MedShare ships medical supplies for Tonga [1]
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 18:15. Updated on Friday, May 2, 2014 - 15:36.
ON the 17th of January 2012, award-winning charity MedShare shipped a 40-foot ocean container of medical supplies and equipment designated for the two island groups of Niuatoputapu and 'Eua, in Tonga.
Lord Tuita, Consul General of the Kingdom of Tonga in San Francisco, attended the shipment ceremony.
This container of critically-needed medical supplies and equipment was coordinated (including the seafreight) by Taylor Butterfield from Sacramento, California, who has undertaken this project as a part of his Boy Scout Eagle Award. This is the 2nd container of medical supplies and equipment that has been sent by MedShare to the Kingdom.
MedShare is an innovative non-profit organization and operates California's first large-scale surplus medical supply recycler which mobilizes tons of excess medical supplies through cooperation with various manufacturers and its 29 local partner hospitals.
Founded in 1998, MedShare is consistently ranked as one of the United States most efficient charities, and has successfully delivered over 750 containers of aid to 90 developing nations. Tonga Consulate General, San Francisco, 18/01/12.