Posts by Laura Kelly
The Sound of Healing
Support from BBF Global Relief helped Music in World Cultures host music camps in Ukraine that gave displaced children an outlet to understand their emotions. | Photo courtesy of Music in World Cultures For the second year, BBF gave a grant to Music in World Cultures to help the organization run five summer camps at…
Read MoreEmpowering Education in Ghana
Solar panels funded by BBF Global Relief provide electricity in a school in Ghana at all hours of the day. | Photo courtesy of Hope for Ghana Students in the rural village of Klokpe, Ghana have been busy hitting the books after receiving a new school from Hope for Ghana in March 2024. The 11-classroom…
Read MoreOn the Green for a Greater Good: BBF’s Golf Classic Supports Community Healthcare
BBF Global Relief’s 4th Annual Golf Classic fundraiser brought together over 70 golfers at Fox Chapel Golf Course on Monday, July 15th, for a day of golf and charitable giving in support of BBF’s healthcare initiatives in the Pittsburgh community. Proceeds from the event will support BBF’s Mobile Health Clinic program, an initiative aimed at…
Read MoreAHN’s Mobile Health Clinics
AHN staff pictured left to right: Colleen Labishak, project coordinator; Kera Stephens, medical assistant; Zachary Quince, athletic trainer; Michael Talotta, physician assistant; Julianne Markovich, program manager. Mobile health van helps Pittsburgh students stay in the game Participating in school sports is more accessible for students at Northgate High School in Bellevue, Pennsylvania. This June, the…
Read MoreStrengthening Healthcare in Puerto Rico
Medical student Angel Pagan takes a patient’s medical history at a free dermatology clinic in Clausells, Puerto Rico, held by the Dermatology Residency Program at Ponce Health Sciences University. | Photo courtesy of Dr. Laura Domenech Students and healthcare workers from Ponce Health Sciences University are teaming up to address Puerto Rico’s healthcare shortage through…
Read MoreAddressing the Needs of Ukrainian Veterans
The “Hidden Wounds of War” conference held in Lithuania through support from BBF Global Relief brought more than 100 Ukrainian veterans and mental health professionals together to discuss the war’s toll on mental health. | Photo courtesy of Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry Funding from BBF Global Relief supported a three-day conference in Kaunas, Lithuania,…
Read MoreBBF Supports Mental Health Services for Ukrainian Families
Dr. Gennadiy Fuzaylov (right), the founder of the nonprofit organization Doctors Collaborating to Help Children, hugs a Ukrainian boy during a medical mission trip to Ukraine in May 2023. | Photo courtesy of Doctors Collaborating to Help Children BBF Global Relief provided a grant to Doctors Collaborating to Help Children to support a program that…
Read MoreSolar Project will Equip School in Rural India with Reliable Energy
BBF Global Relief’s grant to Solar Village Project will install solar panels on three buildings at the Vivekananda Tribal School in Kerala, India, providing staff and students with access to a reliable form of energy. | Photo courtesy of Solar Village Project The Vivekananda Tribal School in Kerala, India, serves 108 students and employs 27…
Read MoreDonation of Medicine Helps Doctors Provide Critical Services in Guyana
A pharmaceutical donation from BBF Global Relief supported a week-long medical mission trip to Guyana in July. | Photo courtesy of Power of a Nickel BBF Global Relief donated nearly $10,000 of pharmaceuticals to support a medical mission trip that provided care to more than 800 patients in Guyana. Power of a Nickel, an organization…
Read MoreDonation of Supplies Meets Urgent Need in Pakistan’s Children’s Hospitals
Ms. Nadia Zeeshan (second from right), the global director of the In-Kind Gifts Program at Helping Hand for Relief and Development, visits the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi, Pakistan, an emergency room operated by ChildLife Foundation. | Photo courtesy of Helping Hand for Relief and Development Over $500,000 of medical supplies from BBF…
Read MoreBreast Cancer Fund Helps Develop Radiology Services at Hospital in Vietnam
Dr. Anne-marie Lugossy, a Canadian mammography technologist, gives an educational mammography seminar at the University Medical Center hospital in Vietnam. | Photo courtesy of RAD-AID The University Medical Center (UMC) is one of the largest teaching hospitals in southern Vietnam, with over 40 radiologists and 70 technologists. Considered one of Vietnam’s national referral hospitals, UMC…
Read MoreSupport BBF’s Mobile Health Clinic Program
BBF is launching a campaign to bring healthcare resources to underserved communities.
Read MoreHygiene Kits and Water Bring Relief to Pittsburgh’s Unhoused
BBF Global Relief has donated more than 1,100 hygiene kits and 10,000 bottles of water to Light of Life Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization that provides the essentials to Pittsburgh’s unhoused population. Light of Life will distribute the supplies at homeless encampments and to people who receive the organization’s meal and long-term housing services. The…
Read MoreLarge Donation of Smartphones Support Vulnerable Communities in Pittsburgh
Patrick Cooper, Community Forge’s Director of Education, and Amil Cook, Community Forge’s Director of Technology Education, pick up a donation of 400 smartphones at BBF Global Relief’s warehouse in Pittsburgh, PA. BBF Global Relief has donated over 400 cell phones to Community Forge, a nonprofit organization that facilitates programs to support community development in Wilkinsburg…
Read MoreRestoring Mobility: BBF Grant Helps Provide Four Ukrainian Servicemen With Prosthetics
Andrii Shulha gets fitted for prosthetic sockets at Prosthetic and Orthotic Associates in Orlando, Fl., after losing both of his legs while fighting in the Ukraine War. | Photo courtesy of Revived Soldiers Ukraine Earlier this year, BBF highlighted the impactful work of Iryna Vashchuk Discipio, a former track athlete and coach who has since…
Read MoreBBF Launches Fundraising Campaign For The Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital In Kyiv, Ukraine
Brother’s Brother Foundation is responding to the widespread destruction and loss of life caused by the devastating Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital. BBF is conducting initial needs assessments and has reached out to partners on the ground to evaluate how we can most effectively support those affected by the attack. Our response…
Read MoreCare Made Easy: Student-Athletes Receive Exams in New Mobile Health Van
Robert Perrson talks about the upcoming sports season with physician assistant Michael Talotta inside a mobile health van donated by BBF Global Relief. Students at Northgate High School in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, will have an easier time signing up for after-school sports now that they’ve gotten their mandatory physicals out of the way. In June, staff…
Read MoreScholarships Empower Ukrainian Nursing Students
BBF Global Relief has given seven students at Sambir Medical College financial assistance to help them pursue degrees in nursing. After more than two years of providing care during a war, many Ukrainian nurses have experienced burnout from working in hospitals with limited resources. As the demand for nurses heightened, the war’s economic toll on…
Read More