ITEMS NEEDED FOR MISSION TRIPS TO GUATEMALA

Our goal is to take 2,000 lbs. of desperately needed medical and school supplies to clinics, orphanages, and schools in Guatemala City, Santa Apolonia, Santiago Atitlan, and Santa Cruz del Quiché.

Medical Supplies — for a PDF list of these supplies click here.

• Bandages and band-aids (all sizes), 4x4" and 2x2" gauze, tape, butterfly dressings, etc.

• Pain relief medicine such as Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, NSAIDs (Motrin, Aleve)

• Anti-fungal creams and powders, also anti-microbial solutions

• Anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds

• HIV anti-retrovirals, particularly protease inhibitors, also AIDS tests

• Anti-nausea/anti-vomiting medications

• Multi-vitamins - infant, child and adult, especially pre-natal

• Other vitamins and minerals, particularly B6, C and E, Zinc

• IV antibiotics and oral antibiotics

• IV supplies- needles, bags of fluid, tubing, connectors

• Sutures and suture equipment

• Gloves, syringes and needles - all types

• Eye solutions and cleanser

• Asthma medications, nebulizers, and inhalers

• Diabetic test strips and urine dip sticks • Ace bandages, casting materials, and splints

• Dental supplies, including toothbrushes and toothpaste

• Pregnancy tests and gestation wheels, and measuring tapes for midwives (plastic preferred)

• Cord clamps and cord tying tape, bulb syringes for infant suction, any size Medical Equipment

• Stethoscopes - infant, child, adult

• Blood pressure cuffs - all sizes

• Digital thermometers (centigrade) for infants and adults, and basal thermometers (for birth control)

• Opthalmoscopes, otoscopes, hearing testing tools, eye charts

• Stainless steel instruments, especially scalpels and blades, scissors and hemostats

• Fetal Doppler, any type, and Doppler gel

• Baby scales (fish and tabletop), adult scales

• O2 equipment - regulators, tubing, masks, ambu-bags

• Ultrasound machines - portable and with battery Teaching Materials (in Spanish)

• Medical and nursing textbooks, maternity/growth charts, etc.

• Models - babies/pelvises/skeletons, etc.

• Physician’s Desk Reference School Supplies

• Pens, pencils, sharpeners, crayons, paints, rulers

• Solar-powered calculators

Space is still available on the trip! Contact Jeff at 415-608-5333 or email jcotter@rainbowfund.org. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!