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A collaboration between Providence Health and

Services, the Catholic Medical Mission Board and the Seton

Institute

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CHUMA Signage

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Shipment Activity

2008• 14 containers Hand carries - 35 172,074 total

pounds Total estimated

value - $806,651 Total volunteer

hours - 1014

• 2007• 14 containers• Hand-carries – 30• 220,594 total

pounds• Total estimated

value - $759,824• Total volunteer

hours - 1006

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Showers Foundation Health Center – Fr. Freddy’s visit to the warehouse

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Building the foundation - Uganda

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Showers Foundation Health Center

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Container arrival

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Unloading container

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People excited watching unloading of container

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2008 Major Supply Donors

Providence St. Vincent = 33,600 lbs Medline Industries – 18,556 lbs Providence St. Peter Hospital – 11,241

lbs Providence Everett – 13,994 lbs Sacred Heart – 23,709 lbs Providence Alaska – 9,260 lbs

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2008 Highlights

MedSurplus Network formation Becoming an official organization Establish basic standards

– Members should have a clean warehouse that allows easy access to inventory and have trained staffing and equipment

– Biomedical equipment be in good working order and ensure recipients have proper expertise to operate equipment

– Members shall sort items into like categories to ensure shipments match recipient’s needs.

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Continued - Highlights

18 active organizations6 applying for formal

membership -Medshare, Mission Outreach, Brother’s Brother Foundation, Medwish, CHUMA, World Cares

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Continued - Highlights

Trying to acquire new inventory software -- Lawson, Aidmatrix

Functionalities we are looking for are: – Detailed reporting capability– Web-based application– Ability to track donor to recipient– Bar-coding capability

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Continued - Highlights

Study on donation values Historically, value of donations were

underestimated Goal is to create a more scientific method

– Use wholesale price of product– Apply that price to random group of supplies– Determine average value per pound

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2009 Goals

Ship equivalent of 14 containers (23,000 cu/ft & 172,000 lbs)

Increase volunteer daily activity to achieve 1500 hours annual

Revise sorting process to make it more volunteer friendly

Create a structure to involve hospitals in Southern California (Providence, CHW, Daughters of Charity, St. Joseph of Orange)

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2008 Container Shipments

DestinationsEl Salvador – La Libertad, Fundacion Salvadorena Para la Salud (FUSAL)Cuba – Caritas Cubana (3 Ea)Honduras – Rotary Club of TegucigalpaLiberia – Redemption Hospital,MonroviaHaiti – Catholic Diocese of St. Francis de SalesTanzania – Bugando Medical CenterCongo – Polyclinique La PitiePhilippines – Bohol Diagnostic CenterUganda – Showers Foundation Health Center – see photosHaiti – Food for the Poor (3 ea)