Project Helping Hand: Improving Hospitals
and Health Care in Afghanistan
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Heraat hospital, March of 2002.
A nurse checks the
pulse of a comatose woman, severely injured by a landmine.
Since there was no blood pressure device in the women's ward,
the doctors were unable to check the blood pressure and other
vital signs of this critically wounded patient. |
The goal of this project
is to revitalize existing hospitals and clinics outside Kabul through
the collection, transfer and distribution of new and surplus medical
equipment and supplies. This is a joint effort by the American Hospitals
Association (AHA) and the Global Watch Group (GWG). This is a pilot
project, and the first in a series of projects to revitalize healthcare
facilities throughout Afghanistan.
Why not Kabul? Currently,
most international healthcare and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) are focused on improving healthcare facilities in Kabul.
Therefore, little international assistance is directed to the healthcare
infrastructure in other provinces and hard to reach areas.
For more information, see the News Release from the American
Hospital Association (MS Word document):
AHA Joins Effort to Revitalize Health Care In Afghanistan
Attention hospitals and medical centers: Global
Watch Group is seeking donations of medical supplies and equipments
for hospitals in Afghanistan. See the donation
form (MS Word document) for a list of needed items. |
Contact Global Watch
Group:
E-Mail: GlobalWatchGroup@yahoo.com
Phone: (202) 521-5198
Fax: (202) 318-4602
Address:
Global Watch Group
2020 Pennsylvania Ave., NW #416
Washington, DC 20006
USA
Charitable Donation Information:
GWG has received an advance
ruling from the IRS determining that GWG is
exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code as a public charity described in section 501(c)(3).
The
advance ruling period begins October 3, 2000 and ends December 31,
2004.
GWG's taxpayer ID (EIN)
is: 80-0010728
Upon request, GWG will
provide a written acknowledgment of any contributions. For details,
please refer to the IRS documentation for donations: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1771.pdf
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