Puerto Rico, USA
| BY THE NUMBERS | SEP | YTD |
| Countries served | 7 | 36 |
| Orders shipped | 76 | 645 |
| Charity partners | 40 | 147 |
| Product sent ($M) | 1.5 | 34.6 |
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.
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on the American territory of Puerto Rico. Roughly the equivalent of a 50-mile-wide tornado in destruction and force, the hurricane, the fifth-strongest storm to ever hit the US, decimated the island. The storm destroyed 80 percent of power lines, cut off access for millions to communication and left hundreds of thousands in a desperate and ongoing search for food and clean water. Hospitals are overrun with those needing care, and of the hospitals that are open, many are running on limited supplies and unstable generator power.
In October, Globus Relief donated a truckload of medical supplies, valued at $314,675.98, to assist with ongoing relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The project began with a connection between Wilfred Rosas, the mayor of Dunkirk, New York, Hector Rosas, the city’s Special Events Coordinator, and Tammy Will, a former Dunkirk resident and member of Globus Relief’s philanthropy team. Working with Jacob Sam, owner of shipping company Agricultural Transport, the team arranged for transport of the 26 pallets of medical supplies to Buffalo, New York, to await transport to Puerto Rico.
With the help of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, these supplies will be shipped and disbursed to hospitals in Puerto Rico in collaboration with the Puerto Rican government and the US Army National Guard Armory of Buffalo, New York. Said Mayor Rosas, “As mayor I stand proud of our city of Dunkirk…in their help toward the relief effort for the people of Puerto Rico. I am just happy to be a part of it.” We at Globus feel the exact same way.
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.
