By Adam G See | Executive Director
VIDA USA shipped two containers in October carrying lifesaving aid to benefit projects in Lima, Arequipa and Ayacucho. The shipments contain hospital beds, exam tables, wheelchairs, walker and crutches along with $1.25 million in medical supplies. Included in one of the shipments are $50,000 in eye exam equipment and 1,000 glasses that will be used by U.S. based optometrists who will be volunteering in the impoverished regions outside of Arequipa with Quechua Benefits, a nonprofit working in some of the most remote regions in Peru. The traveling team will move from village to village scattered throughout the Andes providing free eye exams and distributing free eye glasses.
The remainder of the supplies and equipment will be distributed to urban clinics in Lima and Ayacucho which provide free healthcare to those in need. It is because of your generosity that VIDA is able to send these shipments at no cost to the beneficiaries!
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