The Rotary Club of Clayton Valley Concord Sunrise Foundation and the Medshare network is helping to provide medical care in Ethiopia. Ethiopia, a developing country nearly four times the size of California and with a population of over 80 million is in dire need of expanding its ability to provide healthcare, particularly in the area of trauma which exceeds all other illnesses as a cause of disability and death. Indeed some 50 million deaths per year Worldwide. The World Health Organization WHO estimates that 10 million children under the age of 5 die each year from lack of medical supplies. The Rotary Club of Clayton Valley Concord Sunrise Foundation undertook gathering $19,000 to pay for the transport of a container of $100,000 worth of medical supplies provided by Medshare, a non-profit institution with the motto: Bridging the Gap between Surplus and Need. Medshare has gathered over 2 million tons (worth over $100 million) of largely unused medical supplies and sent them to over 95 countries. The materials are all sorted, inspected and package by 1500 volunteers throughout three nationwide facilities. Clayton Rotarys container will be going to a new orthopedic trauma center hospital called Danu under the directorship of Dr Elias Ahmed in the capital Addis Ababa. medshare.org
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 02:45:08 +0000
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