Problem

Throughout the world, health care providers working in rural communities often cannot afford even the most basic medical supplies to care for people in their villages. People who are not adequately treated for simple ailments, such minor infections and mild dehydration, are vulnerable to their conditions worsening which leads to higher mortality rates.

The Gift

Your gift of $750 provides vital medical supplies, including antibiotics, bandages and anti-diarrhea medicine, to clinics in villages in Nicaragua, Cambodia and Vietnam. Operation USA has funded the building of community clinics and with your gift they can remain continually stocked with supplies so that health care workers can provide more effective patient care. Availability of basic medical supplies increases the chance of survival when a person suffers from an easily treatable illness.