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If you live in the USA, and would like to take a suitcase of medical supplies selected specifically for the medical project below, please contact oc@njt.net. We are pleased to partner with OC Not Just Tourists to provide useful and requested medical supplies for clinics and hospitals across the globe. Your only expense would be the cost of shipping from Not Just Tourists to you ($15-$25). If you choose to do this, you will make a Big Impact!
Supporting 2 projects below
Project Description
The Mitrani Senior Day Care Center program was created for adults who need supervision assistance during the day. The center regularly provides breakfast, lunch, medical and psychological care, physical therapy, and a full schedule of structured activities that enhance the quality of life of the oldest members of the community.
Project Needs
General School Supplies:
Batteries, Colored Construction Paper, Colored Pencils, Envelopes, and Glue Sticks
Linens:
Bath Towels and Bed Linens (Twin Only)
Kitchen:
Ziplock Bags
Foods That Can Be Purchased Locally:
Cereal, Coffee, Eggs, Fruit, Grains, Meats, Pasta, and Vegetables
Health/Personal Grooming:
Advil, Antibiotic Ointments, Aspirine 81 mg, Band-Aids, Bars of Soap, Benadryl, Cetirizine, Cough and Cold Relief Products, Denture Adhesive, Deodorant, Depends, Desitin Cream, Eye Drops, Glucosamine Chondritin, Hand Cream, Imodium, Insect Repellent, Loratadine, Melatonin, Multivitamin Tablets, Omega 3, Pepcid, Plastic Gloves, Razors, Reading Glasses of Assorted Strengths, Shampoos, Soaps, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Topical Pain Relief Products, Tylenol, Vaseline, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Wet Wipes, and Voltaren Pills or Cream
Art Supplies for Artist Initiatives and Community Produced Projects:
Acrylic Brushes and Paints, Craft Glue, Fabric Scissors, Sewing Needles, and Thread
Project Description
Staffed by a husband/wife medical team, the pharmacy provides and distributes, at no cost, medicine to those in most need from the community. Local clinics many times run out of medical supplies and medicine or don’t have any syringes to disperse them. With the Cuban’s average monthly salary being just over $30 a month, there is not much left over for the extra medical needs of the children, adults and elderly. Basic medical supplies can make a big difference here. Since the decline of US tourism, the inventory has dwindled but through the generosity of our guests, we have hope that there will soon be a steady stream of supplies for the growing needs of the community.
Project Needs
General Medical:
Ace Bandages, Alcohol Swabs/Wipes, Band-Aids, Blood Pressure Cuff (‘Sphygmomanometer’) – Digital, Blood Sugar Machines and Test Strips, Hot Packs, Ice/Cold Packs, Needles, Scissors, Spacers for Asthmatic Patients, Splints, Tampons, Thermometers (Digital), Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, and Urine Dipsticks
Specialist Equipment:
Nebulizer
Syringes:
5 ml Syringes, 10 ml Syringes, 20 ml Syringes, and 50 ml Syringes
Health/Personal Grooming:
Bars of Soap, Deodorant, Hand Cream, Multivitamin Tablets, Reading Glasses of Assorted Strengths, Sanitary Napkins, Shampoos, Tampons, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, and Vaseline
Medications:
Albuterol Inhalers, Antibacterial Ointment, Antibiotics, Anti-Diarrhea Medication, Antifungal Cream, Antihistamine, Aspirin, Cefalexin, Cefuroxime (any Cephalosporin), Cough Treatments, Ear Drops, Eye Drops, First Aid Spray, Flucloxacillin, Folic Acid, Hydrocortisone Cream, Ibuprofen, Vitamins, and Zinc Tablets
Initiatives
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