Each year, Medical Missionaries sends vast quantities of medicine, medical supplies, medical equipment, food, and other supplies to improve the healthcare of the poor throughout the world. Some of these sea containers support the work of partner organizations in many countries.

If you would like to volunteer to help load a sea container at our warehouse in Manassas, Virginia, please visit our Volunteer page.

Our third sea container this year was sent to The Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday, July 22.  About 50 volunteers gathered at the Medical Missionaries warehouse behind in Bristow, Virginia, to help pack the sea container of supplies for St. Joseph Clinic in Thomassique (Haiti) and for our friends in Banica (The Dominican Republic). The volunteers included youth from various parts of the U.S. who were in Virginia helping with community service projects as part of "Week of Hope." See more about the loading of the sea container of supplies.

Earlier this year, in response to the earthquake in Haiti, Medical Missionaries sent two 40' sea containers to help those affected by the earthquake, including the more than 700 individuals who moved from Port au Prince to Thomassique in the first month following the earthquake.

Medical Missionaries also received a sea container of food from Canadian Food for Children to distribute to the residents of Thomassique, Banica, and the surrounding regions. A fourth container of medical equipment and supplies is being sent to our clinic in Thomassique by the Hospital Sisters' Outreach Mission in Illinois. The costs for shipping these supplies have been generously donated by the Gerard Health Foundation.

In November 2009, Medical Missionaries received medicines from Project Hope and the Catholic Medical Mission Board, and shared over 200 cartons of medicine with almost 100 other organizations, including medical teams from churches and other non-governmental organizations. About 75% of the medicine will ultimately serve the poor in Haiti; the rest will go to many other countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.