Medical supplies relief project

In April of 2009, colleague Muchengetwa Bgoni returned from a three week trip to Zimbabwe. While there he came face to face with how badly things have deteriorated in this once grand nation. Desperately in need of a simple catheter for his mother, he spent 24 hours frantically combing the city to find just one! Once he did, he had to beg to even be allowed to purchase it.

Not to long ago, his childhood friend died of an infection. All she needed was some simple antibiotics that we in the US purchase for $10 at our local pharmacy! Tragic as it sounds, at the moment, doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe are finding it hard to heal people. They spend most  of their time helping people die with dignity.

Compounding the injustice of it all, here in America, everyday millions of dollars of medical supplies are thrown away simply because they have passed their expiration date. Its not that they are unusable or even bad, its that they have passed their shelf life as determined by the FDA. This is a benefit we have living in a prosperous nation. What's on our shelves is most always new and fresh.

While a pain reliever may have lost 5% of it potency, its still 95% better than what someone in Zimbabwe has now which is nothing! A few years ago, we were able to give a kidney dialysis machine to medical personal in Guatemala. Where did we get it? From a local hospital that was throwing it out because it was upgrading to a newer model. The nation of Zimbabwe has not had a kidney dialysis machine in the country since the 1990's!

In an effort help keep people alive, Compassionate Justice has launched a new project called "Compassionate Hands". We are asking for your help.

Please contact; hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, retail stores etc. Ask them if instead of throwing out expired medical supplies, they would donate them (getting a tax deduction) to our relief efforts in Zimbabwe.

If you have further questions please contact us at: (913) 239-0042