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Who is MedShare?

MedShare is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the environment and healthcare through the efficient recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment to underserved healthcare facilities in developing countries.

Our shipments of medical supplies and equipment have brought healing and the promise of better lives to 80 countries and countless patients.  MedShare is a top ranked charity by Charity Navigator, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with a second distribution center in San Leandro, California.

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Critical Need Alert

Help for Haiti

We continue to respond to the overwhelming needs in Haiti after the January 12 7.0 earthquake. Our Help for Haiti campaign continues as we continue responding to the health needs of those effect by the earthquake and move into assisting in the long term rebuilding of Haiti's healthcare system.

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News, Shipping Lists & Blog

  • Making a Difference in Ecuador the MedShare Way

    March 10, 2010

    “When our travels began in Ecuador, I began to question whether the country needed the help we sent. However, as we began to visit hospitals, I saw another picture,” said Josh Kravitz, Programs Director for MedShare...

  • Meet Tatiana Jean-Louis from Haiti

    February 04, 2010

    Meet Tatiana from Haiti. She's been steadily volunteering at MedShare since the earthquake. She's an inspiring woman dedicated to helping her fellow Haitians.

  • MedShare CEO, A.B. Short's Stories from Haiti

    February 04, 2010

    When the news broke that a 7.0 earthquake had rocked Haiti, there was no question that MedShare would respond. Traditionally, we are not an emergency response organization, but over the past 10 years, we’ve shipped 37 containers of medical supplies and equipment to Haiti, and had established...

Shipping List

  • Guam Seventh Day Adventist Clinic

    February 25, 2010
    Seventh Day Adventist Clinic
  • Indonesia Yos Sudarso Hospital

    February 16, 2010
    Indonesia Catholic Community of Northern California
  • Haiti Zanme Lasante

    February 12, 2010
    Mercy Corps
  • Haiti CSI Ministries Clinic

    February 11, 2010
    CSI Ministries
  • Haiti Haitian Timoun Foundation

    February 10, 2010
  • Haiti Hope for Haiti

    February 05, 2010
  • Haiti Port-au-Prince Medical Triage...

    February 03, 2010
    World Help
  • Haiti Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

    January 29, 2010

Blog

  • March 9, 2010 07:02 pm

    Roovens’ Miraculous Rescue & Reunion from Haiti to Atlanta

    Remember Roovens?  Well, he’s become our little miracle.  Since he was med-evacted from Haitian...

  • March 5, 2010 10:06 am

    MedShare in Vietnam

    MedShare Trustee, Pat Robinson, Egan Short and I are touring Vietnam in an effort to better understand the needs here and what MedShare’s role might be.  The first part of our trip is being hosted by the Lawrence S. Ting Fund, headquarter in Ho Chi Ming City (HCMC).  Their hospitality could not...

  • March 1, 2010 04:21 pm

    Making a difference for mothers and babies in Ecuador

    Yesterday afternoon was an exciting event for the people of Guayaquil, Ecuador.  The 40-foot container of medical aid materials that MedShare shipped from California back in December, 2009 finally arrived at the warehouse of the Ecuador’s largest and oldest charity,  Junta de Beneficencia de...

  • February 24, 2010 10:26 pm

    500th container arrives in Ecuador!

    Just four months ago, MedShare’s 500th container of medical humanitarian aid embarked from the southeastern warehouse in Decatur, Georgia.  The shipment, sponsored by the MedShare Southeast Regional Council after a motivational board trip to the region, was full of supplies and...

  • February 23, 2010 12:50 pm

    MedShare Night at Theatrical Outfit

    Friday, February 26, 2010 is MedShare Night at Theatrical Outfit.  Tickets for the world premiere of award-winning playwright, Janece Shaffer’s Brownie Points will be discounted from $35 to $15 for patron who make a minimum donation of $10 to MedShare’s relief efforts in Haiti.

  • February 23, 2010 10:03 am

    Ecuador: We see the need and know the solution

    When our (Josh Kavitz – Programs Director & Amanda Paniagua – Shipments Manager) travels began in Ecuador, I began to question whether the country needed the help we sent.  Quito is a beautiful city and the neighborhood where we stayed had far more nice restaurants and cafes than the part of...

  • February 21, 2010 10:52 pm

    Finding the heart of MedShare in Ecuador

     As Amanda Paniagia, MedShare’s Shipments Manager, and I (Josh Kravitz – MedShare’s Programs Director) speed down the runway at Atlanta’s airport, we are excited to visit a place that lays deep in the heart of MedShare. Ecuador.

  • February 19, 2010 09:15 am

    The Rescue of Roovens

    Roovens Monchil is an 11-yr-old boy that received crush injuries to his leg in the earthquake.  He’s been in and out of the OR at Haitian Community Hospital, where MedShare has sent medical supplies.  They’ve maintained his injury, but the staff knew that if he didn’t get to the USNS...

  • February 17, 2010 02:27 pm

    Hurting People of Haiti

    The day started early today, because Haiti received it’s feared most since the earthquake-rain.  During the night in between sleep and wake, I thought I felt some rain drops.  Then I was jolted out of bed by a Haitian frantically trying to move my mattress under the awning.

  • February 13, 2010 07:57 pm

    Rebuilding Haiti’s Healthcare

    I awoke this morning early, because that’s what you do when you sleep outside.  But my alarm clock was again those beautiful Haitian voices singing from the house behind us.

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