Global Links - Hurricane Medical Relief in Cuba

Address

Global Links
4809 Penn Ave #2
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States
1-412-361-3424
http://www.globallinks.org

Mission

Global Links is a medical relief and development organization dedicated to a two-fold mission of environmental stewardship and improving health in developing countries. Global Links collaborates with U.S. hospitals to redirect still useful materials away from the waste stream to public health improvement efforts in targeted countries throughout the hemisphere.

Programs

Global Links programs include: • Medical Aid Programs – Recipient institutions in our nine focus countries receive 40-foot sea containers of carefully selected medical supplies chosen to meet their specific needs. • Suture Donation Program – Recipient hospitals around the world receive an annual allotment of suture, a critical medical supply that is all too often lacking in hospitals. •Service Trip Programs - Global Links provides medical supplies for 40-50 mission/service trips each year.

Personnel Overview

Angela Garcia - Deputy Director
Angela Garcia has lived and worked in France, Belgium and Mexico, and since 2000 has focused on improving healthcare in developing countries through her work at Global Links. Ms. Garcia has traveled extensively in Cuba to build relationships with medical and government officials, and to assess the needs of hospitals that benefit from Global Links donations.

Kathleen Hower - Executive Director
With two colleagues, Kathleen Hower founded Global Links in 1989 in order to address the need for basic medical supplies and equipment in developing countries. As Executive Director, Ms. Hower has led the dramatic growth of the organization. To date, Global Links has collected over 3,000 tons of medical supplies and donated over $155 million worth of goods to clinics in over 70 countries.

Personnel Statistics

Kathleen Hower, Executive Director & Co-founder
Founded in 1989
Employees: 18
Volunteers: 1,500