Project CURE (Centennial, Colorado) is a nonprofit humanitarian relief organization that collects medical supplies and equipment for developing countries around the world. Project CURE has a 100,000 square foot warehouse in Brighton, Colorado and other offices are located in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Nashville, Houston, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and London, England. By 2012, collection centers are planned for 25 cities.

Dr. James Jackson, founder, made the first shipment of medical supplies to Brazil in 1987 after visiting a medical clinic in Brazil and seeing long lines of people being turned away due to lack of basic medical supplies and equipment. Currently, Project CURE ships about one 40-foot ocean cargo container each week to countries all over the world.

Some of the current needs are:

Kenya - Clean syringes and treatment for HIV/AIDS treatment.
Nepal - Incubators for premature babies.
Sudan - Scalpels, blades, anesthesia.
China - Wheelchairs.
Armenia - Crutches.
India - Gurneys.
Mexico - Casting materials to bind broken bones.
Cambodia - Mattresses for patients who now rest on wooden slats.
Ecuador - Clean sutures.
Vietnam - Hospital beds.
Cameroon - Exam or delivery tables.

Project CURE’s programs include:

1) PROCURE - Manufacturers, wholesalers, hospitals and clinics donate new, surplus and overstock supplies and equipment.

2) CORPS -  A team of individuals, families, civic and church groups who request donations, collect donations and sort, pack and load supplies for delivery overseas.

3) CARGO - Handpicked items are typically loaded on 40-foot steel containers and shipped by sea to recipient countries.

4) KITS - Boxes packed with about $3,000 of requested medical supplies to medical professionals travelling on medical missions around the world.

5) CLINICS - Project CURE takes volunteer medical professionals on 10-day to 2-week assignments at medical clinics in the poorest regions of the world. Project CURE provides translators and attends to logistics and permit requirements. Medical services can cover anything from malaria, malnutrition, pregnancy complications to broken bones.

Countries assisted since 1987 include :
Albania Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan
Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia
Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso
Cameroon Chile China Colombia Congo Croatia Cuba
Czech Republic Djibouti Dominican Republic
Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji
Gabon Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guyana
Guinea Guinea Bissau
Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Israel Ivory Coast
Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan
Laos Lebanon Liberia
Macedonia  Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico
Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar
Nagorno Nigeria North Korea Nepal Nicaragua
Pakistan Palestine/West Bank Panama Papua New Guinea
Peru Philippines Romania Russia Rwanda
Samoa Senegal Serbia Somaliland Sudan
Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tokelau Islands Tonga Trinidad
Turkey Uganda Ukraine USA Uruguay Uzbekistan
Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Donation information is listed on their website.