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Helping Americans Together: AHA and Appalachian Ministries

Helping Americans Together: AHA and Appalachian Ministries

Americans Helping Americans is committed to building and strengthening our nation’s communities – particularly in the Appalachian region. Our programs support basic needs, education, health, and housing for many individuals and families. However, we could not have the...

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2,500 Food Boxes soon on their way to families in need

2,500 Food Boxes soon on their way to families in need

In distressed communities in Appalachia and elsewhere in the U.S., children, families, and senior citizens are going hungry every day – stretching their food budgets until they break as rent and utility bills must take priority over putting food on the table. That’s...

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Addressing Poverty in Appalachia and Exploring Solutions

Addressing Poverty in Appalachia and Exploring Solutions

The Appalachian Mountains are home to some of the most stunning landscapes in the United States. Yet, they also hold a truth that is difficult to comprehend. There, twenty-six million people are living in poverty within their boundaries. With roots tracing back to the...

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Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide

Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide

For years, Americans Helping Americans® has been working to help bridge the digital divide for elementary, middle and high school students in the rural Appalachian community of Beattyville, Kentucky, by providing them with the computers their parents cannot afford and...

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Repairing Roofs and Ramps for those that can’t

Repairing Roofs and Ramps for those that can’t

For many elderly and/or disabled homeowners in rural Appalachia, their home is the only asset they have – no savings accounts, no IRAs or 401(k)s – just struggling to get by from one month to the next on their meager Social Security benefits to put food on the table,...

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Providing Support for Health Care in Appalachia

Providing Support for Health Care in Appalachia

Since 2019, thanks to our supporters, Americans Helping Americans® has been providing grant funding to the Community Helping Hands Clinic (CHHC) in White County, Georgia, to support it in its mission to provide free healthcare services to the uninsured and indigent in...

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A glimpse back at what we have accomplished together in 2022

A glimpse back at what we have accomplished together in 2022

https://youtu.be/tYk1fdabB6I It is at this time each year that we look back on all that we have accomplished together – our organization, our grassroots partners in Appalachia, and, of course, our supporters who made it all possible during the past 12 months. While...

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3000 Coats4Americans.

3000 Coats4Americans.

Our Goal, with you, this Giving Tuesday.  Provide 3,000 winter coats to youth and adults in Appalachia. Winter is not just coming, but it has already arrived in the mountains of Appalachia where the low temperature in the small town of War, in McDowell County, West...

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