VIDA Trains the Next Generation of Volunteers

On April 18, 2001, VIDA loaded the first container for Cuba. It goes by train to North Carolina, then by truck to Montreal, and finally by ship to Havana. VIDA is working through a non-profit organization from South-East United States called Cuban Health Network, which has been shipping supplies to Cuban hospitals and smaller clinics…

A big thank you to Otis McAllister, Inc. for their continued generosity of sponsoring container shipments and providing all shipping logistical support at no cost to VIDA! In 2015 alone, Otis McAllister donated 18 container shipments carrying over $15 million in aid to the impoverished people of Peru. Thank you to Royce and his worldwide…

VIDA’s response to the devastating earthquakes of January 13 and February 13, 2001 in El Salvador has been enormous and immediate. On January 24, two 40-ft containers were loaded in VIDA’s warehouse in San Francisco’s East Bay containing beds, matresses, medicines and many medical supplies to assist the people who were injured or lost everything….