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Humanity First USA Responds to Drought Crisis in Tanzania
Tanzania is located in East Africa and has a population of over 38 million. Over 90 percent of the population lives below the international poverty line of $2 a day; almost 95 percent of these individuals live in rural areas and their livelihoods depend on small-scale farming and livestock.
Humanity First Haiti Director Travels to Panama with Loyola Global Brigade Volunteers
Dr. Clayton Bell, Humanity First USA Country Director to Haiti, is assisting a Loyola University of Chicago medical and dental brigade as they provide medical assistance in El Tirao, Panama.
Humanity First USA Program Director Runs in Southern California Half Marathon for Gift of Sight
Ophthalmologist and Humanity First USA program director Dr. Ahsan Khan completed the California Half Marathon in two hours and 10 minutes in Irvine on Saturday, January 7, 2012.
Inauguration of Humanity First Vocational and Technical Training Institute in Liberia, West Africa
Humanity First Vocational and Technical Training Institute (HF-VTTI) began its first session on 3rd October 2011 in Monrovia, Liberia.
Humanity First Prepares to Open State of the Art Computer Training Center in Guatemala
Set up is presently underway for a state of the art computer training center in Antigua, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.
Humanity First Team Travels to Ghana for Water for Life Project
A team of Humanity First volunteers has returned to Ghana and is currently working on the on-going Water for Life initiative in Bolga.
Highlights from Gift of Sight eye clinic in Guatemala
Humanity First USA's Gift of Sight team conducted their second eye clinic at Proyecto Salud y Paz in Chichicastenago from October 22-30, 2011.
Relief Items being Distributed to Dadaab Camp Refugees
Humanity First relief teams have been in action. 70 HF Kenya volunteers including 20 women and 50 men had sourced food items in bulk in Nairobi as sourcing in Garissa was proving difficult.
A feature on Dr. Ahsan Khan, Humanity First USA Gift of Sight Director, in the Los Angeles Times.
Humanity First is registered in 33 countries across 6 continents, and has been working on human development projects and responding to disasters since 1992. These have included the earthquakes in Turkey, Pakistan, Japan and Iran, floods in Africa and Latin America, hurricanes (Katrina and Rita) , tornado's (Kansas) and wild fires (California) in the USA, Indonesia and Bangladesh, and conflicts in Eastern Europe.
Since its inception and IRS registration in 2004, Humanity First has been focused on spending most of the raised funds on direct program related expenses. As a result, more than 90% of its funds are in that expense category. This is achieved through dedicated volunteers in its management, and program operation teams.
