Esperança is pleased to announce a new 648 square foot medical supply building has been constructed on their Phoenix campus thanks to a long time donors and supporters, Bob and Edith Malone. The building is where Esperança receives, inventories, processes and ships all of the donated and recycled medical supplies and equipment that they receive throughout the year, which are sent to hospitals and clinics that serve the poorest and most remote areas of Nicaragua. A building dedication and ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1911 W. Earll Drive in Phoenix.
“We’re honored to have Bob Malone and his family as partners,” said James Hoyt, President and CEO of Esperança. “His generous gift has allowed us to build a space we’ve needed for a long time. Bob traveled to Nicaragua with us and saw the work we do first hand. His donation not only helped build the medical supply building in Phoenix, but also a community center in Bolivia and it helped fund our endowment. We are incredibly grateful!”
Last year, Esperança received over $2 million in donations of gently used and recycled medical supplies and equipment. These supplies are essential to ensure that Esperança’s partnering hospitals in Nicaragua are equipped throughout the year with the tools to transform lives, especially, when volunteer surgical teams are on the ground, providing surgery at no cost to ensure that no once faces poverty alone.
If you or your company would like to donate medical supplies and equipment to Esperança, please attend a scheduled upcoming donation drive or call (602) 252- 7772 for more information as to how Esperança can support your donation:
- Saturday, June 3, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The most needed items would include: medical gloves, scrubs, masks, sutures, needles, syringes, catheters, gowns, instruments, walking casts and boots, band-aids and gauze, hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and equipment such as laparoscopic, anesthesia, suction, etc.
About Esperança
Since 1970, Esperança has been providing programs to improve the health and well being of the world’s poor. Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., this international nonprofit provides volunteer surgical missions, health education, training of community health workers, secure ecological housing, clean water and sanitation projects, micro enterprise, sustainable agricultural development, oral health education, and sends donated and recycled medical equipment and supplies to project sites around the world. Esperança’s goal is to build clean, sustainable and healthy communities worldwide. To learn more, visit:www.wetransformlives.org.