Medical care is believed by many in North America to be a "right" each person is entitled to. It is hard for us to imagine not being able to get some form of medical care when we need it. For most of us, access to medical treatment is only a phone call away. However, this is not the case for over two billion people. For them, access to medical care and the ability to pay for it is a distant dream. To begin to understand the plight of billions, imagine the following scenario.
You have an illness or an injury that has been plaguing you for day, weeks, or years. You desire to visit a doctor but because of your medical condition, you are not able to walk the entire day it will take to reach the nearest medical facility. Even if you were able to walk the arduous distance, you are living in extreme poverty and are not able to pay for the doctor nor the medication.
In developing nations, people die every day from fevers, infections and vitamin deficiencies that go untreated because basic medicines or nutritional supplements are not available. For the few local clinics that exist in impoverished nations frequently run out of basic items such as rubbing alcohol, gauze bandages, and anti-biotic ointments to cleanse and dress simple cuts. For those not able to get medical treatment, illnesses and wounds that are easily managed with proper resources, escalate into life-threatening tragedies.
Generous corporations often donate medicines, medical supplies, nutritional supplements, and other goods to organizations such as Freedom From Chains. Caring donors then pay for shipping costs, so we can deliver these urgently needed medical supplies to those who need it the most. Sending donated goods overseas, results in an incredible "bang for the buck." Sending shipments to our ministry partners in developing countries enables them to:
With your financial support, you will be helping to provide free medical treatment to an infant child who is fighting for life cradled in her mother’s arms, to a father who suffered a broken bone, to an elderly widow who is in need of simple reading glasses. Please give to help relieve the silent suffering of those without medical care.
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