Medicine Box Update

July 16, 2003

Since the inception of the United Methodist Medicine Box^® Program in August 1994, United Methodist congregations have donated 2,557 Medicine Boxes. Sometimes Medicine Boxes are purchased through I.M.A. in order to meet the needs. To date, I.M.A. has shipped 2,938 donated and purchased boxes to 42 countries for General Board of Global Ministries-approved projects. Medicine Boxes are still desperately needed. Even though contributions have declined in recent years, the response shown since the last update on March 27, 2003 has been quite impressive. While only 17 boxes were donated and received at Interchurch Medical Assistance in the first quarter of 2003, more than 111 were donated in the second quarter. We thank very much all participants for this very encouraging response.

All Shipments (donated & purchased)

The following represents all shipments both donated and purchased:

Angola 28
Argentina 1
Armenia 263 (Additional 42 purchased)
Azerbaijan 599 (Additional 145 purchased)
Belarus 1
Bolivia 7
Bosnia 50
Burundi 15
Congo 184
Costa Rica 2
Cuba 14
Dominica 12
Dominican Republic 74
El Salvador 3
Eritrea 30
Ethiopia 2
Georgia 200 (Additional 199 purchased)
Ghana 6
Guatemala 3
Haiti 279 (Additional 50 purchased)
Honduras 56 (Additional 2 purchased)
Ivory Coast 2
Kosovo 129
Liberia 37
Lithuania 15
Mexico 6
Mozambique 147
Nicaragua 73
North Korea 70
P.R. China 1
Philippines 3
Russia 11
Rwanda 30 (Additional 2 purchased)
Senegal 1
Serbia 49
Sierra Leone 28
Tanzania 7
Uganda 3
USA 2
Venezuela 3
Vietnam 10 (Additional 2 purchased)
Zimbabwe 40