Posts by Laura Kelly
Work Continues In Sub-Saharan Africa
By Liam Carstens In 2022, BBF continues our commitment to supporting healthcare facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the second quarter alone, we sent four, 40-foot ocean-going container shipments of requested medical supplies and equipment to distribution partners in Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Eswatini. St. Joseph’s Hospital and School of Nursing, a long-standing partner of BBF,…
Read MoreDonation Provides Gift Of Mobility For Haitians In Need
By Kaitlyn Nuebel After losing one of her legs to diabetes, Jean Baptiste relied on her son for walking-support so she could get to her doctors’ appointments. A pair of aluminum crutches donated by Brother’s Brother Foundation will give her more mobile independence. When Jean Baptiste, a 67-year-old woman in Haiti, lost her leg to…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Karen & Greg Matviko
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Between kayaking in the summer and snow-skiing in the winter, Karen and Greg Matviko are grateful for their busy and healthy retirement – which pushes them to help those in need. “Today there’s so many people that need help and you wouldn’t even know it,” Karen Matviko says. Stop by Brother’s Brother…
Read MoreAll Donations, Big & Small
By Emily Umble Brother’s Brother Foundation is well known for its large container shipments of medical supplies, medical equipment, and medicines in support of healthcare clinics and hospitals around the world. In addition to these large container shipments, our healthcare program also focuses on providing much-needed medicines to volunteers of organized medical mission trips, or…
Read MoreMany Opportunities To Give This Fall
September is back to school month and that means school supply shopping. Many children look forward to picking out their new notebooks and planners, but for others, their excitement is diminished because they cannot afford the supplies they need. Studies have shown that when students have their own school supplies, their grades and classroom behavior…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: BNY Mellon Controller’s Finance Department
BNY Mellon’s Controller’s Finance Department – informally known as SOX – took a break from their workday to volunteer at Brother’s Brother Foundation. Erin Palmer and Michael Dorundo, two interns on the team, were in charge of organizing a group volunteer event to fulfill the requirements of their program. “We were looking to help a…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Jackson Pross
Jackson Pross, a rising senior at North Allegheny High School, assembled hygiene kids for Ukrainian refugees. By Kaitlyn Nuebel Jackson Pross grew up in Pittsburgh, and like most teenagers raised in the digital age of smartphones, social media, and 24-hour news, his access to information extends far beyond his hometown. In addition to his own…
Read MorePartnership Delivers Pharmaceuticals To Haiti
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Brother’s Brother Foundation in partnership with Lupin Pharmaceuticals and Food For The Poor supplied Haitians in Nord-Ouest with hypertension screenings and free medication. With only one health facility for 700,000 people, it is not easy for Haitians in Nord-Ouest, the country’s poorest region, to access medical care. Ninety-eight percent of residents live…
Read MoreHygiene Kits Arrive In Ukraine
BBF’s shipment for Ukrainian Refugees included 3,191 hygiene kits assembled by local volunteers Brother’s Brother Foundation shipped 20 pallets of hygiene supplies for Ukrainian refugees to Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine, at the end of July. The delivery, a community effort, was the culmination of the hygiene supply drive organized by the city and…
Read MoreGrant Provides Teacher Training In Haiti
By Kaitlyn Nuebel In Haiti, only 60% of children complete primary school, and many schools lack well-trained teachers. BBF, in partnership with Food for the Poor and P4h Global, provided teachers with the training they need to help their students succeed. From laptops in classrooms in Pittsburgh to solar panels on sustainable schools in Ghana,…
Read MoreGrant Provides Mental Health Support To Ukrainian Hospitals, Refugees
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Over 18 million Ukrainians were living in frontline regions when war broke out, and an estimated hundreds of thousands suffered psychological trauma from witnessing atrocities. A partnership between Brother’s Brother Foundation and Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry will help Ukrainians access to the psychological care they need. When Russian troops invaded the…
Read MorePittsburgh Responds To Flood In Kentucky
Brother’s Brother Foundation is responding to the devastating floods that have impacted Eastern Kentucky by providing God’s Pantry foodbank with an initial $10,000 grant to assist communities in immediate need. The Foodbank is working with Feeding America, Feeding Kentucky, and other disaster response agencies to address the needs of affected community members and assist with…
Read MoreResponse To Earthquake In Haiti Continues
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Almost a year after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, BBF and Americares’ disaster response continues to make an impact. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti last August did extensive damage, leaving over 2,000 people dead and more than 2 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Destroying 59 hospitals in…
Read MorePartnership Provides Support and Training In Ugandan Schools
By Kaitlyn Nuebel In addition to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in Ugandan schools, BBF and iEquip International, are also bridging Uganda’s digital divide between rural and urban communities. A grant from Brother’s Brother Foundation allowed students in Pakwach, Uganda, to enter the classroom safely, despite a pandemic. In partnership with iEquip International, BBF distributed…
Read MoreDonation Allows Sacred Ritual To Continue Amid Supply Chain Delays
By Kaitlyn Nuebel When New Community Chevra Kadisha of Greater Pittsburgh ran out of the surgical gowns they need to perform Tahara, a sacred Jewish burial ritual, a donation from Brother’s Brother Foundation was able to fill the void. From peanut butter to tampons, supply chain issues have made finding everyday items increasingly difficult and…
Read MoreBBF Aid Mitigates Impact of California Wildfires
By Kaitlyn Nuebel BBF, in partnership with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, will provide kitchen-free boxes to help Californians affected by this year’s wildfires. By preparing for the potential disasters that lay ahead, the organizations aim to eliminate the cost and concern of obtaining food and allow residents to focus on their…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Andriy Furtas
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Watching a war unfold in his home country of Ukraine, Pittsburgh resident Andriy Furtas decided he had to help. He started a local drive to collect supplies for Ukrainian refugees and the overwhelming community response showed him the power of a chain reaction. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine captured the attention of people…
Read MoreGrant Provides Aid To Immigrant & Refugee Families After Deadly Tornado
By Kaitlyn Nuebel | Photo Courtesy of Church World Services The tornado that tore through Kentucky last December caused extensive damage, killing 80 people and destroying thousands of homes. Of the numerous people impacted by the storm, immigrant and refugee families in particular had difficulty regaining a sense of normalcy. Brother’s Brother Foundation provided a…
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