In 2008 alone, GE and the GE Foundation donated $1.2 million to address the crisis in Darfur, bringing GE’s total assistance to the region to more than $5 million. An important part of the commitment was $500,000 in healthcare equipment to support International Medical Corps’s efforts in Darfur, Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad — and now the products have hit the ground! You can track the donations on their journey from in-country receipt to points of use through video blogs from teams in the field. Learn first hand the difference these donations are having on a population in the middle of a humanitarian crisis.
The healthcare equipment for use in International Medical Corps’s existing medical centers includes mobile x-rays, ultrasounds, baby warmers, patient monitors and fetal dopplers. The equipment will be used to improve healthcare delivery to refugee populations, helping with medical diagnostics and monitoring, improving maternal health, and reducing child mortality. Hospitals in the region, receiving GE product donations, are serving up to 480,000 people.
The other portion of the $1.2 million donation was GE Foundation’s $700,000 emergency grant to International Medical Corps, directed toward humanitarian efforts for the impacted population in the Darfur region of Sudan. With this grant, International Medical Corps continued to assist the displaced population with health, nutrition, emergency supplies and other critical needs.
You can follow the products through Chad with our video blog updates, which will posted every one to two weeks, on www.ge.com/citizenship.
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