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
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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