Medaid4kids

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Medaid4kids is an Irish Charity founded in 2003 by Bob Jones and Des Grant, that specialises in donating medical equipment and supplies to hospitals and orphanages internationally. The charity ships medical equipment that becomes surplus to requirements in hospitals from Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to hospitals worldwide. Medaid4kids established an international donation programme so that medical equipment is no longer destroyed when its use in Irish hospitals has elapsed.

Equipment donated covers the entire medical sphere including life support machines, incubators, ECG monitors.

Since 2003 the charity has donated EUR15,000,000 in medical supplies globally, and runs ongoing medical programmes in eastern Europe, concentrating heavily in Transnistria in recent years.

The charity's website states that it is a non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, organisation.

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Origins

The charity though started in Drogheda in 2003 with Des Grant and Bob Jones its founding chairmen, the charity takes it roots from East European Aid, a charity founded in Belfast by Robert (Bob) Jones in the early 1990s. The charity is now headquartered in Belfast.

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Europe

The European countries assisted include Moldova, Transnistria, Romania, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Ukraine, and Abkhazia. Transnistria has received over EUR12 miilion in medical supplies over a seven-year period involving fourteen shipping containers weighing 300 tonnes in total.

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Asia

The charity sends medical supplies and equipment to India, Pakistan, Philippines,

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Africa

The charity has donated medical equipment and supplies to Kenya Uganda, Zambia, Zaire, Angola and Libya in 2011 .

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Middle East

The government of Palestine has received equipment from the charity delivered to its embassy in Dublin, Yasser Arafat give an invitation to a meeting with him. It was not acted upon and no member of Medaid4kids visited Palestine.

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Orphanges

MedAid4Kids also supplies playgrounds, building supplies and hygiene supplies orphanages in Eastern Europe. Its programme in Transnistria supplies the entire hygiene programme for 8 state orphanages coving 2,500 children.

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Management

The chairman of the charity is Robert Jones who chairs a twelve-person committee. The charity is supported by Staff Services from the UK's health services. It has received coverage in the international media including the BBC.

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Sponsors and supporters

The charity has been strongly supported by Riverdance. In June 30, 2011 Riverdance donated the proceeds from the opening night of their Dublin show to the charity. Various celebrities have attended the charity's fundraisers including snooker player Ken Doherty and several international sports people.

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Awards and recognition

Several international governments have presented honours and awards to the charity including Transnistria Pakistan Abkhazia Russia.

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Notes

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.