Emeryville, CA-AUGUST 16, 2007

In response to the August 15, 8.0 earthquake which rocked Pisco, Peru, Volunteers for Inter-American Development Assistance (VIDA) is prepared to deliver donated medical and disaster relief supplies.

Donations of medical supplies, medicines and tents are being accepted at the warehouse in Emeryville. No clothing please. Financial support is needed to transport the continaners. VIDA is accepting checks and online donations.

VIDA is a non-profit organization that provides a dual service to both Latin America and the San Francisco Bay Area by collecting surplus medical supplies and equipment from Bay Area health institutions, diverting them from environment-polluting landfills and shipping them to Latin American hospitals and clinics that rely on such donations for the provision of basic health care.

VIDA delivers swift relief to victims of natural disasters, facilitates medical training and assistance and creates projects that improve health standards in impoverished communities in Latin America.

Click here to download an update on Vida's
involvement in Peru