Supplies Needed
Refuge International relies on donations of medical equipment and supplies for the work that is done by volunteer health care providers and others working in Guatemala and Kenya. Some supplies are sent by ship and some are hand carried in by volunteers working in these areas. Without the donations, the work would not get done.
Some children are unable to go to school because they have no money to buy pencils and paper. Donations of these supplies keeps these children in school.
Surgical Supplies Needed
- Surgery packs
- Ray Tec and lap sponges
- Surgical gowns
- Surgical staplers
- Laparoscopy equipment
- OR lights
- OR tables
- Electrocautery machines
- Anesthesia machines
- Anesthesia supplies
- Spinal anesthesia kits
- Surgical instruments in good condition
Educational Supplies Needed
- Pencils, pens, colors, paper, coloring books, glue, scissors
- School desks
- Computers in working condition
- Spiral notebooks
Medical/Dental Supplies Needed
- Exam gloves
- Gauze
- IV tubing
- Suture
- Foley catheter kits
- Fetal dopplers
- Ultrasound machines
- Microscopes
- Lab equipment: I-STAT
- Twin sheets - tops and bottoms
- Blankets
- Pillows
- Ziplock bags of all sizes
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Hand pieces for dental equipment
- Dental instruments
- Syringes
- Needles
- Stainless steel shelving
For more information on how to help, call us at (903) 843-6203 or .