Celebrating 20 Years of Impact est. 1998 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Improving the quality of life of people and our planet IMPACT IN 2018 MedShare is a humanitarian aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people and our planet. In 2018, we celebrated our 20th year in fulfillment of that mission. For two decades, our efforts have brought lifesaving medical supplies and equipment to over 20 million patients in 103 countries, all while strengthening global health systems. MedShare has offices in the Atlanta, San Francisco Bay, and New York City metropolitan areas. Charity Navigator has ranked MedShare as a Four-Star Charity for 14 consecutive years, placing us in the top 1% of all nonprofits in the U.S. for excellence in financial accountability and transparency. www.medshare.org @medsharemission @medshare @medshareofficial @medsharewesternregion 20 years of impact 2 IMPACT IN 2018 DONATED SERVED $13 million 67 countries in lifesaving with medically medical aid underserved communities EQUIPPED TREATED 50,000 1.5 million healthcare providers patients in need of to save lives quality care TRAINED DIVERTED 810 1.8 million engineers, technicians, pounds of quality supplies and end-users from local landfills Cover photo: Alinafe, a patient who received surgery at Beit CURE International Hospital in Malawi thanks to MedShare donations. 3 Improving the quality of life of people and our planet 20 years of impact 4 Dear Friends, Happy anniversary! As MedShare more than 154,000 mothers and celebrates 20 years of improving children in Chontales, Nicaragua global health and the environment, we through our partnership with AMOS. want to thank you for being a vital part of our impact worldwide. Whether you Each year MedShare’s community joined MedShare at our founding 20 works tirelessly to strengthen global years ago, or you just discovered us healthcare, build a sustainable this year, we’re glad to have you as a foundation for exemplary medical part of our community. care, and improve the quality of life of people and our planet. Over the 2018 has been a true celebration of all past two decades, MedShare donors, that makes MedShare so special. Your healthcare partners, volunteers, staff, generosity has been overwhelming. and supporters have worked together From the outpouring of support we to deliver $220 million in medical aid. witnessed during the disasters last Together, we have reached more than fall to the care you’ve shown for 20 million patients in 103 countries! the families served by our 2 Million We want to thank you for all you’ve Mothers initiative, we are touched by done to make these achievements your compassion. possible, and we invite you to join us as we embark on the next 20 years of During our disaster relief efforts last global impact! fall, you enabled MedShare to deliver $1.4 million in medical aid to patients, medical professionals, and families in 12 countries and territories. Your support provided compassionate care for hundreds of thousands of Charles Redding people experiencing unimaginable MedShare CEO & President tragedy in the face of disaster. But your generosity didn’t stop there. As MedShare expanded our Maternal and Child Health outreach, the support you gave to mothers in medically underserved communities allowed us Angeline Fife to deliver critical care to thousands of Chair, MedShare Board of Trustees pregnant moms and infants, including Photo (left): Children served by MedShare-equipped Cambodian Health Professionals Association of America. 5 Improving the quality of life of people and our planet Improving quality o f l i f e OUR MISSION MedShare is dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world. OUR PURPOSE OUR COMMITMENT MedShare is a humanitarian aid organization MedShare is committed to providing that sources surplus, essential medical assistance to all healthcare organizations supplies and equipment and directly and medical professionals that serve delivers them, with training, to medical vulnerable populations regardless of facilities around the world, to help build religion, political affiliation, or race. capacity and improve the quality of life of MedShare often partners with various faith- people, communities, and our planet. based and non-governmental organizations to fulfill our mission. MedShare is steadfast in our obligation to provide high-quality OUR COMMUNITY medical supplies and equipment to MedShare relies solely on the generosity of hospitals and clinics in need. individuals, foundations, corporations, and government grants to carry out our mission. 20 years of impact 6 Celebrating MedShare’s Founders MedShare celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2018, a milestone that would not have been possible without MedShare’s Co-Founders, A.B. Short and Bob Freeman. A.B. SHORT & BOB FREEMAN In 1998, Atlanta-based philanthropists A.B. Short and Bob Freeman saw an opportunity to take what we have in excess and share it with those in need around the world. They founded MedShare International on that very simple premise -- sharing. Operating out of donated warehouse space and borrowing trucks to pick up supplies from hospitals, A.B. and Bob’s two-man operation soon grew into something much larger than they imagined. They called it “MedShare Magic” as the organization continued to succeed far beyond their expectations. In the 20 years since, MedShare has grown into a global health organization serving patients and strengthening healthcare in 103 countries. MedShare has treated 20 million patients and impacted countless more, all thanks to A.B. and Bob’s unique vision and exceptional dedication to serving others. On behalf of those we MedShare’s Co-Founders, Bob Freeman (left) and A.B. Short (right), celebrate the delivery of a serve, thank you, A.B. and Bob! donation of medical supplies and equipment to Nigeria. We were proud to honor Bob and A.B. at MedShare’s 20th Anniversary Celebration in Atlanta this September. A.B. accepted our Founder’s Award and shared the words of wisdom he learned in his year’s building and leading MedShare’s mission. “We accomplish very little by ourselves. What we’re celebrating is not my dream, I articulated it, but it came into reality when we joined hands and made it happen together. And it is those hands joining together that makes MedShare happen and makes the future very bright.” - MedShare’s Co-Founder, A.B. Short, accepting the Founders’ award at MedShare’s Kaleidoscope 20th anniversary celebration. 7 Improving the quality of life of people and our planet Maternal & Child Health Program MedShare’s Maternal & Child Health Program works to improve the quality of healthcare for mothers and children in medically underserved communities; thereby reducing the number of deaths associated with childbirth. AMOS HEALTH & HOPE donated by MedShare helped save the life of a pregnant mother and her baby: MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH This year, MedShare launched a partnership with AMOS Health and “A pregnant woman came and PROGRAM IMPACT 2018 Hope in Nicaragua. We set out to we did an ultrasound with the improve the quality of healthcare for equipment donated by MedShare. mothers and children and to reduce We could observe she had very little DONATED the number of deaths before, during, amniotic fluid, and the baby was not and after childbirth in the rural area of moving much. The patient was sent $630,600 Chontales. immediately to the hospital in Juigalpa, in aid for Maternal & where doctors determined she needed Thanks to our shared commitment to an emergency C-section. She was Child Health better health, MedShare and AMOS 36 weeks pregnant. Thanks to the served more than 154,000 people timely diagnosis using the ultrasound living in Chontales and reduced donated by MedShare, both mom and SERVED neonatal deaths by 40%. Because of baby were able to survive.” our partnership 40% fewer babies died 35 countries and 40% more families have happier, in need of Maternal & Child healthier futures. “Thanks to the timely Health supplies and equipment MedShare donated everything from diagnosis using the bed sheets to wheelchairs to help improve rural maternal care, but one ultrasound donated by TREATED piece of equipment stood out as MedShare, both mom exceptionally important. and baby were able to 89,150 patients Diana Chacon, the auxiliary nurse at survive.” in need of Maternal & the Health Center in El Ayote, shared Diana Chacon, Auxiliary Nurse, Child Health services with us how an ultrasound machine El Ayote, Nicaragua 20 years of impact 8 Disaster Relief Program MedShare’s Disaster Relief Program equips first responders in the aftermath of natural disasters and partners with local institutions to support long-term, sustainable recovery for vulnerable communities. DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM IMPACT 2018 COMMUNITIES COMING Each time disaster strikes, our relief TOGETHER efforts depend on the generosity and Following some of the worst natural hard work of hundreds of individuals who DONATED disasters in recorded history, MedShare come together to support our neighbors launched its largest ever disaster relief in need. When hospital stock rooms $1.95 million response in late 2017. Partnering with were empty and patients went without in aid for Disaster Relief more than 40 healthcare and relief treatment, our community delivered organizations, MedShare donated more lifesaving supplies. When families were than $1.95 million in medical supplies, without power, we delivered generators. SERVED biomedical equipment, and emergency When communities were struggling, MedShare delivered hope. care items to communities across 12 countries and territories. 12countries & As we worked to get emergency territories supplies to our partners on the ground, “From the bottom of in need of Disaster Relief we discovered dozens of generous organizations and individuals eager to my heart I’d like to lend their time and resources to support thank you for helping TREATED people struggling in the wake of disaster.