In partnership with Union Rescue Mission and First E.V. Free Church of Fullerton, CA, Giving Children Hope sent $400,000 worth of pharmaceuticals to Annotto Bay Hospital in St. Mary, Jamaica. The shipment included doxycycline and mebendazole.
The container of pharmaceuticals arrived in Kingston, Jamaica on Friday.
Originally built in 1860 as a public infirmary, the Annotto Bay Hospital expanded rapidly to provide out-patient services the many communities of North-East St Mary. Annotto Bay Hospital today handles approximately 14,661 out-patient visits annually, including emergency services.
This shipment is part of Giving Children Hope’s new pharmaceutical program. GCH is partnering with other organizations, churches, and indigenous persons to deliver shipments of pharmaceuticals to clinics and hospitals in developing countries.
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Giving Children Hope’s second shipment of aid arrived Monday, June 30th, to the Church on Fire Christian Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
See what Pastor Brenton Hall of the Church on Fire Christian Center in Iowa had to say about the aid sent to Iowa.
Giving Children Hope has sent out their own medical team to Myanmar where they have been assessing what the greatest needs are in the area, bringing medicine and working with doctors, and working to open up distribution channels for the last two weeks.
