MAP November Newsletter

HEALTH&HOPE NOVEMBER 2015FOR A HURTING WORLDTHROUGH GOD’S the nation’s President, Juan Orlando Hernandez, join me in the Agalta Valley where our partners,GRACE Honduras Outreach Inc., maintain the only clinic REFLECTING ON THE PAST YEAR for miles. AND LOOKING FORWARD I met 7-year-old Mary there. Vomiting for days and God is faithful. Even as we faced unforeseen dehydrated, she was treated for a parasite and given disasters and emergencies—the Ebola outbreak in oral rehydration salts we provided. Her countenance West Africa, the earthquake in Nepal, the Syrian changed right before my eyes. refugee crisis—our work has grown in reach and This is what we do. These dear children, families, effectiveness. and communities—they’re why we do it. God has faithfully enabled MAP to bring health and This year alone: hope to people in need for 60 years! Today we stand  Partners donated more than $450 million poised to help more than 10 million children and families in 2016. in essential medicines and supplies. Our focus remains: essential medicines, medicines  Friends like you supplied the funds to and supplies in disaster relief, and the prevention and treatment of neglected tropical diseases. deliver these medicines and supplies to I’m excited to show you, in this newsletter, more than 100 countries. where your dollars are going and what they’re  More than 10 million people received over 30 accomplishing in these three key areas. Every $1 you million treatments. contribute becomes $60 worth of essential medicines  MAP was ranked #2 “Top-Notch Charity” and supplies delivered to people in need. by Charity Navigator, receiving a 4-star As you read through this edition of Health & Hope rating and a 99.94 overall score. for a Hurting World, please pray with me about the In 2015 we celebrated surpassing the $5 billion mark difference we can make in the lives of God’s beloved in medicines and supplies delivered. I was honored children around the world in the coming year. to accompany that shipment to Honduras and have  During a recent trip to Cote d’Ivoire, MAP was given a goat as a gift for all the work we have done in the area. We’ve named it MAAPI! 1

EVERY $1 YOU DONATE DELIVERS $60 IN MEDICINES AND SUPPLIES. Here’s a look at where your generosity has touched lives this year MEDICINES FOR PREVENTABLE DISEASES Half the world's population lacks regular access to high quality, essential medicines. Your generosity helps MAP gather medicines and deliver them to people in need. MEDICINES IN DISASTER RELIEF Emergencies and disaster, whether natural or man-made, can overwhelm entire communities. Your support helps MAP International respond fast. MEDICINES FOR NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES NTDs are a diverse group of diseases affecting more than 1.4 billion people. Your gifts are helping MAP treat, control, prevent, and even eradicate NTDs.2

Every $1 that is donated delivers $60 worth of medicinesand supplies to people who need it. How does it work?Pharmaceutical companies and suppliers donate gifts in kind—non-expired, top-qualitymedicines and supplies—to MAP International. This year alone, those GIK donations reached$450 million. Every $1 contributed by friends like you helps deliver these medicines to hospitals,clinics, and outposts through our network of trusted partners on the ground around the world.MAP International maintains a 99 percent efficiency rating, ensuring your gifts are rushingmillions of dollars’ worth of essential medicines and supplies into the hands of healthcareworkers serving impoverished communities and those affected by disaster.2015 MilestonesThese little boxes get around. Healthcare workers and short-term medical mission teams often takeMAP Medical Mission Packs with them. They’re able to treat people with medicines right out of the box.WEST AFRICA LATIN AMERICA MIDDLE EAST SOUTH ASIAEbola Outbreak & CARIBBEAN & EAST AFRICA Nepal Earthquake 3 3,000 personal  $5 billionth shipment to  $2M in medical aid  $ 14M in medicines protection suits provided Honduras to help people in and supplies treating for healthcare workers Gaza 275,000 people  5 years since Haitian $18M in medicines and earthquake and MAP  Syrian refugee crisis  1 container to treat supplies to W. Africa is still heavily engaged 62,500 people in their recovery  T reatments for 20K S oap, sanitation  8 IEHKs which treated supplies, and  Bolivia Chagas  1 container to treat 80,000 people thermometers to 187 Neglected Tropical 62,500 people to schools in Liberia Disease Program Somalia for Famine  188 MAP Medical expansion relief Mission Packs treating 4 IEHKs (Interagency 700 people each Emergency Health Kits,  $ 4 million container which cares for 10,000 to Ethiopia to treat people for 90 days) 62,500 people 2 00 people treated for Neglected Tropical Diseases like Leprosy 3

WE COULDN’T DO IT . . . WITHOUT YOU!God has tremendously blessed us this past year! Our gift-in-kind partners have so generously donated medicines andsupplies. Volunteers pack the medicines for shipment. Our network of partners on the ground, around the world, havebeen faithfully receiving our shipments and getting them quickly into the hands of those serving people in need.THANK YOU! Your compassion and selflessness keep all the wheels in motion—your gifts get the medicines there.In this newsletter we’ve shown you the good your dollars accomplish—the people you’re helping. Will you give asgenerously as you can again, right now, to help us make an even bigger impact in 2016?The effectiveness of every $1 you give is MULTIPLIED 60X!The efficiency with which our gift-in-kind suppliers, our trusted network of partners on the ground, and caring andcompassionate friends like you work together ensures that every gift is maximized—life-changing and lifesavingtreatments are delivered. Remembering Beth Knighton 1921 – 2015 wife of map international founder ray knighton Elizabeth Reed Knighton, the dear wife of MAP International founder Ray Knighton, passed away at her home in Plano, Texas in September. Ray and Beth began Medical Assistance Programs (MAP) in 1954, when they received a donation of 11 tons of medicines from an executive of a pharmaceutical company who had heard that Ray knew every medical missionary in the world. It took three months to distribute all those medicines and from that MAP International was born. The Knightons worked together for many years to make MAP what it is today. Beth played key roles at MAP during those years, from head of personnel to Executive Vice President. Beth has been very special to the MAP family, staying active even after Ray’s passing in 2003. We celebrate her life, and give thanks for the blessing she has been to us and to so many around the world. 4700 Glynco Parkway | Brunswick, Georgia 31525 www.map.org MAP0317NL14