Project
C.U.R.E
A Healing Ministry
Presbyterian Church (USA) partners around the world benefit from donated
medical supplies and equipment gathered and shipped to them by the
Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF). Saving lives through medical
surplus has been a major point of ministry for MBF.
In 2001, Medical Benevolence Foundation entered into a partnership with
the Denver headquartered, non-profit humanitarian organization, Project
C.U.R.E. Their mission - to identify, solicit, collect, sort, and
distribute medical surplus - and this partnership greatly enlarges MBF’s
ministry and enables MBF to respond to the needs of Presbyterian-related
medical facilities around the world.
The Medical Need
Despite the work of church organizations and government agencies, the
majority of the population in a developing nation lives in fear of
illness and death as violence, malnutrition and disease claim the lives
of untold thousands. People who are ill and needy walk for miles and
stand for hours waiting for medical attention. Once inside a hospital or
clinic, many are turned away or sent home to die because there are no
supplies, no equipment and no medicines.
MBF/Project C.U.R.E. works directly with church partners, and government
leaders of the recipient countries to assess needs and to guarantee the
safe and timely delivery of medical relief. When assessments are
completed, a shipment is gathered, assembled, and delivered to the
designated hospitals and clinics.
The MBF/Project C.U.R.E. center is located in Houston. Project C.U.R.E.
has additional centers in Denver, Phoenix, and Nashville, and is
expanding to other cities. From these centers 20 and 40 foot containers
of medical supplies and equipment are packed and shipped to PC(USA)
related medical facilities around the world.
Transforming God’s World
Every year, the American medical community discards tons of supplies and
equipment because of torn cartons, over-purchased products, obsolete
models, etc. Offering this surplus to people in need overseas frees
warehouse space and employs resources that would otherwise be buried in
landfills.
The MBF/Project C.U.R.E. partnership provides opportunities for church,
community, and social groups to become involved as volunteers in helping
others while building stronger relationships among themselves.
MBF/Project C.U.R.E. is helping to change the world, one life at a time.
Join us in saving the lives of people - moms, dads, brothers and
sisters, children and grandparents - people like you. MBF/Project
C.U.R.E. is totally dependent on caring congregations and individuals
that become involved. From the CEOs of large corporations to community
volunteers, MBF/Project C.U.R.E. needs people to take what they have and
give it to others, transforming lives through the healing presence of
Jesus Christ.
Ongoing Needs
The types of facilities in need vary from a dirt-floor clinic in
Nicaragua needing blood pressure cuffs, to a hospital in Malawi needing
an ambulance. Therefore, only rarely are donations graciously declined.
We do ask that it be in working condition and all documentation
(installation manuals, technical manuals, etc.) be included, if
possible:
OFFICE
Furniture
Stacking chairs
Secretarial chairs
Desks
Stands
Filing cabinets
Wall clocks
Chalkboards
Bulletin boards
Easel stands
Conference tables
Folding tables
Chart files
Bookcases
Machinery
Typewriters
Computers (PCs/Macs) 486 or better
Software
Desk lamps
Copy machines
Dictaphone systems
Audio-visual equipment
Telephone systems
Miscellaneous
Office supplies
Staplers
Hole punches
Patient charts
Pens, pencils, paper
Medical chart systems
Medical and nursing textbooks
Physician Desk Reference (1998 on)
CLINIC
Furniture/Miscellaneous
Exam tables and stools
Mirrors
Otoscopes and Ophthalmoscopes
Blood pressure cuffs
Stethoscopes
Goose neck lamps
Thermometers
Flashlights
Soap dispensers
Fetoscope-manual and Doppler
Sheets, pillows, gowns and towels
Patient scales
Equipment
Surgical instruments
Surgical, treatment tables
Mayo stands
Crash carts
EKG machines
Suction units
Portable oxygen tanks,
masks, ambu bags
Anoscope
Sigmoidoscope-rigid &
flexible
X-ray view boxes
Electro cautery units
Cast cutters
Sterilizer, small & large
Refrigerators
Hoods
Microscopes
Centrifuge, blood and urine
Chemistry machine
Coulter counters
Incubators
Fetal monitors
Scales
Eye charts
Slit lamp
Tonometers
Gurneys
Nebulizers
Wheelchairs
Crutches, canes
Walkers
Ultrasound
Wood’s lamp
VDRL rotators
Glucometers
Treadmills
HOSPITAL DISPOSABLES (all types)
Furniture/Miscellaneous
Beds and mattresses
Hospital furniture
Operating room lights and tables
Birthing beds
Physical therapy equipment
X-ray film, developing solution
OR back tables
Mitey-vacs
OB forceps
Equipment
Defibrillators
Cardiac monitors
Portable suctions
Laryngoscopes
Video-laparoscopy equipment
Ultrasounds
Ventilators
Dialysis machines, Peritoneal and Renal
Incubator – infant
Bili lights
X-ray equipment
Developers
Cassette changers
EKG machines
Spirometers
Portable x-ray units
Anesthesia machines
Operating microscopes
Gas sterilizers
CT scanners
Nuclear medicine units
Instruments
All types of surgical instruments, especially
OB-GYN,
Eye,
Orthopedic,
ENT,
Cardiovascular and general pneumatic drills
Micro-surgery instruments
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