NEW - February 4, 2010
Help Haiti Recover
Global Links is collecting crutches, wheelchairs, and folding walkers for Haiti. Click here for details. (11 KB)
The effects of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti on January 12 will be long term. Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti and their extended families around the world. For current updates on our efforts in Haiti, please join our Facebook page.
Global Links is teaming up with MEDICC to provide medical aid for the over 400 Haitian doctors who are working alongside Cuban medical teams in Haiti to treat earthquake victims. These supplies and medicines will directly support the work of the doctors, and become part of a long-term effort to improve health in Haiti.
Global Links is also working with Pittsburgh-based agencies that have an established presence in Haiti. We are moblizing local resources for supplies and materials as needs are identified, and channeling those materials to agencies with personnel in Haiti.
Global Links Receives $250,000 Grant To Provide Ongoing Medical Relief in Haiti (18 kb)
For more information on helping Haiti recover, please visit our Haiti page.
IMAGINE going to the hospital and being unable to receive treatment because basic materials-bandages, needles, suture, syringes, blood pressure units-are unavailable. In the United States this situation is unthinkable. However, in many developing countries this happens every day. People around the world are literally dying for lack of even the most basic medical supplies.
At the same time, every year U.S. hospitals throw away an estimated 2,000 tons of unused surgical supplies worth over $200 million. This still useful material often ends up being landfilled or incinerated—needlessly adding to the pollution problem and the cost of healthcare in the United States.
Global Links is a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that recovers surplus medical materials from U.S. hospitals and makes it available to hospitals that serve the poorest members of society in less developed countries.
Because poorly planned donations can be worse than no aid at all, each donation is carefully tailored to meet the needs of the recipient institution. Dedicated volunteers help Global Links to maintain high quality standards and low costs. Global Links spends less than 3% on overhead costs.
Photography by Lynn Johnson and Annie O'Neill
