The Greater Accra Area, Ghana
| BY THE NUMBERS | AUG | YTD |
| Countries served | 8 | 35 |
| Orders shipped | 79 | 569 |
| Charity partners | 42 | 139 |
| Product sent ($M) | 1.5 | 33.2 |
OUR MISSION To improve the delivery of healthcare worldwide by gathering, processing and distributing surplus medical and health supplies to charities at home and abroad.
Ghana, home to more than 25 million Africans, is a developing country in western Africa. Its healthcare system, introduced in 2003 by former president John Kufuor, has been lauded internationally, though sometimes criticized locally. It is a definite improvement from the “cash-and-carry” healthcare system used previously, in which care, even in emergencies, was only provided after payment was made. Despite the improvements, Ghana’s healthcare scene is still a work-in-progress. The doctor-to-patient ratio is roughly 1:15,000, worse than the World Health Organization’s recommended rate of 1:600. And care in rural areas can be scarce, leading some to choose local traditional healers rather than undertake the 15-mile trek to school-trained doctors and nurses.
Doctor Nathan Kwablah is one of these school-trained doctors. Born in Ghana, he left his native land to pursue a degree in medicine from St. George’s University in Grenada. He is now a medical officer practicing in Accra, Ghana’s capital city. He has a great love for Ghana and desires to be involved in its development, medically and otherwise. In addition to his career pursuits, Dr. Kwablah is the president of XTAN Medical Aid, a Christian medical mission non-profit that provides care in rural areas of Ghana where it is needed most. Using gloves and other items obtained from Globus Relief on a regular basis, Dr. Kwablah and his associates provide medical and dental care through their rural outreach programs. Excess items are donated by XTAN to needy local medical institutions. Dr. Kwablah is an apt demonstration that even just one man, or one donation, can make a difference.
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.
