By Adam See | Executive Director
VIDA’s partnership with Peru's Ministry of Health is paying enormous dividends to the hundreds of thousands of people living in communities devastated by the floods. This partnership enables VIDA to expedite customs clearance of containers and leverages the governments transportation infrastructure to distribute medical equipment and medical supplies to these remote communities. This partnership is reducing the international shipping costs by 40% and eliminates all costs for shipping inside Peru. This means that your support will help more people than ever before. This development along with the increase in donations from hospitals across California enables VIDA to ship a record number of containers to Peru in 2018. This is a very important development as the cost of transporting aid to the Sacred Valley, Cuzco as well as other locations not near a port is very high and limits VIDA's capacity to send more aid. In addition, VIDA has been able to conduct Puente de VIDA visits t these remote regions to provide free basic medical care to underserved communities. As this report is being written, there are two containers currently on the water bound for Peru. Thank you for your continued generosity!
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