By Adam See | Executive Director
Dear GG Friends,
VIDA is prepping a new container bound for Ecuador. Our 63rd container to Guayaquil is carrying primarily medical equipment valued at $200,000. This equipment was 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.
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 partners vast network makes them particularly effective in responding to the regions impacted by the quake.
Thank you for helping us to achieve our goals.
Regards,
The VIDA Team
www.vidausa.org
By Patti Mangan | BOARD MEMBER
By Patti Mangan | BOARD MEMBER
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