According to Israeli medical relief sources, the couple's three children were in the back seat of their vehicle during the shooting but were not hurt.
After reviewing the matter, Lorency said the gift really came from Rochester Medical and Relief Mission Group, a registered charity loosely affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
FORBES: Charity Eyes Quarter-Billion-Dollar Write-Down In Value Of Goods Handled
But the helicopters and small aircraft from neighbouring Tajikistan and Pakistan that at once started to arrive in Faizabad, carrying medical and other relief supplies to be flown to outlying villages, were soon desperately overstretched.
There will, of course, be room for U.N. organizations to help with humanitarian relief, medical assistance, food distribution, etc.
Brewer said a paid consultant World Help hired to seek gift-in-kind contributions, as donated goods are called, obtained an allotment of medical supplies from Direct Relief International, a Goleta, Calif. charity also on the Forbes list.
To the extent possible, an occupying power also is responsible for food and medical supplies and for allowing relief organizations to operate.
Direct Relief provides drugs and medical devices to health clinics throughout the world.
FORBES: A Matchmaker for Excess Drugs and the Patients Who Need Them
It helps that the medical supplies are donated by groups like Direct Relief International, but using a ship is also a very cost-effective way of working.
This new provision takes effect on September 23 and will bring welcome relief to parents of children with medical conditions who often were denied access to health insurance.
Dozens of other applications have been mapped out for U.S. and foreign military users ranging from peacekeeping support, emergency and disaster relief, search and rescue, medical evacuation, drug interdiction and other post-Cold War priority missions.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Peace dividend on wings of the Osprey
Its charitable arm also runs schools and medical clinics and played an important role in earthquake relief efforts in Kashmir in 2005.
If you are part of a two-career family, heave a big sigh of relief and consider cutting down to one medical policy, recommends Charles Haines Jr.
In addition, the agency has also contacted civilians who work in its offices about volunteering to help with the relief effort, including many people with medical expertise.
The British ship Sir Galahad is bringing in more than 200 tons of food, water, medical supplies and all sorts of blankets and other humanitarian relief that is needed.
The team is complete with non-profit organizations, developmental partners, faith based organizations, churches like Catholic Relief Services and Redwood United Methodist Church, medical professionals, the Rotary Foundation and finally Rotarians.
This step allows the American people to support organizations providing humanitarian relief activities, including the distribution of emergency medical and shelter supplies, as well as those pursuing broader efforts to rebuild affected areas.
Until a decade ago America's medical profession had indeed been laggard and callous in providing pain relief to patients.
The co-op comes as a relief to restaurant owners who would ideally like to provide medical insurance to their employees but cannot afford to do so.
Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), which provides schooling, medical services and food to 3.6 million registered Palestinians refugees in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- A convoy carrying 850 metric tons of flour and another hauling medical supplies entered Iraq in an effort to help Iraq's wounded and hungry, international relief agencies said Sunday.
But now medical device makers are introducing an array of new, minimally invasive procedures to provide long-term pain relief without all the costs, risks, complications and recovery time of full-scale surgery.
应用推荐