Pitsburgh, BBF -- On Wednesday, February 2nd, Brother's Brother Foundation is sending a shipment of pharmaceuticals to Indonesia and Srilanka. Three more shipments will leave BBFs warehouse on Thursday, February 3rd.
A truck will load at 10:00 a.m. for Sri Lanka and at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. trucks will load for Indonesia. These shipments will include antibiotic, anti-malarial, anti fungal and antiviral drugs as well as pain relievers, muscle relaxants and medicines to treat diarrhea and urinary tract infections.
The value of these four shipments is approximately $25,000,000. The shipments will be sent by air in cooperation with BBFs partners Food For The Poor, Christian Aid Ministries and the Sri Lankan Association of Western Pennsylvania. Recipient organizations include Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, Church of God, Love and Care Foundation and Blessing Indonesia (YKPMI) today.
To date, BBF has made 11 air shipments to Medan, Indonesia and four to Sri Lanka. The value of medical shipments through February 4 exceeds $60,000,000. Product donations for these shipments are provided by IVAX, Mylan, King, Teva, Watson and Global Pharmaceutical companies and H.J. Heinz. Three shipments of donated food from H.J. Heinz and safety products from Mine Safety Appliances are to be made by sea containers from BBFs warehouse later in February. bbf
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