Even though it was a rainy day and road construction made it difficult to get to us, our Idaho Gives Day BBQ was a big success. We served 90 hamburgers and hot dogs and raised $9,658 towards our $15,000 goal of sending a shipment of medical equipment and supplies to Annie’s Clinic in Ghana. That’s 64%! We still needed $5,342 to send a shipment to Africa…
Stone Lumber donates materials for crates The Stone Lumber store in Nampa donated building materials to make crates for equipment. George Kilbury (pictured) and Norm Watts build many of the crates which protect the equipment that we send overseas. They recently crated an operating microscope that we sent to a clinic in Jamaica. They also built crates for centrifuges and…
Shipment of Crisis Care Kits goes to the Philippines A container full of Crisis Care Kits was loaded on the truck and sent out in March. There is flooding caused by typhoons every year somewhere in this nation of 7,000 islands, so it is great to have them positioned in country ahead of time. The value of these Crisis Care…
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Nicole Wilson is the 2015 recipient of the Elizabeth Murtland World Impact Scholarship. Nicole is a student at College of Western Idaho studying to be a Physical Therapy Assistant. Her desire is to encourage people at a difficult time in their lives. Besides her school work and volunteering at Hands of…
A few weeks ago we got an email that went to all the Technical Exchange for Christian Healthcare (TECH) members. Scott Karstenson asked if anyone had an otoscope/ophthalmoscope that they could donate or sell reasonably for the Caritas Clinic in Djibouti. TECH members donate equipment to each other with the recipient just having to pay postage. We had several that had…
Give to Annie’s Clinic Hear Annie’s Story This year for Idaho Gives Day, on May 7, we’re raising funds to ship medical equipment and supplies to outfit the brand new Annie Gorman Medical Clinic in Africa. The clinic is located in Namankwan in NE Ghana, a remote area that previously had no access to medical care for miles. The new…
In April, 2015, Hands of Hope Northwest provided equipment to local churches and schools, testing supplies to diabetic children, and very needed equipment for individuals who could not afford to purchase it. The Marsing Ambulance Service referred an individual being cared for at home who needed equipment that cost thousands of dollars to purchase. We were happy to be able…
On Monday, April 6, 2015, staff and volunteers loaded a truckload of Crisis Care Kits (CCKs) bound for the Philippines. Thanks Mark, Kyle, Larry M., Larry D., and Don B. for all your hard work to make this happen. When typhoons hit in the Pacific region, the CCKs will already be near the locations that need them!
On Tuesday, March 24th 2015, we had a small celebration because our pallet guys completed their 2,000th pallet since we started counting them in 2005. Way to go, guys! Gayellen Smith and Pat Kissell provided homemade goodies for the occasion. The first pallet was shipped to Papua New Guinea in 1992 by Liz Murtland, the Founding Director of HoHNW, and…
March Newsletter On February 18, 2015, a large shipment worth more than $233,000 was loaded in a container and sent to Moldova. It weighed over seven tons! Besides our usual medical equipment and supplies, this shipment contained 106 boxes of clothing donated by College Church of the Nazarene. It also included 66 canes, 68 bath chairs and 27 commodes. The…
