1. 1 A collaboration between Providence Health and Services, the Catholic Medical Mission Board and the Seton Institute

2. 2 CHUMA Signage

3. 3 Shipment Activity 2008 14 containers Hand carries - 35 172,074 total pounds Total estimated value - $806,651 Total volunteer hours - 1014 2007 14 containers Hand-carries – 30 220,594 total pounds Total estimated value - $759,824 Total volunteer hours - 1006

4. 4 Showers Foundation Health Center – Fr. Freddy’s visit to the warehouse

5. 5 Building the foundation - Uganda

6. 6 Showers Foundation Health Center

7. 7 Container arrival

8. 8 Unloading container

9. 9 People excited watching unloading of container

10. 10 2008 Major Supply Donors Providence St. Vincent = 33,600 lbs Medline Industries – 18,556 lbs Providence St. Peter Hospital – 11,241 lbs Providence Everett – 13,994 lbs Sacred Heart – 23,709 lbs Providence Alaska – 9,260 lbs

11. 11 2008 Highlights MedSurplus Network formation Becoming an official organization Establish basic standards – Members should have a clean warehouse that allows easy access to inventory and have trained staffing and equipment – Biomedical equipment be in good working order and ensure recipients have proper expertise to operate equipment – Members shall sort items into like categories to ensure shipments match recipient’s needs.

12. 12 Continued - Highlights 18 active organizations 6 applying for formal membership - Medshare, Mission Outreach, Brother’s Brother Foundation, Medwish, CHUMA, World Cares

13. 13 Continued - Highlights Trying to acquire new inventory software -- Lawson, Aidmatrix Functionalities we are looking for are: – Detailed reporting capability – Web-based application – Ability to track donor to recipient – Bar-coding capability

14. 14 Continued - Highlights Study on donation values Historically, value of donations were underestimated Goal is to create a more scientific method – Use wholesale price of product – Apply that price to random group of supplies – Determine average value per pound

15. 15 2009 Goals Ship equivalent of 14 containers (23,000 cu/ft & 172,000 lbs) Increase volunteer daily activity to achieve 1500 hours annual Revise sorting process to make it more volunteer friendly Create a structure to involve hospitals in Southern California (Providence, CHW, Daughters of Charity, St. Joseph of Orange)

16. 16 2008 Container Shipments Destinations El Salvador – La Libertad, Fundacion Salvadorena Para la Salud (FUSAL) Cuba – Caritas Cubana (3 Ea) Honduras – Rotary Club of Tegucigalpa Liberia – Redemption Hospital,Monrovia Haiti – Catholic Diocese of St. Francis de Sales Tanzania – Bugando Medical Center Congo – Polyclinique La Pitie Philippines – Bohol Diagnostic Center Uganda – Showers Foundation Health Center – see photos Haiti – Food for the Poor (3 ea)