Welcome
Hello and welcome to our website.
Express Care is a humanitarian organization that provides information and assistance to those in need, offering a support network that is often lacking. A non-profit organization with 501 (c) (3) status, Express Care is located in Herndon, Virginia.
The aims and objectives of Express Care:
1. To provide access to health care
2. To provide health education, to prevent diseases
3. To work towards the goal of healthy families 2020
4. To improve the quality of life of women and children
The aims and goals for the development of our community:
At present we are functioning in a very limited capacity, but want to expand our program to outreach as many people as possible:
- Assess health needs and make referrals to existing programs to ensure that every woman and child has a medical home.
- Educate the community through individualized as well as group instructions in preventing measures to improved health and extend the quality of life using television, internet and other means of communication.
- Advocating and promoting self-sufficiency through employment, education and economic empowerment for men and women and to provide social support.
- Assisting individuals to understand the cultural practices and to help them in developing skills including language and driving skills that are needed to successfully participate in the society.
- Provide the following trainings to the low-income families and individuals: Personal Care Aid Training (PCA), Computer Training, ESL Training (English as a second language), and CPR/First Aide Training.
News
February 27, 2009 - We Are America Now Award Presented to Yasmeen Durrani, Co-founder and Director of Express Care. More Info...
May 8, 2009 - Attended Dinner Ceremony In honor of President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, Washington D.C., U.S.A.