Thanks to all of you who have already contributed diabetes supplies for Malawi, Africa. If you have items on your shelves that you cannot use, please consider a donation to this third world country. There is a sustained need for insulin, oral agents, monitoring strips, insulin and lancets. (We cannot send used meters or expired items.)
This effort is affiliated with the Pittsburgh Presbytery Partnership Committee, which provides support to churches in Malawi. Malawi, Central Africa, is about the size of the state of Pennsylvania. Diabetes care is virtually non-existent in Malawi. Diabetes is not frequently diagnosed and when it is diagnosed, there is virtually no treatment. Previous donations were gratefully accepted at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Malawi, with insulin in coolers, hand-carried on the plane.
Please contact me for more information:
Jean Betschart Roemer
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
412 257-8756
Jeanwrites4U@comcast.net
