PROJECT C.U.R.E. Volunteer Ed Holroyd recently traveled to Honduras, and generously took along three C.U.R.E. KITS as checked luggage. Holroyd has been a volunteer at the Denver sorting center and warehouse for the past four years. 

The KITS were delivered to the Karen Smith Medical Clinic in the city of Canchias. The clinic serves 15-20 area villages, and often treats more than 100 patients per day. Holroyd said the clinic doctor, Dr. Lenin Mauricio Turcios, was very grateful to receive the contents of the KITS, which included many first aid and hygiene supplies. 

C.U.R.E. KITS contain about $1,500 worth of medical supplies and, dependent upon current donations, over-the-counter medicines. Learn more about how you can travel with a C.U.R.E. KIT on your next trip to the developing world.

Many thanks to Mr. Holroyd for delivering these life-saving medical supplies on behalf of PROJECT C.U.R.E.!

PROJECT C.U.R.E. has learned of the safe arrival of a container of medical supplies and equipment to Podujeva, Kosovo. Thanks to the extensive support network of the container’s sponsor, Team Kosova, the process of delivering the container to first-time recipient Podujeva Main Family Medical Center went very smoothly.

From the main facility, the contents of the container will be distributed to more than 20 other government clinics in the Podujeva district.

In Kosovo, one of the poorest countries in Europe, hospitals and clinics have very little funding, and patients often have to provide everything that will be used for their care (bandages, medications, etc.).  Facilities are typically small and sparsely furnished.

PROJECT C.U.R.E.’s delivery contained an X-ray unit and emergency room monitors. Dozens of boxes of patient care supplies (bandages, disinfectants, etc.) were also provided. These items were identified during the needs assessment as the Podujeva medical facilities’ greatest needs.

Special thanks to John and Ruth Chestnut of Team Kosova, who sponsored the needs assessment and arranged the funding for the container. The Rotary Club of Prishtina, Kosovo’s capitol, has expressed interest in providing support for the shipment of another container in the future.

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The arrival of the container meant greater mobility for one young boy. Living with paralysis in his lower limbs, he has not been able to move on his own. The wheelchair, provided by PROJECT C.U.R.E. with Newmont's assistance, will change that.

PROJECT C.U.R.E. is excited to announce the arrival of a container, filled with medical supplies and equipment, at Timbuktu Regional Hospital in Timbuktu, Mali.

Timbuktu Regional Hospital provides services and care to people in the Timbuktu region, where the estimated population is 80,000. The supplies and equipment will greatly benefit the medical staff, comprised of seven doctors, two surgeons, eight nurses and three assistant nurses who have not seen renovations or medical equipment replacements since the hospital’s inception in 1992.

Timbuktu Regional Hospital unloads
the supplies and equipment.

Doctors and nurses at Befelatanana Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar, recently celebrated the arrival of a PROJECT C.U.R.E. container full of medical supplies and equipment. The container will go to support the work of Ministere de la Sante et du Planning Familial.

Madagascar, though rich in minerals and natural resources, is one of the world's poorest countries, with more than half its population of 20 million getting by on less than $1 a day. Located in east-central Madagascar, Antananarivo is the capital and largest city in the country, which is the fourth largest island nation in the world.