Activity Report for 2008 Released

12/23/08: Container #DFIU 4232163 3. This Christmas container to Honduras included an electrical transformer donated by PECO. Also a hospital near Comayagua had no seating or chairs. We shipped waiting room couches and many different types of chairs, and furnishing for this desperate hospital that had a made a special appeal for assistance. The transformer was sent to the Pespire school to upgrade their facilities and power the dental office and units.

12/17/08: Container #MSCU 465797 8. The Pan American Development Foundation recently visited Montevideo, Uruguay. The hospitals received a container of mattresses, wheelchairs, stretchers, infant cribs, equipment, and a large inventory of medical supplies from Mission Relief. This South American country has a progressive medical establishment, and Mission Relief hopes to ship five containers a year of just medical supplies to this small country near Argentina. Medical supplies are a constant item in our inventory, while some groups avoid these necessary commodities due to expiration dates and lack of knowledge on their uses.

11/28/08: Container# NYKU 403257 7. The Salesian Missions are headquartered in New Rochelle New York and Centerville, VA. This international Catholic group has missions throughout the world, and we provided a diverse container for their project in the Philippines. The Salesian Society of John Bosco in the central region of this island nation received top quality clinical and hospital furnishings and institutional equipment from Mission Relief in this November container. Working in the Philippines is not easy, and we are grateful to work with the Salesians on their international mission projects. Our second project with them, and the first was the Dominican Republic.

11/01/08: Container #DFIU 442349-6. Clothing for children and phones for the tax office were shipped in this Thanksgiving container. Also medical supplies, furnishings, and hospital equipment for both hospitals and clinics were loaded by youth volunteers on this chilly November day. About eight different Honduran entities benefited from this diverse shipment that elevated children, churches, clinics, and hospitals. We are grateful to all the volunteers, and fathers and sons that participated in the loading of this complex project. At one point we were loading from a moving van into a container from Dole.

9/20/08: Container’s INBU 514890, and CRXU 909320. Two containers were loaded on one Saturday in September. St. Thomas of Villanova lived a few hundred years ago, and is the “Father of the Poor”. Forty Villanova University nursing students, faculty and families loaded these two containers for their day of service honoring St. Thomas. It was an amazing experience for all, and some of the nursing students had worked overseas. One container went to Ethiopia, and the second to the Espinal Clinic and Pespire school in Honduras. It was a day of service that won’t be forgotten by us or the recipients of the two completely filled 45’ high cube containers.

Villanova University’s
St Thomas of Villanova Celebration
Day of Service

Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Date: September 20, 2008
Time: 9 am – 3 pm

7/23/08: Container #MSCU 464546 8. Monsignor Gilberto Gomez Gonzales of Abancay, Peru is the recipient of this July container. With the beds and stretchers, and over one-thousand and fifty five boxes of medical supplies, Father Gonzales will have plenty to distribute to his projects. The Pan American Development Foundation sponsored this shipment, and we are praying for a smooth custom’s clearance on such a large and diverse shipment.

7/14/08: Container #CBFU 340271. Our final container to Honduras for the summer was filled with computer monitors, medical supplies, oxygen tents for children, and a large quantity of institutional furnishings. Teams from Pennsylvania will be traveling in July and August to distribute and visit the many projects that receive our materials. A clinic in San Isidro is being developed with medical furnishings and supplies from Mission Relief Services. The Central American Relief Effort provided the medicines for the summer teams, and we shipped them down to Honduras in this valuable container.