Wheelchairs? Walkers? Vitamins?

Lori Greenawalt is volunteering short-term in a remote region in Peru with Medical Ministry International and wants to take with her items to donate to the in-country team. Items most needed by the in-country team members include wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes (straight and footed), braces (arm/foot, etc.), non-prescription medications, pregnancy tests (necessary prior to treating for parasites), anti-inflammatory medications, vitamins (particularly prenatal, children’s and older adult with minerals), anti-bacterial creams, saline for eyes. Says Lori, "Often people have these items from prior injuries or loved ones and have no use for them. I assure you, I’ve seen them put to great use in Peru. From the woman who came to the clinic in a wheel barrow as that was the only way her family had to transport her who left in an appropriate wheel chair to the people that are near immobile who are fitted with a walker and gain back a freedom they never dreamed possible to the child who was properly fitted with a leg brace that will keep him from irreparable harm as his leg recovers from injury. The stories are countless and I’ve witnessed many."

Please deliver items to the Delancey lobby on April 1 or April 8.