In response to Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948, Peace Winds will provide direct food aid (including rice, flour, sugar, tea, biscuits, instant noodles, canned fish, etc.) and basic medicines for 500 low-income families.

The crisis in Syria forced hundreds of thousands of Syrian families to flee, many to neighboring Iraq. Peace Winds has been assisting families providing shelter, infrastructure, schooling, and livelihoods in northern Iraq/Kurdistan for more than 20 years. The "present Turkey/Syria border crisis" has greatly increased the flow of Kurdish and other refugees. The anticipated 250,000 refugees will need shelter, food, water. Peace Winds is responding.

Peace Winds continues to assist victims of disasters. In 2018, earthquakes, typhoons, floods, landslides even heatwaves struck Japan. This year 2019 had seen few disasters enabling Peace Winds to continue to help 2018 victims and communities recover, moving into their homes/schools/day-care centers, and providing medical care. In response to the October 2019 typhoon Hagibis, Peace Winds is providing rescue, relief (food and non-food items), shelter, and medical aid. Please join us.

Each year, thousands of wildfires burn through the western United States, destroying millions of acres of land including grasslands and forests as well as homes and towns. Residents of these areas must evacuate, sometimes with little warning, grabbing whatever essentials they can. Many never get to return home as their houses and belongings are destroyed by the fires. Peace Winds is partnering with local chapters of the American Red Cross to bring relief and recovery to survivors of these disast

While Peace Winds has been able to help more than 1,600 households rebuild their homes and 120 disabled Haitians become more independent in the last year, these survivors of the August 2021 7.2 magnitude earthquake still have a long road to recovery. Disabled Haitians are especially vulnerable and unable to support themselves or their families. The need for food distribution among these families is at an extreme level. Peace Winds has a goal to provide food kits to 70 of these desperate families

Peace Winds has outfitted and staffed a hospital ship (The Ibuki) to be deployed to provide basic medical services to the Republic of Palau (island nation comprised of over 340 islands in the Western Pacific). The Ibuki Hospital Ship will provide basic hospital services, health check-ups, and capacity building for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Palau's remote islands beginning in October 2021.

There are growing fears of the substantial human impact with the arrival of COVID-19 within particularly vulnerable populations across Africa and Asia. Refugee and displaced communities do not have the luxury of safe space, clean water, soap, or medical care should they become sick. This is where Peace Winds is assisting communities in some of the world's poorest countries, utilizing our expertise in sanitation and hygiene promotion, community education & health worker training.