians for Human Rights, where she oversaw the organization's global development and strategic planning efforts.

Squires also headed up growth and fundraising for Human Rights Watch and spent 10 years at the United States Fund for UNICEF.

She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Delaware and is a graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership's Executive Development Program.

Following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, AmeriCares delivered emergency supplies for more than 400,000 people in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, including blankets, flashlights, bottled water, and first aid kits.

AmeriCares is delivering more than 1.4 million protective masks for health workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

In that same 2019 report, Forbes also recorded that AmeriCares reached a total revenue of 1 billion dollars in private donations; with a 127% donor dependency rate.

The institutions include thousands of general and specialty hospitals, outpatient clinics, community health programs, hospice residences, rehabilitation centers and homes for children and the elderly.

This new division gave AmeriCares a new platform to deliver more medicines and emergency supplies to facilities serving the poor in India.

The organization also raises awareness about disease prevention, supports health promotion programs, and educates children on the importance of proper hygiene techniques.

The free clinics provide medical services to thousands of people every year by utilizing a network of volunteer doctors, nurses, interpreters and administrative personnel.

[41][42] These ratings reflect the fact that more than 97% of total expenses directly support programs and relief for people in need, and 3% represent administrative costs.

In recent years, the Airlift Benefit has had prominent hosts: Anderson Cooper in 2007, Ann Curry in 2008, Mika Brzezinski in 2009 and 2011 and Kelly Wallace in 2010.

The Airlift Benefit has also drawn special guests including actor Aaron Eckhart and baseball manager Bobby Valentine.