Refugee Aid Sites, Syria & Turkey
Refugees are at increased risk of becoming ill, malnourished, abused or exploited. Millions of children have been forced to quit school. Millions more have gone to work for pittance wages. And adults and children alike are suffering from injuries and illnesses caused by the crossfire of war or the crossing of borders. The need for medical supplies to treat the sick and wounded remains high in refugee camps and amongst the urban refugees living in surrounding communities. Medical facilities inside Syria also regularly report urgent and ongoing needs for medicines, supplies and equipment.
In 2016, Globus Relief teamed up with partners Islamic Relief USA and ANSAGIAD, a local Turkish NGO based in Ankara, to help address these ongoing medical needs. Coordination began in February, as ANSAGIAD engaged with relevant medical advisors in Syria and with refugee communities and government agencies in Turkey to determine the extent of the need. In April, Globus Relief shipped 12 containers with over $5 million of medical supplies and equipment. Local Islamic Relief and ANSAGIAD workers coordinated with hospitals, community leaders, governments, camp clinics and other local associations and point-of-use locations to ensure timely and organized delivery of the aid to Turkish refugee camps, private and public hospitals, and Syrian medical facilities and refugee camps. These materials have made a difference in the lives of the refugees; a demonstration human civility in the face of civil unrest.
Please keep Globus Relief in mind for any excess medical supplies, instruments or equipment you may have available.
Globus Relief
Globus Relief was founded in 1996. While working in the salvage retail industry, two Salt Lake City businessmen were saddened to see viable medical and hygiene supplies frequently sent to landfills. Certain that these surplus resources could be rescued and put to good use, they created Globus Relief to efficiently channel overstocked, gently used, or short-dated supplies to humanitarian projects in Utah and around the world.
Since our founding, Globus Relief has distributed over $1 billion (fair market value) of supplies to more than 800 charities at work in over 140 countries. Twenty full-time employees oversee the work of gathering, processing, and distributing humanitarian supplies in our 100,000-s.f. warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. Volunteers contribute an average of 225 labor hours per week, the equivalent of 5.6 additional full-time employees.
Globus Relief is known for strong financial efficiency, historically keeping administrative and fundraising expenses to under 3% of our total budget.
