Following medical emergencies and disasters worldwide, at the request of national partners, medical response teams are sent to provide basic medical treatment (in conjunction with radio plants whenever possible). The goal is to respond to disasters within two weeks, bringing aid to countries that are not able to mount an adequate response to the people’s healthcare needs.

Click here for information about the Emergency Medical Response Team in Haiti.

HCJB Global Hands has responded to the following emergency situations in Latin America:

• July 2006: Ecuador (following the eruption of Mt. Tungurahua in central Ecuador on July 14, 2006).
• August 2006: Ecuador (following yjr eruption of Mt. Tungurahua on Aug. 17, 2006).
• August 2007: Peru (following an 8.0-force earthquake on Aug. 15, 2007).
• November 2007: Mexico (following flooding that began in southern Mexico’s Tabasco state in early November 2007).
• March-May 2008: Ecuador (six weeklong teams from within Ecuador helped following coastal flooding that began in February 2008).