VIDA is making a last ditch effort to save our project in Ecuador. Although VIDA has experienced record shipments in 2018 to our projects throughout South America, sadly we have not been able to send aid due to a lack of funding both here in the U.S. and Ecuador. Although the devastating earthquake seems like a distant memory, the plight of millions of impoverished people is as bleak as the day the earthquake struck. Unfortunately, VIDA's decades of medical aid to Ecuador is drawing to a close as funds to pay for shipments have dried up and the cost to clear containers in Ecuador is going up. This double hit is making shipments nearly impossible. The VIDA team is working hard to raise funds to continue with this project and we hope that we can count on the continued support of the GlobalGiving community in saving this important mission
Dear GG Friends,
Political challenges, economic inequality and the longterm struggle to overcome natural disasters have made life very difficult for Ecuador's poor. VIDA is partnered with the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, a 115-year old charity based in Guayaquil that operates large hospitals as well as several clinics and nursing homes in this large port city. They provide free medical care to 500,000 patients a year who are among Ecuador’s poorest citizens. VIDA provides them with medical supplies and equipment that they desperately need and helps to alleviate costs in serving the poor. Junta’s vast network makes them particularly effective in responding to the regions impacted by the quake.
VIDA needs your help! VIDA covers all costs of the shipment and we need to raise additional funds to send our next container. This container to Guayaquil will primarily carry medical equipment donated from local Bay Area hospitals. Hospital beds, gurneys, exam tables, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and other ambulatory equipment will fill the container to the brim. On an ongoing basis we drive around the Bay for scheduled equipment donations -so that when an event happens - such as this earthquake - we are fully prepared to respond in Latin America.
Your support will go directly to covering the shipping costs and import fees!
Thank you for helping us to achieve our goals.
Regards,
The VIDA Team
Dear GG Friends,
Ecuador is in desperate need of your help. The recent earthquake, the political dysfunction, and underlying poverty that permeates Ecuador has severely undermined the nation's healthcare infrastructure. VIDA is partnered with the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, a 115-year old charity based in Guayaquil that operates large hospitals as well as several clinics and nursing homes in this large port city. They provide free medical care to 500,000 patients a year who are among Ecuador’s poorest citizens. VIDA provides them with medical supplies and equipment that they desperately need and helps to alleviate costs in serving the poor. Junta’s vast network makes them particularly effective in responding to the regions impacted by the quake.
VIDA needs your help! VIDA covers all costs of the shipment and we need to raise additional funds to send our next container. This container to Guayaquil will primarily carry medical equipment donated from local Bay Area hospitals. Hospital beds, gurneys, exam tables, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and other ambulatory equipment will fill the container to the brim. On an ongoing basis we drive around the Bay for scheduled equipment donations -so that when an event happens - such as this earthquake - we are fully prepared to respond in Latin America.
Your support will go directly to covering the shipping costs and import fees!
Thank you for helping us to achieve our goals.
Regards,
The VIDA Team
VIDA and the people of Ecuador need your help. VIDA is partnered with the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, a 115-year old charity that runs 4 large hospitals as well as several clinics and nursing homes in this large port city providing mostly free medical service to over half a million of the poorest each year, to provide them with the large quantities of medical supplies and equipment that they desperately need. Our partner’s vast network makes them particularly effective in responding to the regions impacted by the quake.
The challenge the project is facing is raising enough funds to pay for the shipping cost and import inspection fee for the container. The cost to ship a container door to door is roughly $5,000. This is where the GlobalGiving Community can step in and help pay for some of these costs. A typical container carries $500,000 in aid, and includes items such as hospital beds, gurneys, exam tables, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and other ambulatory equipment as well as hundreds of boxes of valuable medical supplies . On an ongoing basis we drive around the Bay for scheduled equipment donations -so that when an event happens - such as this earthquake - we are fully prepared to respond in Latin America. VIDA does not receive any money from the beneficiaries. All supplies and equipment is given to people in need at no cost. Once again, we are asking for your help to help pay the shipping costs.
VIDA and our partners thank you for your past generosity and look forward to sending our next container to Ecuador. Thank you for helping us to achieve our goals.
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