VIDA-USA > US staff and volunteers filled its last 40' ocean container for the year 2001 valued at an approximate wholesale value of $410,000 of an estimated 11 tons of unused medical equipment. The containers left the port of Oakland on December 27th destined for the port of Callao in Peru. This was the 25th container of the year which marked a record total $16.4 million in medical aid sent to Latin America in 2001, a 90% increase from previous years.

Additionally, in 2001, for every $1 you contributed, VIDA was able to provide $69 worth in medical supplies and equipment as over 99% of VIDA's budget went directly to support programs overseas.