Over the past year and a half, Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) has become a diligent partner of Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF). Many of our partnered shipments have gone to the Kingdom of Eswatini, previously called the Kingdom of Swaziland, a landlocked country in the eastern flank of South Africa, where it adjoins Mozambique. Eswatini has had additional needs for healthcare …
Your generous donations on Giving Tuesday, November 30, 2021, have provided several ways of supporting the Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) mission in the areas of health, infrastructure, disaster response and education (H.I.D.E.). Through the help of your contribution, you will alleviate the discomfort and hardship of many individuals in the United States and around the world as they have faced …
Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) is delighted to share the news of a new partner working with us, Tris Pharma. Since October of this year, Tris Pharma has begun donating medicines to support our Healthcare Program. More than 875,000 doses of medication for acute and chronic conditions, such as gout, have been received. BBF staff have swiftly sent these requested medicines …
Article by Ozzy SamadWe are pleased to say that BBF is in a never-ending quest to develop and enhance our programs and services to better assist underserved members of society. With your support, we have been able to serve those in need both here at home and in the far corners of the globe. Our goal is to help bridge …
Article by Liam CarstensBrother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) continues our longstanding commitment to partners throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Thus far in 2021, we have supported seven shipments to organizations and healthcare facilities on the African continent, including three to Malawi, two to Sierra Leone, and one each to Zimbabwe and Kenya. In addition, BBF engages in other initiatives such as supporting solar …
Article by Abigael SiecinskiI started working at Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) in the summer of 2020. I heard so much about our robust Hand Carry Med-Surg Program; for example, in 2019 we supported over 300 groups. Throughout my first year I had the pleasure of working with a handful of brave and compassionate organizations which continued to travel and serve …
Article by Liam CarstensBrother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) has received our first donation from Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Macleods is a global pharmaceutical company that recently contributed medications for diabetes, inflammation, and hypertension along with topical steroids, anti-viral treatments, and antibiotics. BBF is pleased to be working with Macleods and truly appreciates their donation of these useful medications, which will be sent …
Article by Abigael SiecinskiSince 1958 Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) has been a recognizable actor on the global stage of humanitarian aid. Over the past year and a half, we have turned our expertise towards our own back yard to help support healthcare and education services here in Western Pennsylvania. I wanted to take this time to highlight some new and …
Article by Ozzy SamadIt was the 17th of March 2017, when BBF’s former president Luke Hingson and I attended an event at the University of Pittsburgh, titled “Global Earthquakes: Response, Recovery, and Resilience.” After watching a captivating presentation on the response to a devastating earthquake in Pakistan in 2005 by two first responders from the country, we said hello to …
Article by Abigael SiecinskiMore than 60% of Sierra Leonians are in poverty, living on less than $1.25 a day. The healthcare system in Sierra Leone is ranked 183 out of 187 on the UNDP Human Development Index. Years of civil war, flooding disasters, and disease outbreak have made public health a consistent struggle. The Healey International Relief Foundation is a …
