To reach our health and healing goals for the many attendees of the US Social Forum, we are calling health practitioners and healers to action for resource sharing of supplies and equipment. Please let us know if you have access to resources and/or can support with supplies collection
Feel free to download the Health Donations Request Letter and/or Health Supplies Needs List and share them with your networks.
If you have available donations, please contact Nisa Joorabchi nisajoo(at)yahoo.com
Cots (4 per station, 24 total)
Cooler for ice
Cloths, towels for ice packs and for cool compresses
Adjustable Crutches (high need)
Full sheets
Emesis basins
Sports drinks to provide electrolytes for heat exhaustion
Fruit juice for hypoglycemia
Glucometer with test strips, lancets, alcohol pre pads
Container for first aid supplies
Folding table
Chairs (4 per station, 24 total)
Wheelchairs (high need)
Spray bottles for cooling
Squirt bottles to irrigate wounds
Insect repellant
Sunscreen
Aloe gel
Feminine hygiene products
Flashlights
Hospital-type pillows with impermeable covers for splinting, elevation, comfort (24)
Sphygmomanometers with regular and large cuffs
Thermometer
Gloves, non-latex
Tube of 4X4’s gauze
Telfa (non-stick) dressings
Tape
Bandaids
Bottles ibuprofen tablets and elixir
Bottle acetaminophen tablets and elixir
Garbage container/bags for hazardous waste
Bags for icepacks
ACE wraps of various diameters
Splinter forceps
Sharps container and insulin syringes
Walkie-talkies
Fans
Soap
Saline eye irrigation
Umbrellas
Backpacks
If you have available donations, please contact Nisa Joorabchi nisajoo(at)yahoo.com
Thank you!
For more information on our health & healing volunteer opportunities, spaces & goals, visit the Health and Healing Justice page