Our club is starting a new international service project: sending a container of donated medical supplies to healthcare facilities around Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Lake Atitlán. The supplies come from Project C.U.R.E., which began in a Colorado garage in 1987 and has since sent more than 2,000 containers to over 130 countries. Our club most recently sponsored a C.U.R.E. container to Burundi, a project led by Dr. Bill Timpson.
Each 40-foot container carries an estimated $350,000-$450,000 in supplies matched to the receiving facility’s needs, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, surgical kits, defibrillators and neonatal incubators. Much of it is equipment that U.S. hospitals would otherwise throw away.
The project is at an early stage, and we’ll share updates as it develops. To learn more, contact John Trone
Pictured are Rotary Club of Fort Collins members on prior visit to Project C.U.R.E.'s Denver warehouse.