Bondo, Kenya
Daniel had a huge growth over one eye when Ralph and Linda Bartholomew first met him in Bondo, Kenya. They also met a young woman who was blind as a result of cataracts. Two di erent people that needed medical intervention and had been in need for a long time, but could not be helped. Daniel because his illness had taken over his entire body, and the young women because the medical personnel did not have the expertise or instruments to remove cataracts. Daniel passed soon after while the young woman continues to struggle with lack of sight.
When Ralph and Linda left for Kenya with the help of their local church, The Way International, they went under the guidance of Foundation Stone Ministries who operate an orphanage in Bondo and support free clinics for the people in and around Bondo. They knew the mission trip may bring di culties their way, but they did not expect to feel so helpless as they worked tirelessly to treat thousands of wounds.
Bondo, and its surrounding communities, is made up of about 30,000, many of whom live in the bush. Medical care is rarely available, and if so, it is beyond the means of most, and often not given the priority it should. During their time in Bondo, Ralph and Linda helped out in a medical clinic generally treating wounds that had been ignored., several a result of complications from diabetes. With the supplies they brought, over 2,500 patients, including a woman with leprosy, were treated.
Globus Relief
Globus Relief was founded in 1996. While working in the salvage retail industry, two Salt Lake City businessmen were saddened to see viable medical and hygiene supplies frequently sent to landfills. Certain that these surplus resources could be rescued and put to good use, they created Globus Relief to efficiently channel overstocked, gently used, or short-dated supplies to humanitarian projects in Utah and around the world.
Since our founding, Globus Relief has distributed over $1 billion (fair market value) of supplies to more than 800 charities at work in over 140 countries. Twenty full-time employees oversee the work of gathering, processing, and distributing humanitarian supplies in our 100,000-s.f. warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. Volunteers contribute an average of 225 labor hours per week, the equivalent of 5.6 additional full-time employees.
Globus Relief is known for strong financial efficiency, historically keeping administrative and fundraising expenses to under 3% of our total budget.
