Link for Health

One day, one hospital, one patient at a time, PROJECT C.U.R.E. is changing the world!

PROJECT C.U.R.E. (Commission on Urgent Relief & Equipment) was founded in 1987 to help meet the need for medical supplies, equipment and services around the world.  PROJECT C.U.R.E. builds sustainable healthcare infrastructure by providing the medical supplies and equipment that medical personnel need to deliver healthcare to their communities. Since its inception, PROJECT C.U.R.E. has delivered medical relief to needy people in more than 120 countries. 

Programs:  PROJECT C.U.R.E.’s unique programs are designed to help meet the needs for medical supplies and equipment and medical services in developing nations around the world.

• PROCURE:  PROJECT C.U.R.E. collects donations of new and overstock medical supplies and working equipment from medical manufacturers, wholesale suppliers, hospitals and clinics. PROJECT C.U.R.E. volunteers sort supplies and test equipment in preparation for delivery to hospitals and clinics around the world.
• CORPS:  PROJECT C.U.R.E.’s CORPS involves volunteer individuals and groups in the local “hands-on” mission of changing their world. There is no such thing as “just a volunteer” at PROJECT C.U.R.E.
• CARGO:  Through its CARGO container projects, PROJECT C.U.R.E. delivers donated medical supplies and equipment to hospitals and clinics in countries around the world. Containers are approximately the size of a semi-truck trailer. An average CARGO container provides approximately $400,000 (wholesale) in donated medical equipment and supplies.
• KITS:  C.U.R.E. KITS are specially prepared boxes containing essential medical supplies and instruments to be carried as luggage on an international flight. C.U.R.E. KITS are designed to meet the needs for short-term medical missions abroad and can be shipped directly to the traveler’s home.
• Kits for Kids:  An exciting, educational and hands-on project for community groups, students, and families to get involved in Project C.U.R.E.’s mission of “Delivering Health and Hope to the World,” C.U.R.E. Kits for Kids provide home healthcare supplies to parents of children ages zero to 15.
• CLINICS:  Through C.U.R.E. CLINICS, groups of volunteer medical professionals travel internationally to PROJECT C.U.R.E. recipient sites where they assist in-country doctors and nurses in providing medical services to people in need.   From November 27 – December 10, 2010, Project C.U.R.E. will send a medical team to Clinica San Juanerita, located in San Juan La Laguna, Solola District. The local sponsors request that the team work side by side with the local doctor and nurse practitioner and provide health instruction to the community. The team will also travel across Lake Atitlan to El Hospitalito in Santiago for several days to provide general patient care.

To learn more about PROJECT C.U.R.E., please visit their website.