Distribution Partners

Efficient, environmentally-friendly and effective distribution is one of the key issues for the Global Soap Project.  When selecting a partner, we consider the following:

  • How is delivery to targeted populations ensured?
  • What can be done to minimize the possibility of graft and corruption within the distribution chain diverting the product from intended recipients?
  • How can shipping be done in the most cost effective and environmentally-friendly fashion?
  • How do we avoid “re-inventing the wheel?”

The answer for the Global Soap Project has been to work with other trusted non-profits and NGO’s that have tested and proven distribution channels.  These organizations  vet recipient entities such as clinics, orphanages, humanitarian organizations, and ensure that product gets into the right hands. Soap shipping is “piggybacked” with other materials that the allied entity is already shipping, thus reducing negative environmental impact. You can read more about our strategic alliances below.

 

Heart for Africa

Heart for Africa is a Christian non-profit 501(c)3 public charity. Working alongside churches and children’s homes in Swaziland, the organization provides care and hope for a future for children in this small African nation. Volunteers and staff work to deliver quality care, shelter, food, water, clothing, health care, and education to the orphaned and vulnerable children of Swaziland.

MedShare

MedShare is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare and the environment through the efficient recovery and redistribution of the surplus of medical supplies and equipment to those most in need. We collect surplus medical supplies and equipment from hospitals, medical distribution companies and individuals, and then redistribute them to qualified healthcare facilities in the developing world. We also outfit medical missions and safety net clinics in both the U.S. and abroad.

AmeriCares

The AmericCares Global Medical Assistance program provides medicines, medical supplies and other relief on an ongoing basis to hospitals, clinics and community health programs in over 40 countries, including the United States. The program helps our health care partners deliver quality care by providing aid to fill critical resource gaps, including essential products that are unavailable or financially inaccessible. We also supply more than 150 health care clinics serving the uninsured and underinsured in over 35 states throughout the United States and provide free prescription medications in all 50 states through our Patient Assistance Program.

Kenya Relief

Kenya Relief  provides several services to orphans and families in Migori, Kenya. The Brase Clinic and Vision Center is a modern medical, dental and eye clinic that provides employment for Kenyan workers and hosts Kenyarelief.org Medical teams. Since 2004 the organization has provided health care for over 15,000 patients and delivered fifty tons of supplies to local hospitals.

Episcopal Atlanta Haiti Companions

A group of Episcopal church groups comprises the Haiti Companions organization. The Global Soap Project donated soap for mobile medical clinics to distribute to patients in Haiti. In addition to supporting education at its partner St. Joseph’s of Arimathea in Jasmin, Haiti and providing emergency aid after the quake, the group has provided staffing and supplies for mobile medical clinics for the last few years. The goal is to provide sustainable medical care through the use of Haitians, with supplements of mobile medical clinics twice a year.