Project Report
| Mar 16, 2016
Medical Supplies for Clinics in the Sacred Valley
By Patti Mangan | BOARD MEMEBER
Imagine the life change with a working wheelchair
Hello wonderful supporters of VIDA!
We thank you for the past and the future as we continue to aid remote regions of Peru impacted by various natural disasters.
In the spring the rivers rise and create all kinds of maladies and accidents in the Sacred Valley.
We work with a variety of hospitals and small clinics - providing hospital beds, exam tables and other much needed equipment and supplies. We partner with Peru’s Ministry of Health and generous transportation and logistics by Otis McAllister Inc.to bring medical aid to benefit thousands of families in the region all year long.
Thank you for making this unique and impactful meidcal relief program possible through your donations.
Please consider providing monthly donations - even $10 a month goes along way in our programs.
Patti Mangan
VIDA BOARD MEMBER
ps - if anyone is living in the Bay Area and would like to volunteer sorting donations - check us out at vidausa.org.
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Nov 17, 2015
VIDA expands outreach to Arequipa and Ayacucho!
By Adam See | Executive Director
VIDA Peru
VIDA continues to aid remote regions impacted by the various natural disasters that have hit Peru over the past decade including Cusco. VIDA continues to partner with Peru’s Ministry of Health and the military to airlift medical aid to benefit thousands of families in the region of Tambo, Ayacucho. VIDA is building on our work in the Ayacucho region through our partnership with Otis McAllister, Inc and its suppliers of quinoa. Trucks leaving the region carrying quinoa to the ocean ports return back empty. This has created a strategic opportunity for VIDA, to partner with these growers, and fill the empty trucks with donated medical aid. VIDA is currently using a similar strategy in shipping to Arequipa and up into Peru’s impoverished Altiplano region where Alpaca herders live. The program is a collaboration between VIDA and alpaca designers KUNA (www.kuna.com.pe) and The Sandra Jordan Collection (www.sandrajordan.com), CARITAS and the non-profit group Queachua Benefits. The program is also made possible by the generous funding of transportation and logistics by Otis McAllister Inc. VIDA is working with a variety of hospital and small clinics by providing hospital beds, exam tables and other equipment and supplies. Recently, VIDA just airlifted $1.5 million in Vaseline that addresses the skin problems suffered by the people living at high altitude and harsh environment. From Arequipa the remaining donations are then sent to Puno and finally the balance of the donations are dispersed throughout the Altiplano. Thank you for making this unique and impactful program possible.
Jul 9, 2015
4 Containers of Supplies Reach the Andes!
By Adam See | Executive Director
VIDA Peru
VIDA continues to aid regions impacted by the various natural disasters that have hit Peru over the past decade. Recently. VIDA partnered with Peru’s Ministry of Health and the military to airlift medical aid to benefit thousands of families in the region of Tambo, Ayacucho. In addition to the medical supplies, VIDA has also shipped beds, exam tables, and over 50 office chairs to outfit the outdated hospitals. VIDA has also sent four containers to Arequipa to be distributed to Peru’s Altiplano that is home to alpaca herders. The program is a collaboration between VIDA and alpaca designers KUNA (www.kuna.com.pe) and The Sandra Jordan Collection (www.sandrajordan.com) and the non-profit group Queachua Benefits. The program is also made possible by the generous funding of transportation and logistics by Otis McAllister Inc. VIDA is working with a variety of hospital and small clinics by providing hospital beds, exam tables and other equipment and supplies. The containers are shipped to Lima and then trucked 8 hours to Arequipa. From Arequipa the remaining donations are then sent to Puno and finally the balance of the donations are dispersed throughout the Altiplano. VIDA shipments total in excess of $2 million.