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Healthy people. Better world.
                                     the bulletin                                                                                               FALL 2003
Activities: January 1 – July 31
Over $41 million in medical aid      Direct Relief’s Emergency Response—
Serving more than 5 million people
In the following 50 countries:
                                     Fast, Targeted, Appropriate
                                     By Annie Maxwell, Senior Program Analyst
  Afghanistan
  Belize                             Direct Relief has a decades-long tradition of quick                                efforts worldwide. It is this work—and the tested logistics
  Bhutan                             humanitarian response to local and international crises.                           channels and network of trusted partners involved—that
  Bolivia                            This aspect of our work represents only 10–20 percent of                           allows Direct Relief to respond to crises in a fast,
  Bulgaria                           our efforts annually, but it tends to attract the most media                       targeted, and appropriate manner.
  Burundi                            attention. The intense, if short-lived, media coverage
                                                                                                                        The following recent emergency assistance efforts
  Cambodia                           of crises is welcome as it often spurs needed donations
                                                                                                                        highlight the close connection between Direct Relief’s
  Cameroon                           from the public. However, it can overshadow Direct
                                                                                                                        ongoing support and emergency response activities:
  China                              Relief’s day-to-day work to support indigenous health
  Cuba
  Democratic Republic of Congo
  Dominican Republic                 IRAQ
  Ecuador
                                     Al-Rashad Hospital in Baghdad, the only dedicated                                  facilities in El Salvador contacted Senior Program
  El Salvador
                                     psychiatric institution in Iraq, was looted and stripped                           Officer Dan Smith for help in this crisis through the
  Estonia
  Ethiopia
                                     to its bare walls immediately after the war. Their home                            private organization FUSAL (Salvadoran Foundation
  Georgia
                                     destroyed, the hospital’s 1,000-plus residents streamed                            for Health and Human Development) and its sister
  Ghana
                                     into the streets. Direct Relief, which has supported                               foundation in the U. S., SAHF (Salvadoran American
  Grenada                            facilities in Iraq since 1991, responded quickly with                              Humanitarian Foundation). Within two days, Direct
  Guatemala                          over $5 million worth of psychotherapeutic agents,                                 Relief airlifted more than $200,000 (wholesale value)
  Guyana                             including Risperdal and Paxil, to help clinicians provide                          of medical assistance, including oxygen masks, spinal
  Haiti                              therapy and resume counseling. The pharmaceuticals                                 needles, pulmonary nebulizers, an infant blood-pressure
  Honduras                           and examination tables were delivered to various other                             monitor, a pulse oximeter, and more than 50,000
  India                              facilities in Nasarieh, Basra, and Baghdad. Today some                             tablets of the antibiotic Augmentin, donated by
  Indonesia                          600 patients have returned to Al-Rashad Hospital                                   GlaxoSmithKline. Dan’s follow-up discussions with the
  Iraq                               where, for the first time in months, they are receiving the                        Vice Minister of Health have focused on steps, including
  Jamaica                            medical attention they need.                                                       appropriate vaccines, that might minimize the effects
  Jordan                                                                                                                of future bacterial pneumonia outbreaks among
                                     Looting and vandalism also incapacitated the Direct
  Kenya                                                                                                                 vulnerable people.
                                     Relief-supported Saint Raphael Hospital in Baghdad.
  Kyrgyzstan                         Over the past two months, Direct Relief has helped                                 Direct Relief has supported ongoing health efforts in
  Laos                               to restock the facility with pharmaceuticals, supplies,                            El Salvador for decades and in 2002 furnished more than
  Lebanon                            and surgical instruments. The medical needs of the                                 $3.4 million worth of medical goods to indigenously-run
  Liberia                            surrounding population continue to loom large, yet                                 health facilities.
  Malawi                             the well-trained staff at Direct Relief-supported Saint                            (continued on page 4)
  Mexico                             Raphael Hospital can now face those challenges with
  Nicaragua                          the tools necessary to succeed.
  Nigeria
  Peru                               Direct Relief Senior Program Officer Katherine Poma,
  Philippines                        R.N., in collaboration with the Ministry of Education
  Romania                            and the Babil Governate Support Team, initiated a
  Sierra Leone                       dental hygiene and education program in the Al Hillah
  South Korea                        area. Direct Relief provided 2,000 dental kits, which
  Sudan                              contained toothpaste, toothbrushes, and dental floss.
  Tanzania                           In requesting this assistance, the UN Joint Logistics
  Trinidad & Tobago                  Commander for the area wrote, “The dental hygiene
  Uganda                             problem here is incredibly serious…Any help you can
  Ukraine                            provide is truly appreciated.”
  United States
  Venezuela                          EL SALVADOR
                                                                                                    Photo: Frank Bott




  West Bank / Gaza
                                     On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, Salvadoran Minister
                                     of Health Jose Lopez Beltran declared a “red alert” for
Healthy people.                      bacterial pneumonia after seven children died during
                                     the preceding three days. Direct Relief-supported
 Better world.                                                                                                                 Hospital nurse in El Salvador with recovering child
In-Kind Donors                              In Focus
From January 1 through July 31, 2003,
Direct Relief provided medical aid with
a wholesale value of over $41 million.
The vast majority of these products were
donated by American corporations. We
thank our in-kind donors, without whom
                                                                                                                                              Support from Direct Relief and
we would not be able to help so many                                                                                                          Others Nears U.S. Government
people around the world.                   Global Brand Marketing Inc.—                                                                       Levels in 2002
                                           Our Newest Corporate Partner                                                                       Direct Relief International, as part of the 22-member
Abbott Laboratories
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.                   Welcome to Global Brand Marketing Inc. (GBMI),                                                     Partnership for Quality Medical Donations, helped
Allergan, Inc.                             our newest Corporate Partner. Founded in 1996 by                                                   distribute more than $812 million of humanitarian
American Medical Resource                  Killick Datta, GBMI designs, develops, and markets                                                 medical donations in 2002, according to a recently
Amsino International                       stylish footwear for men, women, and children that                                                 completed survey by Temple University. This level of
Ansell Latin America                       is distributed to more than 130 countries worldwide.                                               private humanitarian support approaches the $1 billion
Arm & Hammer                               GBMI is the authorized global licensee of Diesel                                                   budget for all overseas health programs other than
Auburn Pharmaceuticals                     Footwear, XOXO Footwear, Nautica Footwear, Mecca                                                   HIV/AIDS funded by the U.S. Agency for International
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.               Footwear, and Pony Footwear.                                                                       Development. Direct Relief provided over $67 million
Avon Products                                                                                                                                 wholesale in medical assistance in 2002.
                                           Direct Relief launched its Corporate Partners Program
Bausch & Lomb Surgical Company             in 2002. Funding from participating corporations goes to                                           Founded in 1998, PQMD is an association of nonprofit
Bayer Consumer Care                        support healthcare projects for which no other funding                                             relief agencies and healthcare manufacturers dedicated
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company               source is available. GBMI’s gift enabled us to fill several                                        to raising the standards for medical product donations
Cordis Neurovascular, Inc.                 urgent requests throughout the summer, including                                                   globally. PQMD members’ donations now total
Den-Mat Corporation                        dental kits to Iraq and antibiotics for the pneumonia                                              $2.7 billion. For more information, see the PQMD
DeRoyal Wound Care                         outbreak in El Salvador. Other Corporate Partners                                                  website: www.pqmd.org.
Dioptics                                   include the Antioch Company of Yellow Spring, Ohio
DreamWeaver Medical                        and Hy Cite Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin.
East West Associates
Ethicon, Inc.                              Wish List: Delivery Truck
Fine Science Tools Inc.
Free Wheelchair Mission                    Direct Relief International needs a new truck.
Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.                  Specifications: V-8 engine, automatic transmission,                                                LifeScan Meters Boost Diabetes
GlaxoSmithKline                            20-foot bed with enclosed box, roll-up door, 10,000 lb.                                            Care in Ukraine
Green Meadow Mission                       capacity (minimum), 2,000 lb. capacity lift gate.
                                           Cost: roughly $40,000.                                                                             LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, recently
Henry Schein, Inc.                                                                                                                            made a significant in-kind donation to Direct Relief
John O. Butler Company                     Our current truck, a much-traveled 1991 Chevy, has                                                 International of 1,500 blood glucose meters and
Johnson & Johnson                          moved countless tons of wholesale medical aid and                                                  thousands of test strips. These materials were sent to
Johnson & Johnson Consumer                 other contributed goods from donors in Southern                                                    many of our international partner facilities to monitor
Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc.         California to our warehouse. A new truck will improve                                              patients with diabetes, including Children’s Hospital
Landes, Inc.                               the safety and efficiency of this transport. In addition,                                          #7 in Kiev, Ukraine.
Lane Instrument Corp                       it will enable us to expand our deliveries of contributed
Mattell, Inc.                              pharmaceuticals and supplies from our warehouse to                                                 Diabetes is a major health concern in Ukraine. People
McGraw-Hill Inc.                           community clinics serving poor and uninsured families                                              with diabetes use the meters to check their blood sugar
McKesson Corp. Medical Group               and persons in California.                                                                         levels and adjust their insulin injections accordingly.
McNeil Consumer & Specialty                                                                                                                   Research shows keeping blood sugar levels within a
Medical Innovations, Inc.                  Direct Relief Meets and Exceeds                                                                    low target zone significantly reduces the complications
Mentor Corporation                                                                                                                            often seen with diabetes, such as blindness and kidney
Merck & Co., Inc.
                                           Industry Standards                                                                                 failure. The pager-size meters, which make close
Microflex                                  Charity Navigator, America’s premiere                                                              daily control possible, help people with diabetes live
Midmark Corporation                        independent charity evaluator, recently                                                            healthier lives.
Miltex Instrument Company                  awarded Direct Relief International its
Nexxus Products Company                    highest ranking of four stars.
Nordent Manufacturing, Inc.
                                           Each year Charity Navigator evaluates
Omron Healthcare, Inc.
                                           America’s 2,500 largest privately funded
                                                                                      Photo: Courtesy of God’s Hidden Treasures




Pacific Medical Inc.
                                           charities in terms of organizational
Paragon Zoo Animal Teaching Aids
                                           efficiency and capacity. Charities
Parks Medical Electronics, Inc.
                                           receive a score of zero stars (poor) to
Pfizer, Inc.
                                           four stars (exceptional). The top rating
Sage Products, Inc.
                                           signifies that Direct Relief “exceeds
Schering Plough Corporation
                                           industry standards and outperforms
Shaman Botanicals
                                           most charities in its cause.” For more
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedic
                                           information, see the Charity Navigator
Tandberg Telecom AS
                                           website: www.charitynavigator.org.
TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA
3M Pharmaceuticals
Watson Pharmaceuticals
World Kitchen, Inc.
                                                                                                                                  Women with diabetes being trained in the use of blood glucose monitors in Kiev
From the Field
Gardeners of the Rainforest
By Susan Fowler, Director of Programs
By sunrise, a row of dugout canoes was already         lost. “They come from a whole other
lined up at the International Society for the          strength and are the true gardeners
Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest’s (ISPTR)      of the rainforest,” says Kremer when
Yarapa River base camp, home to a Direct Relief-       talking about the 400 or so indigenous
supported medical clinic for the past 12 years.        tribes that still populate the Amazon
Located in the Amazon Basin, 150 kilometers            Basin. Many of the remaining tribes
upriver from the northern Peruvian city of Iquitos,    are very small, with a large percentage
the clinic provides free healthcare services to        numbering less than 1,000 people.
Amerindians from more than 20 river-based              Like native people in many areas of
communities. The Direct Relief shipment that           the world, these jungle populations are
I had accompanied by boat to the camp had              experiencing a significant decline in
just arrived the evening before, but word that         living conditions and worsening health
the clinic would be restocked with a new supply        statistics as the modern world impinges
of medical goods and nutritional products had          on their homelands. The Achuar,
already spread throughout the area.                    Huambisa, and Ahuaruna tribes are a
                                                       few of the tribes living along the Yarapa
ISPTR was founded in 1982 by Roxanne Kremer,
                                                       and nearby rivers that have grown to
a zoologist and leading expert on the Amazon
                                                       rely on the ISPTR clinic and outreach
pink river dolphin. The organization is comprised
                                                       program for health care, especially when
of a team of volunteer naturalists who work to
protect the flora and fauna of the world’s largest     their traditional treatments do not
remaining tropical rainforest. ISPTR establishes       alleviate acute or chronic problems.
forest reserves and wildlife sanctuaries, initiates    As part of ISPTR’s medical outreach                   A mother and her newborn daughter await their consultation.
conservation programs, creates awareness of            program, we carried an assortment of medical
the consequences of deforestation and habitat                                                                 treated with Direct Relief’s donations of adult
                                                       supplies to nearby villages to hold clinics and
destruction, and works to shape positive                                                                      and pediatric antibiotics, nutritional supplements,
                                                       to share with community health workers. One
environmental attitudes with local education                                                                  oral rehydration salts, antiparasitics, topical
                                                       afternoon, after hiking for two hours in knee-
programs and eco-tourism. Their 346-acre base                                                                 antifungals, anti-infective and cortisone creams,
                                                       deep mud, we arrived in the Achuar community
camp, which serves as both research facility and                                                              ophthalmic drops, analgesics, and first aid supplies.
                                                       of Neuvo Jerusalem. Situated on the banks of
jungle lodge, is respected throughout the area                                                                A supply of medical goods was left behind for
                                                       the Rio Tamuayo, this Indian community of
for its focus on rainforest conservation. It has                                                              Orlando, Neuvo Jerusalem’s community health
                                                       approximately 200 was founded in the late 1980s
also become known as a place for indigenous                                                                   worker, who is trained to diagnose and treat many
                                                       by an Achuar shaman who had moved south from
populations to receive assistance with healthcare                                                             of the villagers’ routine complaints. Direct Relief’s
                                                       the Ecuadorian border with his family and other
and other needs.                                                                                              continued support of this community has resulted
                                                       villagers. We were greeted with smiles and kisses
                                                                                                              in a healthier population, which has doubled in
Amerindians identify strongly with their tribal        from the women and children, many of whom had
                                                                                                              the last eight years.
heritage and customs even though much of               previously received treatment at the ISPTR clinic.
their oral history and spiritual beliefs have been     “Regalo, regalo,” (Spanish for gift) the women         For more than a decade, Direct Relief
                                                                                    exclaimed as they         International has collaborated with ISPTR to
                                                                                    presented me with         strengthen the health of indigenous populations
                                                                                    handmade baskets and who face enormous challenges as they attempt to
                                                                                    pieces of jewelry made    preserve their traditional customs, habitat, and
                                                                                    from jungle fibers and    lifestyle within the ever-changing social, political,
                                                                                    seeds. I found their      and economic contexts of the modern world.
                                                                                    warmth and gratitude      Since the clinic was established, Direct Relief has
                                                                                    extremely touching.       provided medical goods valued at more than
                                                                                                              $1 million (wholesale value) so that ISPTR
                                                                                    That afternoon the
                                                                                                              can stock this clinic and share supplies with
                                                                                    clinic nurse saw 38
                                                                                                              community health workers, health facilities, and
                                                                                    people with a wide
                                                                                                              orphanages in Peru’s Amazon Basin.
                                                                                    array of problems:
                                                                                    respiratory infections,
                                                                                                              Susan Fowler has been with Direct Relief
                                                                                    anemia, malnutrition,
                                                                                                              International since 1987 and is currently serving
                                                                                    diarrhea, dehydration,
                                                                                                              as Director of Programs. Fowler received a M.A.
                                                                                    parasites, fungal
                                                                                                              in international health in 1986. She is a multiple
                                                                                    infections, skin rashes,
                                                                                                              Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, a recipient
                                                                                    conjunctivitis, aches
                                                                                                              of the Diwaliben Charitable Trust Award for
                                                                                    and pains associated
                                                                                                              Humanitarian Service, and a former Board Member
                                                                                    with physical labor,
                                                                                                              of the Vitamin Angel Alliance and the Friends of
                                                                                    and machete wounds.
                                                                                                              Tibetan Women’s Association.
                                                                                    Most of these
                                                                                    conditions could be
             Community health worker Orlando treating patients in Nuevo Jerusalem.                            Photos page 3: Susan Fowler, Direct Relief Staff
Program News
International Partners Visit                                             poor – to provide material medical aid, including                        with Mr. Iyer is an essential component in
                                                                         multi-vitamins, antibiotics, surgical supplies, and                      providing support to India.
Direct Relief Headquarters                                               exam tables.
Caribbean: Dr. Carl Niamatali met with                                                                                                            Direct Relief Expands its Work
                                                                         India: Seshedra Iyer, Program Manager of the
Direct Relief staff in July to discuss continued
                                                                         Diwaliben Charitable Trust, met with Direct                              in Laos
efforts to provide medical assistance to Guyana
                                                                         Relief staff in July to discuss ways in which our                        Following an assessment visit by Program Officer
and others nations of the Caribbean Community
                                                                         collaboration can be strengthened. The Trust,                            Kelly Darnell in February, 2003, Direct Relief
(CARICOM). Dr. Niamatali recently assumed
                                                                         established by Mr. Mafatlal Mehta, provides food,                        made its first large (40-ft container) shipment
the role as Direct Relief’s Medical Advisor
                                                                         medical goods, clothing, and other relief materials                      valued at over $85,000 to Laos, which arrived via
for CARICOM. During his five-year relation-
                                                                         to healthcare sites, social service facilities, and                      ocean freight in March. The Laotian Ministry
ship with Direct Relief in Guyana, he has
                                                                         disaster areas throughout India. Our relationship                        of Health facilitated shipment clearance and
created access to needed health care for remote
rural communities along the 300-mile long                                                                                                         provided a truck for the 30-hour drive to remote
Berbice River.                                                                                                                                    hospitals in Nalae and Muang Sing. The facilities
                                                                                                                                                  see large numbers of malnourished and dehydrated
Cambodia: Dr. Gary Jacques, Director of                                                                                                           children, as well as expectant mothers who lack
Sihanouk Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,                                                                                                        needed vitamins and other nutrients. Direct
and his warehouse manger, Mon Sochea,                                                                                                             Relief’s container included oral rehydration
visited Direct Relief headquarters in July.                                                                                                       salts, prenatal and children’s vitamins, neonatal
                                                                                                                                                  blood pressure cuffs, instruments used in labor
                                                     Photo: Bryan Watt




After a tour of our facilities, they met with
staff to discuss their material needs and                                                                                                         and delivery, and IV solution and stands. With
the hospital’s medical training program.                                                                                                          medical goods provided by Direct Relief, pregnant
Since 1998, Direct Relief has partnered                                                                                                           mothers received prenatal care to help ensure
with Sihanouk Hospital – one of the largest                                                                                                       healthy babies.
charitable hospitals in Cambodia serving the
                                                                                                      Father and child in Nalae

Direct Relief’s Emergency Response
(continued from page 1)

AFGHANISTAN
Although media attention has shifted to events                           Direct Relief’s most recent support covered
elsewhere, Direct Relief continues its support of                        maternal and child health needs: prenatal
indigenously-run health facilities in Afghanistan.                       vitamins, analgesics, a pulse oximeter, sutures,
In late April, Direct Relief sent its fourth                             needles and syringes, antibiotics, and baby
shipment to the Afghan Institute for Learning                            scales. AIL also coordinates a midwife training
(AIL). Under the Taliban regime, the Afghan                              program that enrolls about 50 midwives in
women who staff and operate AIL ran clandestine                          each 6-month training session. To support
                                                                                                                            Photo: Linda Cullen




home schools for girls. They now focus on                                the ongoing work of these new midwives,
providing maternal and child health care at clinics                      Direct Relief provides each graduate with a
in three Afghan cities, with a fourth to open soon.                      kit complete with stethoscope, blood pressure
The all-female Afghan staff sees approximately                           unit, scissors, gauze, thermometers, alcohol,
700 women and children a month at each clinic.                           soap, and gloves.
                                                                                                                                                         Mother and Child waiting at AIL clinic in Kabul

  Volunteer Profile
Katie Walsh
Volunteers and interns work closely with Direct Relief                    “Katie spent a lot of time updating our country
staff to complete various tasks, including preparing                      profiles and completing background research on
mailings, organizing events, compiling information, and                   some of our projects in Asia and Africa,” says
writing reports. Direct Relief depends on interns and some                Kelly. “It is important that we have accurate and
400 other volunteers to keep our organization running                     up-to-date information about our partners and the
efficiently. Here we profile a summer 2003 intern.                        healthcare situations in their respective countries.”
After graduating cum laude from the University                            Along with research, Katie also helped obtain
of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in history,                          supplies for well-baby kits, and coordinate the
Katie Walsh of Charlottesville, Virginia, began her                       assembly of the kits for a shipment to Ghana. “In
search for an internship. She found Direct Relief,                        my two months here, I can already see tangible
where she could pair her interest in international                        results,” Katie says, “and I know that Direct Relief is
development and a desire to give back. Katie                              making a difference in the lives of many people.”
applied in January and, after working with staff on
                                                                          Katie’s future plans include graduate school,
the details of her internship, made the cross-country
                                                                          international travel, and possibly a stint
trek for her summer internship in Santa Barbara.
                                                                          in the Peace Corps.
Katie spent two months working closely with Kelly
Darnell, Direct Relief’s Program Officer responsible
for Africa and Asia.                                                                                                                                     Katie Walsh, Direct Relief International intern
Ways to Give
The Long View
By Board Member Stanley C. Hatch, Esq.
Short on cash, but wondering how you can                 have taken care of your family obligations. Often         and actually end up with more money to leave
help? Impressed with the incredible work of              such planning is relatively painless. Charitable          not only to your loved ones, but to a worthy cause.
Direct Relief, yet frustrated that you cannot            contributions are deducted from your taxable
                                                                                                                   So, if you would like to sleep a little better
provide more financial support? It is a common,          estate and, as a result, avoid the still present estate
                                                                                                                   at night and feel satisfied that you are doing
discouraging feeling, but there is a way to help.        tax. In short, your contribution goes to Direct
                                                                                                                   everything possible to support Direct Relief’s
Take the long view.                                      Relief instead of the federal government.
                                                                                                                   critically important global mission, tweak that
If giving significant amounts to worthy charitable       There are also ways to avoid income tax—                  will or intervivos trust. You will be glad you did
and humanitarian causes like Direct Relief is            designate Direct Relief as a residual beneficiary of      and so will the many partners of Direct Relief who
difficult because of existing obligations to yourself,   your retirement plan or IRA. Retirement funds             would not otherwise be served.
your family, and loved ones, you can still make a        are subject to the federal income tax if they pass
                                                                                                                   For more information on the options explained
meaningful contribution with a little intelligent        to a non-charitable beneficiary and thus may be
                                                                                                                   above, please contact Christian White at
estate planning that leaves excess funds to Direct       taxed a second time in your estate. By making
                                                                                                                   805-964-4767 x159 or at cwhite@directrelief.org.
Relief after you’ve passed away and after you            such a gift to Direct Relief, you beat both taxes


Workplace Giving
Many people support Direct Relief International          United Way, you can still support us by writing           program. Simply select Direct Relief International
through automatic payroll deductions at work.            “Direct Relief International” on the “donor               on your CFC enrollment form. Direct Relief’s
It’s a convenient way to spread your giving              option” line of the campaign form. Your local             CFC number is 1407.
throughout the year and helps Direct Relief              United Way will forward your gift to us.
respond to the many ongoing commitments that                                                                        Have you already included Direct Relief International
                                                         U.S. government employees can support Direct               in your will or estate plans? Please let us know so
do not receive any media attention.
                                                         Relief as part of the Combined Federal Campaign            we can recognize you in our Annual Report.
If your workplace giving program is limited to the       (CFC), the federal government’s workplace giving



  Our Investors
Gifts Received from January 1 - July 31
Consul General ($50,000 + )                              The Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation                         Mr. and Mrs. Denis Sanan
                                                         Mr. and Mrs. Pete Schmidt-Petersen                        Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Thomson
The Antioch Company
                                                         Mr. and Mrs. John Sweetland                               Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Turpin
The Charles H. Bell Charitable Remainder Trusts
                                                         Mr. and Mrs. George Turpin, Sr.                           Weingart Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. C. William Schlosser
                                                         WER
Global Emissary ($25,000 + )                             Wisconsin Nicaragua Partners of America                   Ministers of Health ($2,500 + )
                                                         Wood-Claeyssens Foundation                                Anonymous
Anonymous (2)
                                                                                                                   Mr. Parker Abercrombie
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Adams                               President’s Council ($5,000 + )                           Stephen and Denise Adams Family Foundation, Inc.
Anticouni & Associates
                                                         A.N.E.R.A.                                                Prof. Lloyd Binagi
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anticouni
                                                         Amigos Del Peru Foundation, Inc.                          Christian Aid Ministries
Mrs. Sheila J. Brutsch
                                                         Mr. and Mrs. David H. Anderson                            Mr. and Mrs. R. Chad Dreier
Capital Group Co. Charitable Foundation
                                                         B & B Foundation/ Mr. and Mrs. William Geiger             The Gilette Company
Hy Cite Corporation
                                                         Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Battaglia                          Mr. and Mrs. Richard Godfrey
The Ann Jackson Family Foundation
                                                         The David Winton Bell Foundation                          Mr. Stanley Hubbard
Liselotte Kuttler Trust
                                                         Bethania Hospital                                         Mr. and Mrs. Derk Hunter
S. G. Foundation
                                                         I. P. Callison & Sons                                     Mr. and Mrs. Dick Johnson
                                                         Caritas Zentrale                                          Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly
World Health Envoy ($10,000 + )
                                                         Mr. and Mrs. Gary Finefrock                               Mr. Wesley H. Kelman
Anonymous                                                Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Firestone                             Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lindsay
Sr. Hugo D’Amato Bassi                                   Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Forkosh                               Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Nett
BD                                                       Fox Point LTD.                                            Peruvian American Medical Society
Christian Relief Services                                Global Partners for Development                           Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
Estonian Am. Fund for Economic Edu., Inc.                Help Diocese of Kikwit                                    Lord and Lady Ridley-Tree
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gaylord                              Hermandad Del Senor De Los Milagros                       Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
Global Brand Marketing Inc.                              Mr. and Mrs. Roger Himovitz                               Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shattuck
Guyana Medical Relief                                    The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation                       Tarime Goodwill Foundation Hospital
Hall FLP                                                 Mr. Barry Kravitz                                         Union Pacific Corporation
Hands Across The Andes                                   Kathleen and Michael McCarthy Foundation Fund             Mrs. Winifred M. Vedder
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies                    Ms. Diane D. Miller                                       Mr. and Mrs. John F. Weersing
Ms. Nancy M. Lessner and Mr. Paul F. Glenn               Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moore, Sr.                         Westmont College
OMRON Foundation, Inc.                                   Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Johnson                             Ronald D. Worley, D.D.S
The Donald E. and Jo Anne Petersen Foundation            PacifiCare Foundation
Events and Activities
Magic of Mario                                         The remaining dates hold delicious possibilities:       CEO Certifies Audited
                                                       January 17: Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard
The world-renowned New York-based interior             March 31:     Sanford Winery & New West
                                                                                                               Financial Statements
designer Mario Buatta is bringing the “Magic                         Catering                                  Recognizing stakeholders’ heightened
of Mario” to California to benefit Direct Relief                                                               expectations of all US corporations—whether
International.                                         Reservations are available at prices from $150
                                                                                                               nonprofit or for profit—Thomas Tighe, President
                                                       per person.
The date:    Monday, October 13, 2003.                                                                         and CEO of Direct Relief International, has
             An elegant luncheon at beautiful                                                                  certified our financial statements for the year
The place:                                             e-Bulletin Debuts                                       2002. These statements are included in our
             Bacara Resort & Spa.
                                                       Ever read about a natural disaster in the world         2002 Annual Report and available online.
The promise: Mario will delight and inspire you
                                                       and wonder, does Direct Relief do anything there?
             with his stories and slides of
             illustrious residences he has
                                                       Ever want to follow up on a conversation with           Thanks, National Charity
                                                       someone about Direct Relief but feel stumped            League!
             designed around the world.
                                                       about how to do it quickly and easily?
Tickets are available for this “Santa Barbara first”                                                           National Charity League (NCL) volunteers did
at prices from $150 to $5,000.                         For answers to both questions, the                      a world of good at Direct Relief this summer.
                                                       Direct Relief website is a terrific resource:           NCL is a national, nonprofit organization of
Winemaker Dinners                                      www.directrelief.org.                                   mothers and daughters, committed to community
                                                       This handsome site includes background on               service, leadership development, and cultural
Exclusive and premier wines of Santa Barbara
                                                       Direct Relief’s history, articles about Direct Relief   experiences. The girls and their mothers spent
County, savored in convivial company, all to
                                                       from national publications, information about           two days sorting and packaging maternal and
benefit Direct Relief International—
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what’s not to like?
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That’s certainly been the appeal when Santa            And now you can receive automatic updates via           than 400 infant care packs for a maternal-child
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Fall newsletter-2003

  • 1. Healthy people. Better world. the bulletin FALL 2003 Activities: January 1 – July 31 Over $41 million in medical aid Direct Relief’s Emergency Response— Serving more than 5 million people In the following 50 countries: Fast, Targeted, Appropriate By Annie Maxwell, Senior Program Analyst Afghanistan Belize Direct Relief has a decades-long tradition of quick efforts worldwide. It is this work—and the tested logistics Bhutan humanitarian response to local and international crises. channels and network of trusted partners involved—that Bolivia This aspect of our work represents only 10–20 percent of allows Direct Relief to respond to crises in a fast, Bulgaria our efforts annually, but it tends to attract the most media targeted, and appropriate manner. Burundi attention. The intense, if short-lived, media coverage The following recent emergency assistance efforts Cambodia of crises is welcome as it often spurs needed donations highlight the close connection between Direct Relief’s Cameroon from the public. However, it can overshadow Direct ongoing support and emergency response activities: China Relief’s day-to-day work to support indigenous health Cuba Democratic Republic of Congo Dominican Republic IRAQ Ecuador Al-Rashad Hospital in Baghdad, the only dedicated facilities in El Salvador contacted Senior Program El Salvador psychiatric institution in Iraq, was looted and stripped Officer Dan Smith for help in this crisis through the Estonia Ethiopia to its bare walls immediately after the war. Their home private organization FUSAL (Salvadoran Foundation Georgia destroyed, the hospital’s 1,000-plus residents streamed for Health and Human Development) and its sister Ghana into the streets. Direct Relief, which has supported foundation in the U. S., SAHF (Salvadoran American Grenada facilities in Iraq since 1991, responded quickly with Humanitarian Foundation). Within two days, Direct Guatemala over $5 million worth of psychotherapeutic agents, Relief airlifted more than $200,000 (wholesale value) Guyana including Risperdal and Paxil, to help clinicians provide of medical assistance, including oxygen masks, spinal Haiti therapy and resume counseling. The pharmaceuticals needles, pulmonary nebulizers, an infant blood-pressure Honduras and examination tables were delivered to various other monitor, a pulse oximeter, and more than 50,000 India facilities in Nasarieh, Basra, and Baghdad. Today some tablets of the antibiotic Augmentin, donated by Indonesia 600 patients have returned to Al-Rashad Hospital GlaxoSmithKline. Dan’s follow-up discussions with the Iraq where, for the first time in months, they are receiving the Vice Minister of Health have focused on steps, including Jamaica medical attention they need. appropriate vaccines, that might minimize the effects Jordan of future bacterial pneumonia outbreaks among Looting and vandalism also incapacitated the Direct Kenya vulnerable people. Relief-supported Saint Raphael Hospital in Baghdad. Kyrgyzstan Over the past two months, Direct Relief has helped Direct Relief has supported ongoing health efforts in Laos to restock the facility with pharmaceuticals, supplies, El Salvador for decades and in 2002 furnished more than Lebanon and surgical instruments. The medical needs of the $3.4 million worth of medical goods to indigenously-run Liberia surrounding population continue to loom large, yet health facilities. Malawi the well-trained staff at Direct Relief-supported Saint (continued on page 4) Mexico Raphael Hospital can now face those challenges with Nicaragua the tools necessary to succeed. Nigeria Peru Direct Relief Senior Program Officer Katherine Poma, Philippines R.N., in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Romania and the Babil Governate Support Team, initiated a Sierra Leone dental hygiene and education program in the Al Hillah South Korea area. Direct Relief provided 2,000 dental kits, which Sudan contained toothpaste, toothbrushes, and dental floss. Tanzania In requesting this assistance, the UN Joint Logistics Trinidad & Tobago Commander for the area wrote, “The dental hygiene Uganda problem here is incredibly serious…Any help you can Ukraine provide is truly appreciated.” United States Venezuela EL SALVADOR Photo: Frank Bott West Bank / Gaza On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, Salvadoran Minister of Health Jose Lopez Beltran declared a “red alert” for Healthy people. bacterial pneumonia after seven children died during the preceding three days. Direct Relief-supported Better world. Hospital nurse in El Salvador with recovering child
  • 2. In-Kind Donors In Focus From January 1 through July 31, 2003, Direct Relief provided medical aid with a wholesale value of over $41 million. The vast majority of these products were donated by American corporations. We thank our in-kind donors, without whom Support from Direct Relief and we would not be able to help so many Others Nears U.S. Government people around the world. Global Brand Marketing Inc.— Levels in 2002 Our Newest Corporate Partner Direct Relief International, as part of the 22-member Abbott Laboratories Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Welcome to Global Brand Marketing Inc. (GBMI), Partnership for Quality Medical Donations, helped Allergan, Inc. our newest Corporate Partner. Founded in 1996 by distribute more than $812 million of humanitarian American Medical Resource Killick Datta, GBMI designs, develops, and markets medical donations in 2002, according to a recently Amsino International stylish footwear for men, women, and children that completed survey by Temple University. This level of Ansell Latin America is distributed to more than 130 countries worldwide. private humanitarian support approaches the $1 billion Arm & Hammer GBMI is the authorized global licensee of Diesel budget for all overseas health programs other than Auburn Pharmaceuticals Footwear, XOXO Footwear, Nautica Footwear, Mecca HIV/AIDS funded by the U.S. Agency for International Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Footwear, and Pony Footwear. Development. Direct Relief provided over $67 million Avon Products wholesale in medical assistance in 2002. Direct Relief launched its Corporate Partners Program Bausch & Lomb Surgical Company in 2002. Funding from participating corporations goes to Founded in 1998, PQMD is an association of nonprofit Bayer Consumer Care support healthcare projects for which no other funding relief agencies and healthcare manufacturers dedicated Bristol-Myers Squibb Company source is available. GBMI’s gift enabled us to fill several to raising the standards for medical product donations Cordis Neurovascular, Inc. urgent requests throughout the summer, including globally. PQMD members’ donations now total Den-Mat Corporation dental kits to Iraq and antibiotics for the pneumonia $2.7 billion. For more information, see the PQMD DeRoyal Wound Care outbreak in El Salvador. Other Corporate Partners website: www.pqmd.org. Dioptics include the Antioch Company of Yellow Spring, Ohio DreamWeaver Medical and Hy Cite Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin. East West Associates Ethicon, Inc. Wish List: Delivery Truck Fine Science Tools Inc. Free Wheelchair Mission Direct Relief International needs a new truck. Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. Specifications: V-8 engine, automatic transmission, LifeScan Meters Boost Diabetes GlaxoSmithKline 20-foot bed with enclosed box, roll-up door, 10,000 lb. Care in Ukraine Green Meadow Mission capacity (minimum), 2,000 lb. capacity lift gate. Cost: roughly $40,000. LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, recently Henry Schein, Inc. made a significant in-kind donation to Direct Relief John O. Butler Company Our current truck, a much-traveled 1991 Chevy, has International of 1,500 blood glucose meters and Johnson & Johnson moved countless tons of wholesale medical aid and thousands of test strips. These materials were sent to Johnson & Johnson Consumer other contributed goods from donors in Southern many of our international partner facilities to monitor Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc. California to our warehouse. A new truck will improve patients with diabetes, including Children’s Hospital Landes, Inc. the safety and efficiency of this transport. In addition, #7 in Kiev, Ukraine. Lane Instrument Corp it will enable us to expand our deliveries of contributed Mattell, Inc. pharmaceuticals and supplies from our warehouse to Diabetes is a major health concern in Ukraine. People McGraw-Hill Inc. community clinics serving poor and uninsured families with diabetes use the meters to check their blood sugar McKesson Corp. Medical Group and persons in California. levels and adjust their insulin injections accordingly. McNeil Consumer & Specialty Research shows keeping blood sugar levels within a Medical Innovations, Inc. Direct Relief Meets and Exceeds low target zone significantly reduces the complications Mentor Corporation often seen with diabetes, such as blindness and kidney Merck & Co., Inc. Industry Standards failure. The pager-size meters, which make close Microflex Charity Navigator, America’s premiere daily control possible, help people with diabetes live Midmark Corporation independent charity evaluator, recently healthier lives. Miltex Instrument Company awarded Direct Relief International its Nexxus Products Company highest ranking of four stars. Nordent Manufacturing, Inc. Each year Charity Navigator evaluates Omron Healthcare, Inc. America’s 2,500 largest privately funded Photo: Courtesy of God’s Hidden Treasures Pacific Medical Inc. charities in terms of organizational Paragon Zoo Animal Teaching Aids efficiency and capacity. Charities Parks Medical Electronics, Inc. receive a score of zero stars (poor) to Pfizer, Inc. four stars (exceptional). The top rating Sage Products, Inc. signifies that Direct Relief “exceeds Schering Plough Corporation industry standards and outperforms Shaman Botanicals most charities in its cause.” For more Smith & Nephew Orthopaedic information, see the Charity Navigator Tandberg Telecom AS website: www.charitynavigator.org. TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA 3M Pharmaceuticals Watson Pharmaceuticals World Kitchen, Inc. Women with diabetes being trained in the use of blood glucose monitors in Kiev
  • 3. From the Field Gardeners of the Rainforest By Susan Fowler, Director of Programs By sunrise, a row of dugout canoes was already lost. “They come from a whole other lined up at the International Society for the strength and are the true gardeners Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest’s (ISPTR) of the rainforest,” says Kremer when Yarapa River base camp, home to a Direct Relief- talking about the 400 or so indigenous supported medical clinic for the past 12 years. tribes that still populate the Amazon Located in the Amazon Basin, 150 kilometers Basin. Many of the remaining tribes upriver from the northern Peruvian city of Iquitos, are very small, with a large percentage the clinic provides free healthcare services to numbering less than 1,000 people. Amerindians from more than 20 river-based Like native people in many areas of communities. The Direct Relief shipment that the world, these jungle populations are I had accompanied by boat to the camp had experiencing a significant decline in just arrived the evening before, but word that living conditions and worsening health the clinic would be restocked with a new supply statistics as the modern world impinges of medical goods and nutritional products had on their homelands. The Achuar, already spread throughout the area. Huambisa, and Ahuaruna tribes are a few of the tribes living along the Yarapa ISPTR was founded in 1982 by Roxanne Kremer, and nearby rivers that have grown to a zoologist and leading expert on the Amazon rely on the ISPTR clinic and outreach pink river dolphin. The organization is comprised program for health care, especially when of a team of volunteer naturalists who work to protect the flora and fauna of the world’s largest their traditional treatments do not remaining tropical rainforest. ISPTR establishes alleviate acute or chronic problems. forest reserves and wildlife sanctuaries, initiates As part of ISPTR’s medical outreach A mother and her newborn daughter await their consultation. conservation programs, creates awareness of program, we carried an assortment of medical the consequences of deforestation and habitat treated with Direct Relief’s donations of adult supplies to nearby villages to hold clinics and destruction, and works to shape positive and pediatric antibiotics, nutritional supplements, to share with community health workers. One environmental attitudes with local education oral rehydration salts, antiparasitics, topical afternoon, after hiking for two hours in knee- programs and eco-tourism. Their 346-acre base antifungals, anti-infective and cortisone creams, deep mud, we arrived in the Achuar community camp, which serves as both research facility and ophthalmic drops, analgesics, and first aid supplies. of Neuvo Jerusalem. Situated on the banks of jungle lodge, is respected throughout the area A supply of medical goods was left behind for the Rio Tamuayo, this Indian community of for its focus on rainforest conservation. It has Orlando, Neuvo Jerusalem’s community health approximately 200 was founded in the late 1980s also become known as a place for indigenous worker, who is trained to diagnose and treat many by an Achuar shaman who had moved south from populations to receive assistance with healthcare of the villagers’ routine complaints. Direct Relief’s the Ecuadorian border with his family and other and other needs. continued support of this community has resulted villagers. We were greeted with smiles and kisses in a healthier population, which has doubled in Amerindians identify strongly with their tribal from the women and children, many of whom had the last eight years. heritage and customs even though much of previously received treatment at the ISPTR clinic. their oral history and spiritual beliefs have been “Regalo, regalo,” (Spanish for gift) the women For more than a decade, Direct Relief exclaimed as they International has collaborated with ISPTR to presented me with strengthen the health of indigenous populations handmade baskets and who face enormous challenges as they attempt to pieces of jewelry made preserve their traditional customs, habitat, and from jungle fibers and lifestyle within the ever-changing social, political, seeds. I found their and economic contexts of the modern world. warmth and gratitude Since the clinic was established, Direct Relief has extremely touching. provided medical goods valued at more than $1 million (wholesale value) so that ISPTR That afternoon the can stock this clinic and share supplies with clinic nurse saw 38 community health workers, health facilities, and people with a wide orphanages in Peru’s Amazon Basin. array of problems: respiratory infections, Susan Fowler has been with Direct Relief anemia, malnutrition, International since 1987 and is currently serving diarrhea, dehydration, as Director of Programs. Fowler received a M.A. parasites, fungal in international health in 1986. She is a multiple infections, skin rashes, Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, a recipient conjunctivitis, aches of the Diwaliben Charitable Trust Award for and pains associated Humanitarian Service, and a former Board Member with physical labor, of the Vitamin Angel Alliance and the Friends of and machete wounds. Tibetan Women’s Association. Most of these conditions could be Community health worker Orlando treating patients in Nuevo Jerusalem. Photos page 3: Susan Fowler, Direct Relief Staff
  • 4. Program News International Partners Visit poor – to provide material medical aid, including with Mr. Iyer is an essential component in multi-vitamins, antibiotics, surgical supplies, and providing support to India. Direct Relief Headquarters exam tables. Caribbean: Dr. Carl Niamatali met with Direct Relief Expands its Work India: Seshedra Iyer, Program Manager of the Direct Relief staff in July to discuss continued Diwaliben Charitable Trust, met with Direct in Laos efforts to provide medical assistance to Guyana Relief staff in July to discuss ways in which our Following an assessment visit by Program Officer and others nations of the Caribbean Community collaboration can be strengthened. The Trust, Kelly Darnell in February, 2003, Direct Relief (CARICOM). Dr. Niamatali recently assumed established by Mr. Mafatlal Mehta, provides food, made its first large (40-ft container) shipment the role as Direct Relief’s Medical Advisor medical goods, clothing, and other relief materials valued at over $85,000 to Laos, which arrived via for CARICOM. During his five-year relation- to healthcare sites, social service facilities, and ocean freight in March. The Laotian Ministry ship with Direct Relief in Guyana, he has disaster areas throughout India. Our relationship of Health facilitated shipment clearance and created access to needed health care for remote rural communities along the 300-mile long provided a truck for the 30-hour drive to remote Berbice River. hospitals in Nalae and Muang Sing. The facilities see large numbers of malnourished and dehydrated Cambodia: Dr. Gary Jacques, Director of children, as well as expectant mothers who lack Sihanouk Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, needed vitamins and other nutrients. Direct and his warehouse manger, Mon Sochea, Relief’s container included oral rehydration visited Direct Relief headquarters in July. salts, prenatal and children’s vitamins, neonatal blood pressure cuffs, instruments used in labor Photo: Bryan Watt After a tour of our facilities, they met with staff to discuss their material needs and and delivery, and IV solution and stands. With the hospital’s medical training program. medical goods provided by Direct Relief, pregnant Since 1998, Direct Relief has partnered mothers received prenatal care to help ensure with Sihanouk Hospital – one of the largest healthy babies. charitable hospitals in Cambodia serving the Father and child in Nalae Direct Relief’s Emergency Response (continued from page 1) AFGHANISTAN Although media attention has shifted to events Direct Relief’s most recent support covered elsewhere, Direct Relief continues its support of maternal and child health needs: prenatal indigenously-run health facilities in Afghanistan. vitamins, analgesics, a pulse oximeter, sutures, In late April, Direct Relief sent its fourth needles and syringes, antibiotics, and baby shipment to the Afghan Institute for Learning scales. AIL also coordinates a midwife training (AIL). Under the Taliban regime, the Afghan program that enrolls about 50 midwives in women who staff and operate AIL ran clandestine each 6-month training session. To support Photo: Linda Cullen home schools for girls. They now focus on the ongoing work of these new midwives, providing maternal and child health care at clinics Direct Relief provides each graduate with a in three Afghan cities, with a fourth to open soon. kit complete with stethoscope, blood pressure The all-female Afghan staff sees approximately unit, scissors, gauze, thermometers, alcohol, 700 women and children a month at each clinic. soap, and gloves. Mother and Child waiting at AIL clinic in Kabul Volunteer Profile Katie Walsh Volunteers and interns work closely with Direct Relief “Katie spent a lot of time updating our country staff to complete various tasks, including preparing profiles and completing background research on mailings, organizing events, compiling information, and some of our projects in Asia and Africa,” says writing reports. Direct Relief depends on interns and some Kelly. “It is important that we have accurate and 400 other volunteers to keep our organization running up-to-date information about our partners and the efficiently. Here we profile a summer 2003 intern. healthcare situations in their respective countries.” After graduating cum laude from the University Along with research, Katie also helped obtain of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in history, supplies for well-baby kits, and coordinate the Katie Walsh of Charlottesville, Virginia, began her assembly of the kits for a shipment to Ghana. “In search for an internship. She found Direct Relief, my two months here, I can already see tangible where she could pair her interest in international results,” Katie says, “and I know that Direct Relief is development and a desire to give back. Katie making a difference in the lives of many people.” applied in January and, after working with staff on Katie’s future plans include graduate school, the details of her internship, made the cross-country international travel, and possibly a stint trek for her summer internship in Santa Barbara. in the Peace Corps. Katie spent two months working closely with Kelly Darnell, Direct Relief’s Program Officer responsible for Africa and Asia. Katie Walsh, Direct Relief International intern
  • 5. Ways to Give The Long View By Board Member Stanley C. Hatch, Esq. Short on cash, but wondering how you can have taken care of your family obligations. Often and actually end up with more money to leave help? Impressed with the incredible work of such planning is relatively painless. Charitable not only to your loved ones, but to a worthy cause. Direct Relief, yet frustrated that you cannot contributions are deducted from your taxable So, if you would like to sleep a little better provide more financial support? It is a common, estate and, as a result, avoid the still present estate at night and feel satisfied that you are doing discouraging feeling, but there is a way to help. tax. In short, your contribution goes to Direct everything possible to support Direct Relief’s Take the long view. Relief instead of the federal government. critically important global mission, tweak that If giving significant amounts to worthy charitable There are also ways to avoid income tax— will or intervivos trust. You will be glad you did and humanitarian causes like Direct Relief is designate Direct Relief as a residual beneficiary of and so will the many partners of Direct Relief who difficult because of existing obligations to yourself, your retirement plan or IRA. Retirement funds would not otherwise be served. your family, and loved ones, you can still make a are subject to the federal income tax if they pass For more information on the options explained meaningful contribution with a little intelligent to a non-charitable beneficiary and thus may be above, please contact Christian White at estate planning that leaves excess funds to Direct taxed a second time in your estate. By making 805-964-4767 x159 or at cwhite@directrelief.org. Relief after you’ve passed away and after you such a gift to Direct Relief, you beat both taxes Workplace Giving Many people support Direct Relief International United Way, you can still support us by writing program. Simply select Direct Relief International through automatic payroll deductions at work. “Direct Relief International” on the “donor on your CFC enrollment form. Direct Relief’s It’s a convenient way to spread your giving option” line of the campaign form. Your local CFC number is 1407. throughout the year and helps Direct Relief United Way will forward your gift to us. respond to the many ongoing commitments that Have you already included Direct Relief International U.S. government employees can support Direct in your will or estate plans? Please let us know so do not receive any media attention. Relief as part of the Combined Federal Campaign we can recognize you in our Annual Report. If your workplace giving program is limited to the (CFC), the federal government’s workplace giving Our Investors Gifts Received from January 1 - July 31 Consul General ($50,000 + ) The Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Denis Sanan Mr. and Mrs. Pete Schmidt-Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Thomson The Antioch Company Mr. and Mrs. John Sweetland Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Turpin The Charles H. Bell Charitable Remainder Trusts Mr. and Mrs. George Turpin, Sr. Weingart Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. William Schlosser WER Global Emissary ($25,000 + ) Wisconsin Nicaragua Partners of America Ministers of Health ($2,500 + ) Wood-Claeyssens Foundation Anonymous Anonymous (2) Mr. Parker Abercrombie Mr. and Mrs. John H. Adams President’s Council ($5,000 + ) Stephen and Denise Adams Family Foundation, Inc. Anticouni & Associates A.N.E.R.A. Prof. Lloyd Binagi Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anticouni Amigos Del Peru Foundation, Inc. Christian Aid Ministries Mrs. Sheila J. Brutsch Mr. and Mrs. David H. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. R. Chad Dreier Capital Group Co. Charitable Foundation B & B Foundation/ Mr. and Mrs. William Geiger The Gilette Company Hy Cite Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Battaglia Mr. and Mrs. Richard Godfrey The Ann Jackson Family Foundation The David Winton Bell Foundation Mr. Stanley Hubbard Liselotte Kuttler Trust Bethania Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Derk Hunter S. G. Foundation I. P. Callison & Sons Mr. and Mrs. Dick Johnson Caritas Zentrale Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly World Health Envoy ($10,000 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Gary Finefrock Mr. Wesley H. Kelman Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Firestone Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lindsay Sr. Hugo D’Amato Bassi Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Forkosh Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Nett BD Fox Point LTD. Peruvian American Medical Society Christian Relief Services Global Partners for Development Planned Parenthood of Western Washington Estonian Am. Fund for Economic Edu., Inc. Help Diocese of Kikwit Lord and Lady Ridley-Tree Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gaylord Hermandad Del Senor De Los Milagros Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Global Brand Marketing Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Himovitz Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shattuck Guyana Medical Relief The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Tarime Goodwill Foundation Hospital Hall FLP Mr. Barry Kravitz Union Pacific Corporation Hands Across The Andes Kathleen and Michael McCarthy Foundation Fund Mrs. Winifred M. Vedder Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Ms. Diane D. Miller Mr. and Mrs. John F. Weersing Ms. Nancy M. Lessner and Mr. Paul F. Glenn Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moore, Sr. Westmont College OMRON Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Johnson Ronald D. Worley, D.D.S The Donald E. and Jo Anne Petersen Foundation PacifiCare Foundation
  • 6. Events and Activities Magic of Mario The remaining dates hold delicious possibilities: CEO Certifies Audited January 17: Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard The world-renowned New York-based interior March 31: Sanford Winery & New West Financial Statements designer Mario Buatta is bringing the “Magic Catering Recognizing stakeholders’ heightened of Mario” to California to benefit Direct Relief expectations of all US corporations—whether International. Reservations are available at prices from $150 nonprofit or for profit—Thomas Tighe, President per person. The date: Monday, October 13, 2003. and CEO of Direct Relief International, has An elegant luncheon at beautiful certified our financial statements for the year The place: e-Bulletin Debuts 2002. These statements are included in our Bacara Resort & Spa. Ever read about a natural disaster in the world 2002 Annual Report and available online. The promise: Mario will delight and inspire you and wonder, does Direct Relief do anything there? with his stories and slides of illustrious residences he has Ever want to follow up on a conversation with Thanks, National Charity someone about Direct Relief but feel stumped League! designed around the world. about how to do it quickly and easily? Tickets are available for this “Santa Barbara first” National Charity League (NCL) volunteers did at prices from $150 to $5,000. For answers to both questions, the a world of good at Direct Relief this summer. Direct Relief website is a terrific resource: NCL is a national, nonprofit organization of Winemaker Dinners www.directrelief.org. mothers and daughters, committed to community This handsome site includes background on service, leadership development, and cultural Exclusive and premier wines of Santa Barbara Direct Relief’s history, articles about Direct Relief experiences. The girls and their mothers spent County, savored in convivial company, all to from national publications, information about two days sorting and packaging maternal and benefit Direct Relief International— coming events, our annual report, and more. child health supplies. They sorted 60,000 what’s not to like? condoms by expiration date, and assembled more That’s certainly been the appeal when Santa And now you can receive automatic updates via than 400 infant care packs for a maternal-child Barbara vintners partner with Direct Relief to email. Sign up to receive our e-Bulletin on the health program in Ghana. organize our Vintners for Humanity Winemaker web address above. From the home page select Dinner Series. Our Work on the left side, then e-Bulletin Signup. For details about or reservations for any of the activities above, please call 805-964-4767 or visit our website: www.directrelief.org