Hurricane Dorian devastated everything in its path including key towns in the Bahamas, like Marsh Harbor. In response, Hands of Hope NW teamed with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) and Convoy of Hope who are trucking 1,066 cases of Crisis Care Kits (CCKs) from our warehouse to Florida. There they will be added to NCM’s existing CCKs and emergency supplies and…
Care Convoy out of Jerome, Idaho, dropped by Monday September 9th with three large Penske Trucks. We loaded a total of 13,473 pounds of medical equipment worth over $100,000. Todd Jaynes from Care Convoy stated that the equipment will be taken to Jerome and shipped to three different countries—Mexico, Ecuador, and Liberia.
We hope you enjoy this thank-you note from one of our partners in the Philippines. “Dear Todd and team, the boxes of wonderful donations you gave to Mercy in Action last spring have arrived in the Philippines! I took these pictures this afternoon of our Mercy In Action midwives unpacking and doing inventory on the boxes from Hands of Hope….
“I said, ‘Praise the Lord!’ and breathed a deep sigh of relief when I received an email that contained the Certificate of Conformity from the Kenya shipment inspection company. Once again, God proved that no obstacle can stand in the way of His plans. The container was loaded onto a ship on July 28th and will arrive in Kenya around…
On July 17th, the Boise Rescue Mission (BRM) opened their Recovery Lodge in Nampa for homeless people coming out of hospital who need recovery time and care but have nowhere to go. HoHNW donated all the hospital beds and other needed medical equipment. BRM CEO, Rev. Bill Roscoe, and HoHNW Executive Director, Todd Durbin, are pictured here.
Many of you will know that our first shipment back in 1992 was a 4-foot cube of medical equipment that we sent to Papua New Guinea to the Kudjip Nazarene hospital. Pictured with the crate is Rich Murtland who passed away on May 22nd, 2019. We appreciate the 20+ years that Rich and Liz gave to HoHNW, establishing it as…
In recent years, Hands of Hope Northwest has been planning for a new, larger warehouse at our current location. Through generous donations of land and money, we are blessed to own the land around us. We have conceptual drawings of what the new warehouse and existing buildings will look like after construction. The first phase of our capital campaign was…
The College of Idaho Student Philanthropy Council recently awarded HoHNW a $1,000 grant to put toward our Community Medical Equipment Loan Program. We used the funds from the grant to purchase 4 more knee scooters and chemicals for the washer machine we use to clean and sanitize equipment when it is returned. We usually have 2-4 people on the waiting…
