ROTARY DISTRICT 6110

WHARF (Worldwide Humanitarian Alliance with Rotarians and Friends)

web site: www.ri6110.org/wharf

WHARF Listing by Numbers

WHARF members are located in the USA and Canada .  All have agreed to share information and resources with fellow members.  This group is really a network with no by-laws, no membership dues, etc.  Specialist, Jack Maxwell of the World Community Service Resource Network (WCSRN) (see www.Rotarywcsrn.org)  started WHARF in February 1999. This information is updated as changes occur and/or new members are added.

The table below includes:

· Contacts are complete with mailing address, title, phone, fax number and email addresses -- all hyper-linked for instant access with a click of your mouse;

·         Short description briefly describes what the organization does.  This may include some history and should give a basic description of the mission of the organization;

·         What We Ship indicates in the most generic of terms what the organization ships or the type of humanitarian aid provided;

·         Where We Ship includes the countries or zones this organization has successfully shipped humanitarian aid to in the past;

·         the Membership Number on the title line is a number assigned to each organization upon joining WHARF;

·         the Project name or organization and web site is shown in the second column of the title line;

·         Rotary or nonprofit (Rotary/NGO) is shown in the third column of the title line.  We are trying to partner with other Rotary and other non-profit groups to leverage our resources;

·         The fourth column of the title line labeled FNC refers to the function and assets of an organization as follows:

S - supplier of equipment, supplies or materials to projects requesting related aid

T - transportation, drug re-dating services, or other service providers

I  - information resource

P - project sponsors, i.e., actually do overseas projects, send teams or go over and build things, etc

O – other - can include relationships with WHARF, WCSRN or some other affiliated resource which doesn't fit neatly into one of the above categories

This database is being shared with several other organizations and can be linked from non-profit organization web sites.  You may search for specific terms through the drop-down menu of Edit and Find.  Our hope is that some organization with needs in a developing country will find our web site and scroll down the Where We Ship column to see if their country is listed.  A look in the What We Ship column will determine if their needs may be met with what that organization ships.  If all this fits, then they can obtain the contact information, etc.  Our hope is to supply as much information as possible in one location and eliminate their need to surf the web to locate each North American organization that can help them.

The purpose of this document is not only to share our information, but also to CREATE AWARENESS AND TAKE ACTION.  This just happened to be Rotary International President Frank Devlyn's slogan for his term as President from July 2000 through June 2001.   Another purpose is to house as many organizations in one location as possible.  We are comfortable that the number of organizations shipping humanitarian aid from North America is well over 200.  Our goal is to reach as many of these as possible and encourage them to join. If you know other organizations that should be listed in this database and be furnished with this kind of information on a regular basis, please e-mail Jack Maxwell at jackmaxw@cox.net.

#1

Rotary District 6110 Medical Supplies Network, Inc.

Web site: msni.6110times.org

Rotary

FNC:  S

Jack Maxwell, Founder and

Chairman of the Board-MSNI

11616 South Fulton Ave.

Tulsa , OK . 74137

(H) 918 –296-0689 

Fax: 918-296-0691

jackmaxw@cox.net

Larry Biron, Dir. of Operations, MSNI

1123 South Erie

Tulsa , OK . 74112

warehouse 918-832-7968

Cell  918-639-1492

Fax 918-832-9896

mail@msni.org

Updated 9-2006

Tulsa , Oklahoma Rotarian Jack Maxwell started MSNI, a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation, in 1992 following a trip to the Philippines .  It consists of two 6000 sq. ft. warehouses.  We rent one for income and use the other for our operations.  Since 1996 MSNI has shipped 145 40’ containers of medical equipment and supplies to 36 different countries (10/09). 

We ship at least one container a month and turn our entire inventory each month to make sure we have ample room for the continuously arrival on new donations.

Most of our shipments are WCS projects with other Rotary clubs overseas.  However, MSNI has partnered with NGOs and a few Missionaries involved with medical missions.  In addition, we have helped 8 or 10 local and regional charities by making donations of medical inventory for their needs and have helped several Rotary Districts start up a warehouse project like our District 6110 MSNI.  A manual, available on our web site, was developed to assist in the start-up of other humanitarian aid warehouse projects. 

medical equipment

medical supplies

clothing

food

ambulance

Water well Drilling equipment and supplies

Philippines

Mexico , Russia          

Lithuania , Iraq

Ukraine , Niger

Russia

Albania

Nicaragua

Honduras

Guatemala

South Africa

E. Timor , Belize

Ecuador

Viet Nam

Columbia, Peru

Eritrea, Africa

Kosovo, Albania

El Salvador

Armenia

Afghanistan

S. Korea

Afghanistan

Uganda

#2

Frankfort , IN Rotary District 6560

New Opportunities Grant Project

Rotary

FNC:  P

Joyce Elferdink, Committee Chairman

1116 N. State Rd. 39

Frankfort , IN   46041

(H) 765-654-4851

Office:

Clinton County Chamber of Commerce

259 E. Walnut St .

Frankfort , IN

(W) 765-654-5507

chamberjfe@accs.net

Seeking used medical equipment in good condition for a children's hospital in Taldykorgan, Kazahstan.  We have a grant from Mercy Corps International for 80% of the shipping cost and in-country contacts.  To date, we have not located much of the desperately needed equipment.

Medical equipment for children's hospital and cardiology medical center

Kazakhstan

(in the former Soviet Union )

#3

Rotary Club of Cincinnati District 6670

World Community Service

Web site: www.mediasign.com

Rotary

FNC:  S

Bob McElroy

5341 Sultana Drive

Cincinnati , Ohio 45238

(H) 513-922-7760

Office:

Media Sign Co.

1177 W. 8th Street

Cincinnati , Ohio 45203

(W) 513-564-9500

Fax 513-564-9800

bob@mediasign.com

Dr. Charles Pierce

513-681-4084

Email: charles@pierce1.net

Since 1991, the World Community Service Committee has sought to expand the international role of the Cincinnati Rotary Club by sending school and medical supplies to other countries  through  partnerships with Rotary Clubs throughout the world and with the assistance of our own membership, local businesses and non-profit organizations. Since 1992 we have sent:

·         31,459 lbs. of books and school supplies;

·         76,800 lbs of medical supplies;

·         medical and dental shipments to Panama City with Louisville Club;

·         5 shipments to Nicaragua ;

·         medical supplies to Macedonia for Kosovo refugees w/ Oakwood Rotary;

·         medical supplies to Guatemala and to the Dominican Republic ;

·         medical supplies to Ghana with Louisville Rotary;

·         school supplies to Belize and Atlantis , South Africa . 

We are now working on a District-wide school supplies collection and medical aid to Kathmandu , Nepal . We have a Rotary connection but need transportation

Medical

Supplies

School Supplies

Panama City

Nicaragua

Macedonia

Guatemala

Dominican Republic

Ghana

Belize

South Africa

India

Nepal

#4

Brazil Hospital Project District 6860

Matching Grant #6952

Rotary

FNC:  S,P

David W. Burch

106 Sandusky Way

Florence , AL 35630-1122

(H) 256-766-4233 - (W) 256-386-3338

Fax 256-766-9093

dwb5@prodigy.net

Four 40-ft. containers of hospital supplies and equipment.  Rotary clubs of Florence and Sheffield , Alabama as well as Canoinhas, Santa Catarina , Brazil jointly sponsored the project.  Florence is lead club. Region served is a nine-county area surrounding the community of Canoinhas.

Hospital supplies

Hospital equipment

Brazil

#5

Medical Mission Program District 7120

Rotary

FNC:  S,P

Jean Wells, Developer and Chair

6 Folkside Lane

Fairport , NY 14450

(H) 716 223-2633

bwell1@rochester.rr.com

The Medical Mission Program began in January 1999 as a domestic and international community service project.  We have worked in collaboration with Operation Condor in shipments and staff to Peru and also with Intervol at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in S.D.  Intervol has a 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse of recycled medical equipment and has been our main supplier thus far.

Medical equipment

medical supplies

clothing

toys

books

Peru

Dominican Republic

Domestic (SD)

#6

HUNGER PLUS District 5730

Web site: www.hungerplus.org

Rotary

FNC:  S

J. B. Roberts, Founder & Chairman

P.O. Box 337 - 3009 Olton Road

Plainview , Texas 79072

(W) 806-293-4413

Fax 806-293-7444

hungersupport@texasonline.net

Wayne Merrill, President

Email:
wayne@bapmem.com

Updated:  11-2009

Rotarian and PDG, J.B. Roberts, along with 8 other District Governors from the State of Texas began Hunger Plus, Inc. in 1998. 

Hunger Plus has partnered with Rotary Clubs & Districts, Civic Groups, Churches and Missions, Hospitals, Rotary Action Groups, Distribution Companies, Humanitarian Aid Organizations and Food Organizations to help the needy in every continent except Antarctica.

Rice
Beans
Dehydrated Soup Mixes
Medical Equip & Supplies
Dental Equip & Supplies
Clothing
School Supplies
Blankets
Hygiene Products
Tools
Computers
Communication Equipment
Fire Trucks

North America

Central America

South America

#7

Breedlove Dehydrated Foods

Web site: www.breedlove.org

NGO

FNC:  S

Robert Taylor, CEO

1818 N. M.. L. King Blvd.

Lubbock , Texas   79403

(W) 806 741-0404

Fax 806 741-0447

roberttaylor@breedlove.org

Breedlove Dehydrated Food Plant in Lubbock , TX is a wonderful example of a project that was started with the help of many Rotarians in West Texas .  It receives donated fresh produce and vegetables by the box-carload, dehydrates it and mixes it in custom blends of soup mix.  One pound of dehydrated soup yields 25 or more servings at less than 3-1/2 cents per serving This soup mix has a shelf life of over two years and is ideal for disaster relief, food for the starving in Africa and emergency Red Cross relief efforts.  This plant has the capacity to produce 500,000 pounds of dehydrated food per week -- over 10 million servings.  It is ideal for Rotary projects domestically as well as WCS matching grant hunger projects worldwide.

dehydrated

soup

anywhere in the USA

Mexico

South Africa

Peru

Central America

South America

#8

Operation Condor Wheaton Rotary Club District 6440

Web site: www.operationcondor.org

Rotary

FNC:  P

Jean "John" De Keyser, Chairman

1621 Briarcliffe Blvd

Wheaton , IL 60187

(W) 630-787 0350 

Fax 630-787 0377

jdk@westord.com

Operation Condor focuses on medical missions and humanitarian projects for the poor population of Huánuco , Peru .  Every year, we organize a medical mission of 10 days in September.  We also arrange for patients to come to the States for surgeries that cannot be performed in Peru .

medical &

hospital

equipment

surgical supplies

medical supplies

Peru

#9

International Aid - Spring Lake , Michigan

Web site: www.internationalaid.org

NGO

FNC:  S

Billy L. Teninty, Director

Medical Equipment Training

17011 West. Hickory Street

Spring Lake , MI 49456

(H) 616-846-6946

(W) 616-846-7490

Fax 616-846-3842

tenintyb@internationalaid.org

overseas/e-mail:

iabilly@yahoo.com

International Aid was founded in 1980 in Spring Lake , MI as a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization.  Our motto is Changing Lives through the power of compassion.  From our 100,000 sq. ft. facility and regional offices in Ghana , Honduras , Kosovo and the Philippines , we accomplish our mission through international programs, a mission resource center, a distribution center, volunteer relief teams and church volunteers mentoring at-risk children.  Three international programs are in cooperation with Rotary clubs and Rotary International.  They are:

1.       The medical equipment repair training program in Bangalore , India sponsored by Tumkur Rotary, Flint Michigan Rotary and RI through a matching grant;

2.        Our partnership in Jamaica with Trilawny Outreach Project sponsored by Spring Lake (MI) Rotary;

3.        We are submitting a 3-H proposal through Mike Keckler and the Modesto (CA) Rotary with co-sponsors Rotary Club of Manila, and San Fernando City , La Union, Rotary.  We will conduct a medical equipment repair training program in the Philippines .

pharmaceutical

medical

equipment

(new & refurbished)

medical supplies

relief supplies

160+ countries with priority countries divided into three tiers

1st Tier:

Ghana

Honduras

Kosovo

Philippines

Romania

2nd Tier:

South Korea

Vietnam

China

India

South Africa

Mexico

3rd Tier:

Other

#10

Saving Lives Worldwide Program

Rotary Club of Louisville , KY District 6710

Rotary

FNC:  S,P

Rotary Club of Louisville   (Sponsor)

One Riverfront Plaza-Suite 810

Louisville , KY 40202

Patricia Hart, Executive Director

502-589-1800 - Fax 502-589-1636 - fax

rotary45@aol.com

Frances E. Fach, Chair 2006-2007

Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana, Inc.

PO Box 32335

502-636-0900

ffach@kyanags.org

The Saving Lives Worldwide Program began in January 1996 and during the past 10 years has partnered with other organizations, including district area Rotary Clubs, the Cincinnati Rotary Club, the Louisville Dental Society and the Greater Louisville Medical Society. The SLW Program is committed to working exclusively with and trough Rotary Clubs in developing countries – galvanizing the active services of Rotarians on both ends.  By its 10^th anniversary in 2006, SLW program has completed 22 shipments of medical/dental equipment and supplies worth over $5 Million to developing countries in Eastern Europe, Central America, Southern Asia, the Caribbean and West Africa .  Further, through partnerships with rotary Clubs here and abroad, five new dental clinics were established in Panama , and the sixth and seventh and eighth dental clinics were established by working closely with Rotary Clubs in Nepal , Belize , and Guayaquil .  The Saving Lives Worldwide Program operates a warehouse for assembling, sorting and shipping.  The program’s copyrighted motto is Saving Lives, Bringing Hope, Building Peace, Worldwide.  © 1996-2006; registered TM application in process.        

The Saving Lives Worldwide Program is a charter member of WHARF.  The SLW Program was inspired early-on b the success of District 6110’s Medical Supplies Network, Inc. (MSNI) program.

Medical supplies

Medical equipment

Dental operatories

Latvia

Romania

Ecuador

Panama

Nicaragua

Nepal

Ghana

Belize

Sri Lanka

Barbados

#11

FAMSCO (Fire and Medical Supply Company)

District 6000

Rotary

FNC:  S

John Ockenfels, President

1370 Deerwoods Dr. NE

Swisher, Iowa, 52338

H- 319-848-9036

W- 319-351-2848

C- 319-321-4601

johnocenfels@citycarton.com

Jim Peterson – President

309 N. 7^th Avenue

Iowa City, Iowa 52245

H. 319-354-5461

W. 319-644-3018

C. 319-631-2992

Jim-peterson@mchsi.com

Dick Kennedy, Treasurer

1811 North Dubuque Road

Iowa City , IA   52245

(H) 319-338-2192

Fax 319-351-0473

jrkdvm@aol.com

Karin Franklin, Secretary

H- 319-354-8776

W- 319-356-5232

kaf@avalon.net

FAMSCO is an Iowa Corp. formed in 1990 to procure and ship emergency vehicles, fire-fighting equipment, medical equipment  and medical supplies to underdeveloped countries, mostly in Central America .  The project began in the Iowa City Noon Rotary Club and is now an ongoing WCS project of District 6000.  FAMSCO’s focus is on emergency vehicles, medical equipment and medical supplies, but it has also shipped school furniture, computers, construction materials and clothing.  FAMSCO is a 501-C-3 entity.  Consignees for shipments are usually Rotary clubs in the destination country.  Consignees are responsible for customs clearance, warehousing and distribution of goods in the destination country.  FAMSCO representatives regularly attend the annual Uniendo America Project Fair in Central America each January.  Since inception, FAMSCO has shipped 75 vehicles and almost 400 tons of medical equipment and supplies to various countries.

Fire Trucks

Ambulances

School Buses

Medical Equipment

Medical Supplies

Fire Fighting Equipment

Fire Fighting Supplies

Clothing

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

El Salvador

Peru

#12

Rohnert Park-Cotati

Rotary International Service Project

District 5130 HHH #1052

Rotary

FNC:  P

Vida Jones

8763 Laurelwood Drive

Rohnert Park , CA 94928

(H) 707-795-3010

Fax 707-795-7907

fredvida@rpnet.net

This Rotary Club has a large and continuing commitment to the Peruvian Amazon area of Pucallpa , Peru .  Working with the three local Rotary Clubs and other Rotary Clubs in the US , we have:

§         shipped an airplane load and two 20-ft containers of medical equipment supplied by Medical Supplies Network

§         arranged for a visit by the Air National Guard Medical Squadron from Tulsa , OK (with the Tulsa , OK Rotary Club)

§         shipped an ambulance to Pucallpa to replace a pickup truck

§         delivered ten Nomex fire fighting suits to the Ucayali Fire Marshall

§         been successful in applying  for a Rotary International 3-H grant to bring a public health education project to the slum areas of Pucallpa and to the Shipibo Indian villages along the Ucayali River

This project involves five Rotary districts in four countries. Currently we are gathering one additional container of medical supplies to complete furnishing of the hospital that the Pucallpa Rotarians have built.  We are gathering used clothing for shipment to the Rotaract clubs of Pucallpa for distribution, sending a dozen two-way radios for use of the Pucallpa firemen, searching for an eye-surgery team and sending a gift of ten CPR dummies.  We are also arranging for Rotary Volunteers to go to Pucallpa to teach CPR, First Aid and Emergency medicine.  This area has some of the worst public health statistics in all of the Americas .  Our goal is to Make a Difference.

medical equipment

medical supplies

clothing

Fire fighting

equipment

ambulance

2-way radios

Peru

#13

Costa Rica Mobile Medical Dental Units

WCS Project District 6940

Rotary

FNC:  S,P

Randall Spencer

District 6940 WCS Coordinator

c/o The Spencer Group

31 Hoffman Drive Gulf Breeze, FL

(H)  850-934-3000

Fax 850-934-9010

spencergroup@ispchannel.com

Established for the purpose of providing medical or dental facilities to any worthwhile missionary group, we have two units 8X24 equipped for medical exams, medication dispensing w/ A/C and generators.  May be transported to a specific site but Clinica Biblica, the host group in C.R., usually has identified the very needy locations. Two units 8X24 are equipped for dental use. Each has three stations equipped with RotoDents.  Dentists provide their own instruments.  Three Cavitrons also available. SPECIAL NOTE: Costa Rica is very strict on bringing in outdated medications. 1 to 2 day customs clearance. Guayana Honduras : Building a 2400 SF Clinic for 2001. Currently have medical teams working twice a year for one week. After construction would anticipate more visits. Guayana is very supportive of Missionary involvement.

Medical Supplies

Medical Equipment

Costa Rica

Honduras

#14

Flame of Hope Foundation, Inc

Viroqua Area Rotary Viroqua , WI District 6250

Rotary

FNC:  P

Karen M. Dahl , President and Founder

510 Garfield Avenue

Viroqua , WI 54665

(H)  608-637-7710

Fax 608-637-6184

kdahl@frontiernet.net

The Flame of Hope Foundation, Inc. is an off-shoot of the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program and a project of the local Rotary Club.  It works with tortured, abandoned and orphaned children in Thailand , primarily from the Klong Toey slums.  It is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit corporation (pending) and has been in existence since July 1998. Since inception, the foundation (along with Rotary) has donated funds for a fish pond at the New Life Center , Kanchanaburi , Thailand .  This will provide a source of protein water for irrigation and for recreational purposes for the relocated slum children.

We have provided medical funds for plastic and reconstructive surgery; hearing aids for slum children; books, art supplies and school supplies for 150 children.  Presently we are attempting to establish a free medical infirmary and clinic for the kids as well as individuals that "slip through the cracks" of the health care programs in Thailand .

The principal NGO with whom we work in this country is the Duang Prateep Foundation, founded by Prateep Ungsong thong Hata, recipient of the Magsaysay award for Humanitarian Service in the Pacific Rim .  Two Thai Rotary Clubs work with us.

Financial Resources

Thailand

#15

Rotary Blood Bank Technology Exchange

District 5790

Rotary

FNC:  S

Charles Kurtzman, Project Coordinator

4428 Mike Lane

Fort Worth , TX 76116

(H) 817-738-5588

(W) 817-870-9884

c.kurtzman@att.net

The Blood Bank Technology Exchange was created to re-deploy about $1.5 million worth of blood bank lab equipment donated by our regional blood center, Carter Blood Care.  The project oversees personnel training and inter-country exchanges facilitated by Rotary Clubs. We are evaluating expansion of this project.

blood bank

equipment

personnel

training

Honduras

India

Philippines

#16

Governor's Challenge Blood Drives

District 5790

Rotary

FNC:  P

Charles Kurtzman, Project Coordinator

4428 Mike Lane

Fort Worth , TX 76116

(H) 817-738-5588

(W) 817-870-9884

c.kurtzman@att.net

The Governor's Challenge addresses the critical need for increased blood donations by volunteer donors throughout the world.  Started in Rotary District 5790 five years ago, 80% of clubs in the District now participate.  Over 4000 units of blood have been donated.  We are now extending the Challenge to other Districts, domestic and international.

methodology

motivation

(in process)

Honduras

India

Philippines

#17

Universal H.A.R.T.- (Humanitarian Aid Resources and Transportation, Inc.)

Rotary/NGO

FNC: T

Jessica Settle, Director

Home  574-232-1731

Fax.     574-232-1741

Jessica@univheart.org

Founded by Rotarians, Jack Maxwell and Larry Biron, and established by a Special Initiatives Grant from the RI Foundation, H.A.R.T. is dedicated to assisting and strengthening humanitarian efforts through the identification and development of cost-effective (yet safe and secure) transportation sources.  Universal H.A.R.T.'s energies are devoted to networking with Rotarians and other organizations involved in humanitarian efforts to share experiences and resources.  Focusing on transportation and logistical issues, H.A.R.T. identifies and develops governmental donated or reduced-rate transportation sources along with reliable in-country contacts and agencies to help assure safe portal-to-portal delivery of any type of humanitarian aid cargo.

Transportation and consulting services free of charge to those who need assistance in this area.

Air, land and water transportation aid provided from any location in the USA or Canada to any other place in the world.

#18

SUNSTOVE Solar Cookers

Web site: www.sungravity.com

NGO

FNC: S

Richard C. Wareham, Director

3140 North Lilly Road

Brookfield , WI 53005

phone 262-781-1689

fax 262-781-0455

info@sungravity.com

Margaret Bennett, Chairperson

P.O. Box 21960

Crystal Park 1515

South Africa

Phone 011-2711-969-2818

Fax 011-2711-969-5110

Sunstove@iafrica.com

The SUNSTOVE is a low-cost, user-friendly, portable quality solar cooker designed by Rotarian Richard C. Wareham in 1992.  Rotary Clubs in Calcutta , India and the SUNSTOVE Organization in Johannesburg , South Africa build the unit (for US$20.00).  Housing is molded from reground plastic and also fabricated by hand (for US$10.00) with local materials by the Mission Mazahua in Mexico . The key to the design is a large solar window, no external reflectors to blow away and local scrap aluminum printing plates for internal and exterior walls

Most important -- It can be built by hand with materials available in every country.  A program description, drawings, specs and a cookbook are on web site for anyone to copy or use as a guide to build a unit.

solar cookers

manufactured in India , South Africa and Mexico - two sample cookers (no pots) are included postage can be shipped from South Africa via surface transportation anywhere in the world for US$100.00

#19

Project C.U.R.E.

Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment

Denver Rotary/ NGO

FNC: S

W. Douglas Jackson, PhD., Pres. & CEO

7200 W. Alameda Ave.

Lakewood, CO. 80226

303-727-9414

Fax 303-727-8397

ProjectCure@juno.com

John Betz , Director of Transportation

(same bus. address as above)

5405 Quay St

Arvada, CO. 80002

(H) 303 422-4959

johnbetzquaycom@msn.com

James W. Jackson, a successful entrepreneur and international economic consultant, founded Project C.U.R.E. in 1987.  He had observed the ill and needy walking for miles and waiting for hours to obtain primitive medical attention. 

C.U.R.E. is a non-profit corporation 501(C)(3) operating warehouses in Denver , Nashville , Los Angeles and Phoenix .  Ocean containers of medical equipment (90 TEU's in 1999) have been shipped to needy clinics and hospitals in 81 countries.  CURE partners with other NGO's and many Rotary Clubs all over the USA .

medical supplies

medical equipment

Eighty-one

countries, from

Albania to Zimbabwe .

On all continents

except North America

#20

Oregon Mid Valley Container Project   D5110

Rotary

FNC: S

PDG Judi Beard-Strubing  04-05

2120 Ridgeway Drive

Eugene , Oregon 97401

H 541-342-2474

Fax 541-431-3910

W 800-426-5793

Mobile  (541) 953-2336

Email: judi5110@comcast.net

Stephen C Stocks

113 Cherry Lane

Albany , Oregon 97321

541-928-9648

Fax. 541-928-4395

stephencstocks@msn.com

   Oregon Mid Valley Container Project is an organization of Rotary clubs that collect, sort, repair, pack and ship continers of medical goods, books, computers and specific need items for use in third world countries.   A receiving Rotary club is required in the country of delivery.

Medical Equip.

Medical Supplies

Computers

Books

Uganda

  Philippines

#21

RWHN (Rotary Clubs of the Lower Mainland of BC World Help Network)

Rotary

FNC: S

RWHN

315-475 Howe Street

Vancouver BC   Canada

V6C-2B3

Terry McGaulay, President 06-07

201-7580 Columbia Street

Vancouver BC , Canada

V5S 4S8

H 604-325-2021

Fax  604-325-6500

Email  mcgauley@axion.net

George Sandwith, Past President

319 Lancaster Street

Port Coquitlam , BC

V 3C 3J8 Canada

604-464-9419 phone & fax

Formally established in 1997, RWHN, a registered non-profit society in the province of British Columbia and registered as a charity with Revenue Canada , is sanctioned by Rotary International as a District Organization. The project originally began as a WCS project of the Vancouver Club in 1993 with a shipment of medical supplies to Kiev . The Rotarians who started the project were Bill Richwa, Ralph Towsley and Ted Segodnia from the Rotary Club of Vancouver.  The Rotary Club of Vancouver continued to send shipments, and demand grew beyond what one club could handle. Six clubs founded the RWHN in September 1997, and membership has grown to over 35 clubs in Districts 5040 and 5050. Each club pays a $10 per member per year membership fee and can sponsor a shipment to a Rotary Club in another country for $2500.

Non-member clubs can sponsor shipments for $6000 provided a member club is not on the waiting list. We are currently using temporary donated warehouse space of approximately 3,000 square feet. We have assisted with the Polio Plus Project in the Ukraine by supplying lab furniture and equipment for testing facilities and with the 3-H Hearing Health Care Program Zimbabwe . We have also worked with consulates to arrange special shipments to Ecuador , Guatemala and Venezuela and a city-twinning arrangement between Port Moody and Harare .  We form liaisons with other NGO's for assistance. Since incorporation in1997, the RWHN has sent 28 shipments. Before incorporation, the Rotary Club of Vancouver sent 10 shipments.

medical equipment

medical supplies

clothing

books

hospital furniture

lab equipment

education

supplies

45 countries inc.

Argentina

Colombia

Ukraine

Philippines

Uganda

Brazil

Honduras

Zimbabwe

Peru

Ecuador Venezuela

Guatemala

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Tajikastan

Chile

Tonga

Bolivia

Cook Islands

New Guinea

#22

J. M. Keckler Medical Co., Inc.

Rotary District 5220

Rotary

FNC: S

J. Michael Keckler

1010 Warnerville Road

Oakdale , CA   95361

(209) 847-4100

Fax (209) 847-4166

(800) 523-1010

Cell   209-614-0231

jmk@kecklermedical.com

Jim Whitworth

1010 Warnerville Road

Oakedale , CA 95361

209-847-4100

Fax  209-847-4166

jw@kecklermedical.com

updated 9-2006

Keckler Medical is a distributor of hospital critical care capital equipment for hospital and clinic use.  We take used hospital equipment as trade in for new equipment and we buy hospitals, clinics and warehouses of medical equipment which we repair biomedically and ship around the world.  We ship a 40' container approximately every 60 days.

We have been granted 3-H Grants for Rotary projects in Brazis and the Philippines .  We store equipment in our 25,000 sq. ft. Oakdale, CA warehouse. We have partnered with NGO’s like World Vision, International Aid and Medical Relief to complete our projects. 

Brazil 3-H grant is complete.

Philippens 3-H grant is complete.

New 3-H grant for Ethiopia is being submitted for review by The Rotary foundation.

Hospital equipment

medical supplies

wherever needed in 141 countries so far:

The Philippines

Cambodia

Nepal

Thailand Ethiopia

Senegal

Brazil

Venezuela

Peru

Chile

former Russian States

etc.

#23

MAP International

Web site: www.map.org

NGO

FNC: S

MAP International

P. O. Box 215000

2200 Glynco Parkway

Brunswick , GA 31525

Mark Walker

District 5510 International Service Chair

Special Assistant to the President to MAP

602 494 3495

fax 602 494 1434

mwalker@map.org

John Garvin

Agency Services & Relief Director

912 265-6010 ext. 666

jgarvin@map.org

Rosemary Mehl,

Customer Service Director

912 265-6010 ext. 6675

rmehl@map.org

MAP International is a non-profit Christian relief and development organization that promotes the total health of people living in the world's poorest communities.  MAP, founded in 1954 as Medical Assistance Programs, has a mission to promote the total health of people living in the world's poorest communities by partnering in the provision of essential medicines and prevention and eradication of disease promotion of Community Health Development. 

MAP is a primary provider of donated medicines and medical supplies in the world and is a leader in the development of standards for the use of donated medicines.  In times of natural or man-made disaster, MAP quickly responds with appropriate medicines requested from the field.  MAP works to prevent disease through a comprehensive network of education and immunization programs.  MAP's primary focus in development programs is to provide adequate training on health related issues to empower people to care for those within their own communities.  Three Rotary Districts, including 5510 and 6920, have sent Emergency Health kits through MAP to Carlos Bullos in Caracas , Venezuela . MAP also has a World Community Service program in Chilimarca , Bolivia Rotary District 6920 and the Rotary Club of Chochabamba are promoting a program to train rural health promoters from more than 200 communities.

Medicines

medical supplies

during FY99 MAP

International served people living in the world's poorest communities in 96 countries worldwide

#24

Direct Relief International (DRI)

Web site: www.directrelief.org

NGO

Thomas Tighe, Executive Director

27 S. La Patera Lane

Santa Barbara , CA. 93117

805-683-3678 office phone

Fax. 805-681-4838

ttighe@directrelief.org

Susan Fowler, Program Officer

27 S. La Patera Lane

Santa Barbara, CA. 93117

Office: 805-964-4767  x140

sfowler@directrelief.org

Direct Relief International (DRI), founded in 1945, supports the immediate and ongoing work of community health initiatives and disaster relief teams through donations of appropriate and specifically requested medical commodities.  These goods are contributed to DRI from over 150 manufacturers and distributors as well as clinics, hospitals, physicians and dentists.  Donated equipment is tested and refurbished, and documentation is assembled before shipment.

DRI then partners with other organizations and foundations, including Rotary Clubs and Districts, to finance the processing and shipping expenses associated with delivering this tangible support to locations in need around the globe. DRI also has extensive contact with Rotarians around the world who help screen the legitimacy of requests and help assure that the goods are delivered to the proper clinics, hospitals or relief efforts. (See also Rotary District 5240's Hands Across the Sea Program).  #25

medical equipment

medical supplies

nutritional products

pharmaceuticals

#25

Hands Across the Sea

Rotary District 5240

Rotary

Jim Johannsen PDG

2661 Tallant Rd , MW-529

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

805-687-4602

Fax.  805-967-1865

Email: jimjohannsen@impulse.net

The Hands Across the Sea Program, founded by the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North of District 5240 in 1966, partners with Direct Relief International (DRI) of Santa Barbara , CA to help improve health services and foster self-sufficiency for health projects in the less developed areas of the world.  In the past 10 years alone, Rotary has helped to ship over US$8 Million at wholesale value in over 100 shipments to 25 countries. This is an ongoing program. 

District 5240 also assists DRI with locating equipment, locating technicians to check our donated equipment and locating Rotarians in other countries to help with the receipt and distribution of the equipment, materials and pharmaceutical products.  (See also Direct Relief International directly above).  #24

Medical equipment

medical supplies

nutritional products

pharmaceuticals

#26

World Vision

Web site: www.worldvision.org

NGO

Craig MacKay

Gift in Kind Department

World Vision

34834 Weyerhauser Way

So Federal Way, WA 98001

253-815-2267

World Vision Gift In Kind (GIK) department sends new, donated products to various countries throughout the world.  The products shipped are in direct response to needs identified in the field from our various offices. Our GIK products are integrated into ongoing community development and child sponsorship projects in countries in Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa .  We have national offices in all of the countries we serve.

Clothing, shoes,

medical supplies school supplies

personal hygiene

products,

books and recreational supplies

#27

Food for the Hungry, Incorporated

Web site: www.fh.org

NGO

Stanley G. Schirm, Director

Corporate & Government Services

Food for the Hungry, Inc.

7729 East Greenway Road

Scottsdale , AZ 85260

480-609-7717

Fax 480-998-4806

Stans@fh.org

Meeting physical & spiritual needs worldwide, Food for the Hungry (FHI) is an organization of Christian motivation, committed to working with the poorest of the poor to overcome hunger and poverty through integrated self-development and relief.  True and complete development is only possible by reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ. FHI works in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia Latin America and Eastern Europe to feed and help hungry people.  Its work is organized into four areas:

§         disaster relief

§         child sponsorship,

§         education through long-term sustainable development

§         deployment of volunteers

Operations: FHI's 1,166 workers link 48,235 donors who provide food, clothing, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, micro-enterprise opportunities and training to poor people in 26 countries.

medical supplies

clothing

blankets

vegetable seeds

medical equipment

food/cereals

#28

Rotary District 6920 Medical Equipment Transport Services

Rotary

Patti T. Victor    Director

Medical Equipment Transport Service

2025 Louisville Road    Suite A

Savannah , GA 31415

Ph:  912-713-4312

pvictor@MedicalEquipmentTransport.org

Bob Ashley DDS   Founder

Cell: 912-398-1440   H: 912-355-3135

BobA1946@aol.com

Updated, December 2006

The mission of Rotary Medical Equipment Transport Services (METS) is to save lives and reduce pain and suffering.  In the three years since its inception, METS has shipped sixteen 40-foot containers of medical/dental/prosthetic equipment and supplies to clinics and hospitals in five developing nations.  These shipments constitute over 240,000 lbs. of medical aid, valued at approximately $3.2 million.  METS is staffed entirely by Rotary Volunteers.

Medical/ Dental/ Prosthetic Equipment

Medical supplies

#29

Brother's Brother Foundation

Web site: www.brothersbrother.com

NGO and Rotary

Luke L. Hingson,President

1501 Reedsdale St. -Suite3005

Pittsburgh , PA 15233-2341

412-321-3160

Fax 412-321-3325

BBFound@aol.com

Home:  123 Valentine Drive

Coraopolis , PA 15108

(H) 412-264-5311

Michele Fonda, Development Assistant

Antas@aol.com

In its 42 year existence, Brother's Brother Foundation has shipped over 63,000 tons of supplies overseas to those in need.  Five hundred 40-foot containers of books, medical supplies, food and seed have been shipped for Rotary distribution in over 30 countries.

text books

emergency supplies

medical equipment & supplies

clothing

food

seed to plant

#30

Rotaplast International, Inc.

Rotary

Julene Hunter

Executive Director

1663 Mission Street   Suite 320

San Francisco , CA 94103

415-252-1111 

Fax 415-252-1211

Email:  julene@rotaplast.org

Caroline Thompson

Resource Manager

Email  caroline@rotaplast.org

Updated December, 2006

As a World Community Service Project in partnership with Rotary Clubs and Districts around the world, Rotaplast International provides free reconstructive surgery to children in the most economically challenged communities.  As a 501-c-(3) non-profit  organization, Rotaplast International has created new smiles for 10,000 children around the world since 1992.  We provide long term solutions by funding and coordinating volunteer surgical team missions, training and mentoring local physicians, launching public education projects and advancing research on cleft lip and palate anomalies

Complete team of surgical doctors, dentists, and nurses, 10 non-medical Rotarian volunteers, and all needed medical equipment and supplies to provide reconstructive services to children with cleft lip and palate anomalies.

#31

Helping Hands Wellness Outreach, Inc.

Web site: www.helpnhands.org

NGO

Emerson B. Cochran, M.D.,

President

1294 Parkview Lane

Kennesaw , Ga. 30152

(H) 770-422-5219

Fax 770-422-6656

ebcochran@mindspring.com

Helping Hands is a project started in January 1997 in Coban, Guatemala .  It is a 501(C)(3) non-profit foundation for surgical care and sending medical supplies and equipment to Guatemala .  We are partnering with the Rotary Clubs and churches in Georgia .

medical supplies

medical equipment

surgical teams

#32

David Livingstone KURE Foundation

Web site: www.dlmfkure.org

NGO

H. Dwain Griffin, Chairman/CEO

PO Box 232

Tulsa , OK 74102

(W) 918-742-9902

Fax 918-742-9903

918-298-6162 Home

dgriffin@dlmfkure.org

DLK Foundation is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit corporation.  Since 1970 we have been building total care orphanages, performing disaster relief efforts around the world in more than 30 countries and providing feeding programs for malnourished children and free medical health clinics in poverty-stricken developing countries.  We also network with civic organizations such as Rotary Clubs and Lions Clubs and partner with other NGO’s and churches worldwide to establish educational programs in Ukraine using American teachers to teach ESL programs and run youth summer camp programs in the Ukraine since 1998.  We own and operate orphanages in Mexico , the Ukraine and The Philippines.  We support 11 more in Korea and work with others in India , Argentina , Kenya , Suriname and Thailand .

Medical equipment

supplies

books

medicines

food

clothing

educational supplies

other

misc. items

#33

Blessings International

Web site: www.blessing.org

PVO/NGO

Harold C. Harder, PhD, President

Gayle DiGiovanni, Administrative Asst.

5881 S. Garnett

Tulsa , OK 74146

918-250-8101

fax 918-250-1281 blessingsint@compuserve.com

Blessings International was founded in 1981 to serve as a source of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for treating indigent patients through Christian clinics and hospitals located in developing nations and by short-term medical teams serving needy patients in such countries.  Blessings International has ongoing relief and development projects in Sierra Leone , Liberia , Myanmar , North Korea , Mozambique and India .  Over 1,000 other ministries have used our services since our inception.

prescription and OTC pharmaceuticals, vitamins,

anti medicines

parasitic

surgical supplies

#34

Rotary District 5370                                            Humanitarian Aid Warehouse Society (HAWS)

Rotary

RD 5370 Humanitarian Aid Warehouse Society ( HAWS )

#202, 14218 Stoney Plain Rd., Edmonton , Alberta , Canada

Larry Johnson – President 2006/07

RI Dist. 5370 HAWS

RR1

Cherhill , AB , Canada

TOE-OJO

Home:  780-785-2468

Fax 780-785-2448

Lpj15@telus.net

Information updated July, 2006

Founded in 2002 and currently operating in a $1/month leased new 12,000 sq.ft. Warehouse.

HAWS facilitate RD5370 Clubs to collect, store and ship 40 ft. containers of items requested by developing Country Rotary Clubs.  The process is Club to Club.  (WCS concept)

Shipping costs are usually paid by the requesting Rotary Club, donating Rotary Club/s, RD5370 and usually by Universal Aide from B.C., Canada .

HAWS doesn’t use The Rotary Foundation for shipping funds.

HAWS is an Alberta legal society, NGO; whose members are RD5370 Rotarians, operating with an active Board of Directors.  RD5370 PP & known future Presidents are also members of the Board of Directors.

HAWS shares the Warehouse with ADRA who shipped 20 containers in the first 7 months of this year; some in cooperation with HAWS .  ADRA has shipped 200 containers to-date.

Container shipping costs are typically between US$3,000 and $11,000.

HAWS is always looking for funding.

Emergency

aid items, books, medical equipment/supplies, school  supplies, building materials, baled cleaned clothing, tarps, toys & other requested items

#35

International Book Bank

NGO

Bradley K. Vogt, Program Director

40214 Wallaby Road

Rice , MN 56367

(320) 249-9806

fax (320) 656-9520

bvogt@cloudnet.com

Founded in 1987, the International Book Bank (IBB) is a nonprofit, charitable organization, registered in the U.S. IBB supports literacy development projects and education in developing projects and education in developing countries of the World. 

IBB’s mission is to procure, process and ship books and other educational materials to appropriate recipients in these areas.  IBB works with a network of book donors, recipients and funding partners – advocates of literacy development – to accomplish this important task.  IBB shipped 57 containers of books to 20 countries during fiscal year 1999/2000.

Educational books on all topics and at all levels, currently

have 1,000,000 new books on hand

#36

Arkansas-Volgograd Affiliation

( Academic Health Science Center )

UAMS

Dr. Charles Cranford, Vice Chancellor for Regional Programs

University of Arkansas for Medical Science

4301 West Markham , Slot 599

Little Rock , AR   72205

501 686-5260  Fax 501 686-8506

cranfordcharleso@exchange.uams.edu

Jim Wohlleb, Assistant Director

Area Health Education Center Program

University of Arkansas for Medical Science

1123 South University Ave. , Room 400

Little Rock , AR 72204-1611

501 686-2596  Fax 501 686-2585

wohllebjamesc@exchange.uams.edu

In 1993 UAMS and the Volgograd Medical Academy affiliated for the initial purpose of preparing doctors for family practice.  Since then a number of faculty have visited between the institutions, medical supplies and equipment were shipped from Arkansas hospitals to Volgograd , and a tuberculosis project started.  Further shipments of equipment and supplies might occur in connection with construction of a teaching clinic for family medicine and a reference laboratory for TB. 

Another effort in planning stages is a memorial to the fallen soldiers and people of Stalingrad for their great sacrifices during the battle of World War II, a turning point in the War.  The memorial will be a clinic or other useful facility.  Rotarians in Volgograd will be approached for participation.

Medical equipment

medical supplies

computers

publications

#37

Alliance for Smiles    District 5150

Web site: www.allianceforsmiles.org

Rotary/NGO

Anita Stangl

President and CEO

2565 3^rd Street   Suite 237

San Francisco , CA 94107

415-647-4481

Cell  415-215-1099

Email   anita@allianceforsmiles.org

Jennifer Guerra

Development Director

Alliance for Smiles

2565 3^rd Street   Suite 237

San Francisco , CA 94107

415-647-4481

Fax 415-647-7041

Cell 415-248-6443

Email  Jennifer@allianceforsmiles.org

Updated 9-2006

#38

International Ambulatory Project

Rotary Club of Richmond , Virginia    District 7600

Rotary/NGO

Joseph Kelleher, Founder

1301 School Street

Richmond , VA 23220

Voice: 804-649-7501

Direct: 804-643-2206

Fax: 804-783-0612

Email:jmkelleher@kelleherhvac.com

Updated November 15, 2006

This project started under Rotary Activities, Inc, a 501c(3) subsidiary of the Rotary Club of Richmond, Virginia.  The initial focus of the project was the shipment of wheelchairs, crutches and other ambulatory equipment to clinics in El Salvador .  The project works with the Lions Club of Mexicanos, El Salvador . This Club knows the needs and has the network for distribution.  Joe has family in El Salvador and is personally knowledgeable of the needs there.  The wheelchairs and other equipment are collected by and