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Operation USA (also known as OpUSA, Operation California, or OpCal) is a non-profit humanitarian organization supporting health, education, and relief programs at home and abroad. The Organization is privately funded, receiving no assistance from the United States federal government. OPUSA had a revenue of over $2.6 million in the fiscal year 2019, and since 1979 has delivered more than $400 million in aid to 100 countries.
In 1982, Operation California sent "the first private airlift from the U.S. to Poland", delivering . of medical supplies and medicine; that year Operation California also airlifted medical supplies to Lebanon. In 1983, Operation California delivered aid to the children of Vietnam and Cambodia. Operation California provided aid to the earthquake victims in Mexico City in 1985, as well as working in cooperation with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and Oxfam America, to deliver $250,000 () worth of medical aid to Nicaragua. In 1986, Operation California, in conjunction with Medical Aid to El Salvador, sent "two cargo planes carrying $500,000 () worth of relief supplies to earthquake-stricken El Salvador". In 1988, Operation California began using the name Operation USA because it better described the effort and intent of the organization to represent the entire American people. In 1989, Operation USA facilitated operations on children in Vietnam who had cleft palates by a Los Angeles-based plastic surgeon, Dr Stanley Frileck.
Medical aid and rebuilding effort was delivered to Mexico in 1990 by OpUSA. In 1991, OpUSA delivered aid to Bangladesh. In 1993, OpUSA did the same thing to war-torn Somalia. In 1994, OpUSA provided earthquake relief. In 1999, the Organization provided aid to Hurricane Mitch survivors in Honduras and Nicaragua. In that same year, OpUSA gave essential supplies to storm victims in Mexico.
In 2003, OpUSA delivered aid to Iraq War victims in the Persian Gulf. The tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and Indonesia were aided by OpUSA in 2004, as well as the Mexico City flood victims. In 2008, OpUSA has delivered aid to Cyclone Nargis victims as well as Chinese earthquake victims and flood victims in the Midwest, USA. In 2015, OpUSA partnered with UniversalGiving and United Airlines to raise funds for its Nepal Earthquake recovery project, rebuilding a school in Fyakse, in the Dhading district. In 2017, OpUSA launched relief efforts helping communities impacted by an unprecedented string of disasters, including Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Irma, and the California wildfires. In 2018, OpUSA delivered cash grants and supplies to aid communities impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael in the eastern US.
In 2020, OpUSA began responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by delivering cash and supplies to partners aiding front-line workers.
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