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July Shipment Update

July 30, 2010

Medical Bridges continues shipping medical supplies and equipment across the globe. Year to date there have been 19 forty-foot containers and 52 hand-carried missions completed. The replacement value of the 19 containers is estimated to be more than 1.2 million dollars. The replacement value for the hand carried missions will exceed more than $266,000 by July 31, 2010.

5th Annual MedSurplus Network Conference 2010

July 19, 2010

We extend a Texas-Sized welcome to the Fifth Annual MedSurplus Network Conference November 3-5, 2010, at the Hilton Post Oak Hotel.

Sponsorship Opportunities.

Sagemont Church features Medical Bridges in its church magazine

June 30, 2010

Sagemont Church, a dedicated volunteer group that comes regularly every other Thursday, featured Medical Bridges in its June 2010 issue of Sagemont Life. Medical Bridges has twice awarded Sagemont Church its Volunteer Group of the year award due to its outstanding commitment to our mission. The following is an unedited version of the piece that was printed in the issue.

June Shipment Update

June 29, 2010

Medical Bridges has been hard at work sending shipments all over the world. So far this year, there have been 17 forty-foot containers and 47 hand-carried missions completed. The replacement value of the 17 containers is estimated to be more than one million dollars. The replacement value for the hand carried missions will exceed more than $200,000 by the end of June.

HASHOO Foundation USA & MEDICAL BRIDGES INC. Join Forces To Help Bridge The Healthcare Gap Worldwide

June 3, 2010

UPDATED: Read the feeback report from The Hashoo Foundation USA. Last year, the Hashoo Foundation and Medical Bridges shipped a 40-foot ocean freight container filled with life-saving medical supplies and rehabilitation equipment to Pakistan.

Medical Bridges responds to the crisis in Haiti

January 14, 2010

Medical Bridges is gathering its resources to help those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Read on to view our frequently asked questions in reference to our disaster relief efforts.

AEI and Medical Bridges create partnership

December 18, 2009

AEI and Medical Bridges has partnered together to ship multiple containers in the next 18 months to developing countries where AEI has operating companies. Read the following news story printed in the AEI newsletter EMERGE in April 2009 for more information on this historic partnership

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Fundacion Futuro USA sponsors 3 containers to Ecuador

August 10, 2009

Rice lab-in-a-backpack students intern in Ecuador this summer

August 7, 2009

Help is on the way

2008 Shipment Summary

Medical Bridges shipped 27 forty-foot ocean-freight containers:

8 to Africa: Angola-2 Ethiopia- 1 Nigeria- 2 Zimbabwe- 1 Equatorial Guinea- 2
4 to Asia: Pakistan- 1 Indonesia- 2 Cambodia- 1
3 to North America: Mexico- 3
11 to South America: Peru- 6 Chile- 1 Ecuador- 3 Brazil- 1
1 to Central America: Nicaragua- 1

During 2008, Medical Bridges also prepared 111 shipments that were hand-carried to 32 countries.