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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:
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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;
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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;
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What We Ship indicates in the most generic of
terms what the organization ships or the type of humanitarian aid provided;
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Where We Ship includes the countries or zones
this organization has successfully shipped humanitarian aid to in the past;
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the Membership Number on the title line is a number assigned to each
organization upon joining WHARF;
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the Project name or organization and web site is shown in the second
column of the title line;
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Rotary or non-profit (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;
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The fourth column of the title line
labeled FNC refers to the function
and assets of an organization as follows:
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S - supplier of equipment, supplies
or materials to projects requesting related aid
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T - transportation, drug re-dating
services, or other service providers
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I - information resource
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P - project sponsors, i.e., actually
do overseas projects, send teams or go over and build things, etc
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O – other - can include
relationships with WHARF, WCSRN or some other affiliated resource which
doesn't fit neatly into one of the above categories
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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.
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#1
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Rotary District 6110 Medical
Supplies Network, Inc.
Web site: www.webtek.com/msni
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Rotary
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FNC: S
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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
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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 109 40’
containers of medical equipment and supplies to 32 different countries.
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.
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medical
equipment
medical supplies
clothing
food
ambulance
Water well
Drilling equipment and supplies
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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
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Frankfort, IN Rotary District 6560
New Opportunities Grant Project
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Rotary
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FNC: P
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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
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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.
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Medical equipment for children's hospital
and cardiology medical center
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Kazakhstan
(in the former Soviet
Union)
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#3
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Rotary Club of Cincinnati District 6670
World Community Service
Web site: www.mediasign.com
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Rotary
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FNC: S
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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
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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:
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31,459 lbs. of books and school
supplies;
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76,800 lbs of medical supplies;
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medical and dental shipments to Panama City with
Louisville Club;
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5 shipments to Nicaragua;
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medical supplies to Macedonia
for Kosovo refugees w/ Oakwood Rotary;
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medical supplies to Guatemala and to the Dominican Republic;
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medical supplies to Ghana
with Louisville Rotary;
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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
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Medical
Supplies
School Supplies
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Panama City
Nicaragua
Macedonia
Guatemala
Dominican
Republic
Ghana
Belize
South Africa
India
Nepal
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Brazil Hospital Project District 6860
Matching Grant #6952
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Rotary
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FNC:
S,P
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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
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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.
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Hospital
supplies
Hospital
equipment
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Brazil
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Medical Mission Program District 7120
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Rotary
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FNC: S,P
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Jean Wells, Developer and Chair
6 Folkside Lane
Fairport, NY 14450
(H) 716 223-2633
bwell1@rochester.rr.com
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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.
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Medical
equipment
medical supplies
clothing
toys
books
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Peru
Dominican Republic
Domestic (SD)
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HUNGER PLUS District 5730
Web site: www.hungerplus.org
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Rotary
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FNC: S
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J. B. Roberts, Founder & Chairman
P.O. Box 337 - 3009 Olton Road
Plainview, Texas 79072
(H) 806-296-7546
(W) 806-293-4413
Fax 806-293-7444
hungersupport@texasonline.net
Ted Holder, Sr. Vice President
P.O.
Box 632
Levelland, Texas 79336
806-894-5458
ttholder@door.net
Updated 8-2006
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Rotarian J. B. Roberts and the eight District
Governors of Texas started HUNGER PLUS in 1998. HUNGER PLUS works with Breedlove Dehydrated
Foods and other food suppliers to feed the desperate starving people all over
the world, as well as providing other humanitarian aid such as medical
equipment , educational supplies, etc.
The role of HUNGER PLUS is to provide the food
component with an overall effort designed to break the hunger/poverty cycle
by partnering with other Rotary programs in helping underdeveloped countries
to become self-sufficient. Hunger Plus
has been approved to work with USDA and USAID.
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A
very nutritional dehydrated soup mix
with a shelf life of 3-5 years; rice and beans and soy products.
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Mexico
Nicaragua
Romania
Panama
Belarus
Honduras
Ukraine
Turkey
Russia
Ethiopia
Sudan
South America
South Africa
Indonesia
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Breedlove Dehydrated Foods
Web site: www.breedlove.org
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NGO
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FNC: S
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Robert Taylor, CEO
1818 N. M..L. King Blvd.
Lubbock, Texas 79403
(W) 806 741-0404
Fax 806 741-0447
roberttaylor@breedlove.org
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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.
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dehydrated
soup
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anywhere in the USA
Mexico
South Africa
Peru
Central America
South America
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Operation Condor Wheaton Rotary Club District 6440
Web site: www.operationcondor.org
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Rotary
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FNC: P
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Jean "John" De Keyser, Chairman
1621 Briarcliffe Blvd
Wheaton, IL 60187
(W) 630-787
0350
Fax 630-787 0377
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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.
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medical &
hospital
equipment
surgical
supplies
medical supplies
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Peru
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#9
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International
Aid - Spring Lake, Michigan
Web
site: www.internationalaid.org
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