WABI reports students collecting medical supplies to donate overseas
WABI (Channel 5) reported University of Maine students are collecting unwanted medical supplies and donating them. The students, involved in Partners for World Health, collect supplies from Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital each week and sort them before shipping them to developing nations, WABI reported. This summer, 12 students attended medical mission trips through the program, traveling to Senegal and Uganda to provide neonatal health education and bags filled with medical supplies for health clinics and hospitals, according to the report. The organization also reduces waste in Maine by collecting supplies that otherwise would end up in landfills, and addresses needs of the local community including supplying personal care items for the homeless.