COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru - send medical supplies

The story of Peru's suffering from COVID is well known. Peru’s per capita fatalities are the highest in the world driven by crowded living conditions. These realities have resulted in a humanitarian nightmare for Peru. With the Omicron variant ripping though Peru, the crisis continues. Our continual efforts to help Peru build out its heath care system must continue.

Peru has been unable to effectively prevent and care for the nation’s most vulnerable due to its low number of ICU beds per capita, history of low investment in healthcare, and a severe shortage of medical professionals. ICU capacity is limited due to the number of beds but even more so by the small number of doctors and nurses who have this level of expertise. All of these issues raise the need to help build the healthcare infrastructure. To that end, VIDA made 24 shipments in 2020, 28 shipments in 2021 and 16 shipments thus far in 2022. Shipments contains ICU hospital beds, stretchers, exam tables along with hundreds of walkers and thousands of crutches as well as thousands of boxes of medical supplies including PPE and respiratory equipment and supplies to combat the virus. VIDA is now preparing a shipment that will contain 34 cribs along with medical supplies.

A major cost in this project is the ocean freight from Oakland to Callao. We are planning three more shipments before years end! GlobalGiving donors play an important role in making these shipments possible. We hope you can join us in our mission to bring aid to Peru’s most vulnerable communities.

The story of Peru's suffering from COVID is well known.  And whether the crisis is defined as an pandemic or is now endemic does not change the fact that Peru's healthcare system is badly broken.  Our continual efforts to help peru build out its heathcare system must continue. Peru has now registered over 211,000 deaths. Peru’s per capita fatalities are the highest in the world driven by crowded living conditions. These realities have resulted in a humanitarian nightmare for Peru. With the Omicron variant ripping though Peru, the crisis continues.

Peru has been unable to effectively prevent and care for the nation’s most vulnerable due to its low number of ICU beds per capita, history of low investment in healthcare, and a severe shortage of medical professionals. ICU capacity is limited due to the number of beds but even more so by the small number of doctors and nurses who have this level of expertise. All of these issues raise the need to help build the healthcare infrastructure. To that end, VIDA made 24 shipments in 2020, 28 shipments in 2021 and 7 shipments thus far in 2022. Shipments contains ICU hospital beds, stretchers, exam tables along with hundreds of walkers and thousands of crutches as well as thousands of boxes of medical supplies including PPE and respiratory equipment and supplies to combat the virus

A major cost in this project is the ocean freight from Oakland to Callao. We are planning three more shipments before years end! GlobalGiving donors play an important role in making these shipments possible. We hope you can join us in our mission to bring aid to Peru’s most vulnerable communities.