The healthcare industry in the U.S. is one of the best in the world. Yet it creates non-hazardous medical waste in excess of an estimated 5 million tons every year. That’s tons of hospital beds, gurneys, wheelchairs, x-ray machines, incubators, as well as syringes, tubing, gauze, masks and so much more being sent to landfills to […]
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With our partner Chalice of Mercy and Allina Health, we sent an emergency first shipment of medical supplies and relief to communities in Ukraine affected by the war. These medical supplies include urgently needed items for wound care, orthopedic supplies, catheters, masks, gowns, gloves, and 80,000 needles donated by Allina Health. Traveling through Poland and
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Recycling medical equipment and medical supplies helps work toward solving the tremendous problem of reducing medical waste. Taking medical surplus here in the United States and turning it into treasure in another part of the world not only saves lives, it’s good for the environment given the tons of waste generated. MATTER 360, a social
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Last month, we launched the first episode in a monthly series entitled You Matter Stories. Today is Episode 2: A Second Life to Save Lives Five-year-old Teleson lives in a remote village in Haiti with his family. Last year, a violent windstorm swept Teleson into the air and sent him hurtling to the ground and
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Each month we’ll bring you an update on projects that have launched or will soon be launching at MATTER. Fasten your seatbelts for a quick tour around MATTERnation! Hospital and Clinics The Gorgui Dieng Foundation continues to send shipments of medical equipment and supplies to help improve access to healthcare in Senegal. Last month, the
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Lots of exciting things are happening in MATTERnation these days! Partners are collaborating, projects are launching, and communities here in the United States and around the world are improving. Check out some of our recent project launches to improve communities: In Healthcare In collaboration with our amazing partners, we are improving access and quality of
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MATTER President Quenton Marty has often remarked that the hardest part of MATTER’s work is finding the right partners. Five years ago, we met Blessing Munyenyiwa, owner of Love for Africa in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. As we got to know him and saw his heart for the Zimbabwe people, it became obvious that Blessing was
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This Sunday, October 3, MATTER will be hosting a benefit concert to launch the LEEP project for the Victoria Falls Hospital in Zimbabwe. LEEP is the acronym for a medical procedure called Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure. Though the name is a bit of a tongue-twister and sounds rather complicated, the LEEP procedure is actually quite
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Collaboration is one of MATTER’s key values and collaborating is essential to the work we do. By partnering with other like-minded organizations, we’re able to make critical and sustainable impact in communities worldwide. Recently, our Medical Program Director, Joel Anderson, spoke with two of our dedicated partners, Lisa Campbell, Director of Purchased Services Contracting at
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In the middle of the wild and desolate Zimbabwe wilderness stands the nearly completed Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternity and Pediatric Clinic. Located in the rural district of Binga, the large, U-shaped brick facility stands in stark contrast to the round thatched-roofed huts that dot the landscape around it. When completed, this will be the first
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