press releases

Portland, Maine (July 30, 2020) - This shipment is headed to Liberia in partnership with two hospitals: Ganta Leprosy and TB Rehab Center, and Ganta Methodist Hospital. Ganta is the second most populous city in Liberia with a population of 45,000 people, capital of Nimba County, 275 km from Monrovia and bordering Guinea Conakry.

Vieques Island, Puerto Rico (March 28, 2020) - In October of 2017, Partners for World Health (PWH) shipped two 40-foot containers filled with donated medical supplies and equipment to Puerto Rico in response to the Category 5 Hurricane Maria which devastated the island in September, 2017.

Portland, Maine (March 17, 2020) - The Bor County Development Association’s mission is to build a cohesive diaspora community that unites on a common purpose to identify its talents and pool its resources together so that it is better positioned to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the average Bor citizens here in the United States and back in Bor, South Sudan.

Portland, Maine (February 27, 2020) - NuDay is a New Hampshire based non-profit, working to secure sustainable aid in a dignified manner for Syrian mothers and children. With well over 600,000 people killed and over 7.0 million Syrians displaced since 2011 the need for medical supplies and equipment remains dire.

Portland, Maine (January 28, 2020) - In the past week, Partners for World Health (PWH) has sent out two shipments of surgical and N95 masks to Wuhan, China to assist with the Novel Coronavirus outbreak. Their first shipment went out last Tuesday, January 28, sending out 15,000 surgical masks and the second shipment sent 151 boxes with 60,000 surgical and N95 masks.

Portland, Maine (November 7, 2019) - Tacko Fall, a Senegalese professional basketball player for the Maine Red Claws and the Boston Celtics and some of his teammates will be joining PWH for this container load. Fall was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal and moved to the United States at age 16.

Portland, Maine (October 16, 2019) - PWH started a fundraiser for the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian hit the islands last month. The Portland community, and PWH supporters worked together and quickly raised enough funds to make this shipment happen. It is estimated that 50,000 people on Abaco and Grand Bahama still require life saving assistance

Portland, Maine (September 30, 2019) - PWH is partnering with Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD). HHRD is committed to serve humanity by integrating resources for people in need. They strive to provide immediate response in disasters, and effective programs in places of suffering, for the pleasure of Allah