Donation in Kind, medical supplies bound for Africa

Rotary Donations In Kind is a major recycling operation, run by volunteers, that gives suitable goods to people in need, for free.

A Donations In Kind (DIK) project is often the most practical and cost effective way to help people in developing countries and it also provides excellent opportunities to help local communities.

It provides Rotarians, the Public and Corporate Sector with the chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people who need our help.

It provides Rotarians with opportunities to use all of their resources; their intellect, skills and contacts, their labour and their ability to raise funds.

There is an opportunity for everyone no matter where they are located or the time available, to get involved and make a difference.

History

DIK’s roots go back 50 years, when Australian Rotarians began hands-on projects overseas and it became obvious that surplus material in Australia would be very valuable. It is part of Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) a group that assists with practical projects in developing countries. Click here for more information on RAWCS and DIK nationally

Donations from Albury

A big thank you needs to given to Albury Wodonga Health (AWH)

for donations to date, 15 pallets of medical supplies, which would have been otherwise thrown away.

These pallets contained medical gowns, gloves, gauze, bandages, maternity care packs, and lots of other useful and sometimes desperately needed

supplies in other countries.

This is an ongoing donation, the great staff at AWH assembling pallets of donated supplies as it becomes available.

Our club, then picks up the pallets and takes them to Border express.

Border Express then kindly delivers the pallets, for free, to the DIK storage facility in Melbourne.

The wonderful staff at Border Express are super helpful and always happy to load and unload the pallets whenever we drop them off.

They make, what would be a difficult problem, of delivering these donated supplies to Melbourne an effortless process.

On behalf of our club, the Donation in Kind organisation and the hospitals all over the world whom receive these badly needed supplies, we thank

these two companies for their generous donations and support, which of course would not happen without them.