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2010 Annual Report Connecting People’s Resources With People’s Needs

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2010 Annual Report

Connecting People’s Resources With People’s Needs

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Offi cers and Trustees

Table of Contents

Offi cers and Trustees

Message from Board Chair and President

Mission

2010 Program Evaluation Trips

2010 Highlights

Financial Information

Countries Served

Gift-in-Kind Donors

Distributions and Donations

Program Highlights

History of BBF

BBF Staff

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Pages 6 & 7

Pages 8 & 9

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Pages 12, 13 & 14

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Offi cer-Trustees

Board ChairWalter B. Fowler

Vice ChairCharles J. Stout

TreasurerJoseph T. Senko

SecretaryAustin P. Henry, Esq.

Medical DirectorChip Lambert, M.D.

PresidentLuke L. Hingson

Linda M. Allen

Carolyn D. Ellis, M.D.

Drew M. Harvey

Graham F. Johnstone, M.D.

B.J. Leber

Ralph J. Martin

Deborah K. McMahon, M.D.

Christina W. Michelmore

Ronald C. Miller

Paul T. Newbourne

Other Trustees

Linda Renninger

Frances Stephen

David M. Swan, M.D.

John P. Tymitz

Robert S. Verscharen

Robert Weber

Thomas L. Wentling, Jr.

John S. Wilson, M.D.

James S. Wolf

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It is an honor to present to you Brother’s Brother Foundation’s (BBF) annual report of activities for the year 2010. The following pages outline the efforts of BBF to serve with the help of our many partners, donors, Trustees and staff. BBF’s condensed fi nancial statements are found on pages 6 and 7. We would like to thank the members of our dedicated Board of Trustees and our wonderful staff for all the work they

do to ensure that all donations are put to the most effi cient use possible.

BBF had a wonderfully productive year in 2010. The product contributions of medicines, medical supplies, textbooks, emergency hygiene kits and other supplies totaled $269,515,560. Requested shipments went to 53 countries in need and were valued at $271,993,402. BBF received 1,913,705 bottles and/or tubes of pharmaceuticals. BBF also received 3,594,673 textbooks and other teaching aids weighing over 1,668 tons. These materials, along with our humanitarian program materials, were shipped in 236 ocean-going shipping containers. In addition, we provided donations for 241 hand-carried mission trips to 36 countries. Many of the new books donated to BBF were distributed domestically at publisher request to recipient institutions in13 states considered to be part of “Appalachia.”

Again, we wish to thank BBF’s staff, Trustees, contributors and overseas partners for their tireless efforts to make the work of BBF effi cient and responsive to needs around the world.

Message from BBF Board Chair and President

Mission

The mission of Brother’s Brother Foundation is to promote international health and education through the effi cient and effective distribution and provision of donated medical,

educational, agricultural and other resources. All BBF programs are designed to fulfi ll its mission by connecting people’s resources with people’s needs.

Walter B. FowlerBBF Board Chair

Luke L. HingsonBBF President

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BBF President Luke L. Hingson

BBF Board ChairWalter B. Fowler

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2010 Program Evaluation Trips

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BBF’s fi rst major health/education effort occurred in Liberia in 1961-1962. Liberia currently has about 4,000,000 people and only 140 registered physicians. BBF President Luke Hingson travelled there in August 2010, visiting fi ve mission hospitals and one government hospital to assess their needs and determine how BBF can offer future support. Mr. Hingson also visited various education facilities with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) staff. One of the mission hospitals Mr. Hingson visited was Phoebe Hospital, a Lutheran Church-founded facility with 200 beds and three to four physicians. Its needs are many and the staff requested surgical gloves, better beds and linens. At Ganta Hospital, a United Methodist facility, Mr. Hingson met with Administrator Victor Taryor to evaluate the needs of this 150-bed facility that has three physicians and a staff of 300. Occupancy at Ganta Hospital was over 100% with patients on the fl oor in multiple wards.

While visiting the government-run Redemption Hospital, Mr. Hingson noted that this 200-bed capacity facility had almost no hospital-quality beds except in the intensive care unit. Most beds were wooden with ply-wood bed frames. Mr. Hingson also visited St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital, a 141-bed facility that had six physicians and a staff of 171. Requests from this hospital included incubators, over bed tables, linens, gurneys and a medical cart. Mr. Hingson met with USAID education offi cer and team leader, Julia Richards, and visited a rural teacher training institute. He also met with Liberian Deputy Minister of Education, Mator M.F. Kpongbai, to discuss potential donations of books from BBF. Since this trip, BBF has dedicated over $200,000 toward addressing these problems in Liberia as part of its African initiative.

Bedless mattresses at Ganta Hospital

Wooden beds in Redemption Hospital located in Monrovia, Liberia

In February 2010, BBF Medical Coordinator Liam Carstens traveled to the Dominican Republic to check on BBF medical donations. He also oversaw the distribution of baseball equipment that was donated to BBF by Chris Lowery and his father. Chris Lowery, a high school student from New Jersey, collected baseball equipment and donated it to BBF for children in the Dominican Republic. The baseball equipment was distributed to multiple baseball clubs and academies, where the children had previously been sharing gloves among teams. Mr. Carstens visited with BBF partners Caritas and Bishop Corniel of the Diocese of Puerto

Plata while in the north of the country. The group then traveled south to Santo Domingo, where they toured the hospital and facilities of the Fundación Cruz Jiminian. Mr. Carstens also met with the organization’s founder and driving force, Dr. Cruz, who recently received the award for Humanitarian of the Year from the government of the Dominican Republic.

BBF Medical Coordinator Liam Carstens with Bishop Corniel of the

Diocese of Puerto Plata

Chris Lowery distributing baseball equipment in the Dominican Republic

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2010 Highlights

In July 2010, BBF President Luke Hingson and Medical Director Dr. Chip Lambert visited the new headquarters of long-time partner Food for the Poor (FFTP) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They were able to observe operations at the new complex while meeting with FFTP President Robin Mahfood, Goods-in-Kind Director Mark Khuori and key staff members to discuss ongoing relief and recovery efforts in Haiti. Dr. Lambert and Mr. Hingson then traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and met with FFTP’s in-country staff members Gifts-in-Kind Operations Manager Rachmani Domersant, and Project Engineer Clement Belizaire. They provided a three-day tour of current projects

and helped Dr. Lambert and Mr. Hingson explore new opportunities for BBF to aid in the recovery of this devastated country. Dr. Lambert and Mr. Hingson assessed the progress of the BBF-supported rehabilitation of the Hôpital St. Croix in Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake. Operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and supported by the Medical Benevolence Foundation, another valued partner of BBF, it is the main healthcare institution in the area. BBF is planning to provide new electric generators, equipment and supplies for the hospital and will also facilitate their shipment. The group also visited a number of schools in dire need of rehabilitation. The trip strengthened BBF’s relationship with FFTP and increased both organization’s understanding of the challenges facing Haiti in its recovery.

Hospital volunteer, staff and BBF President Luke Hingson at Hôpital St. Croix in Leogane, Haiti

BBF President Luke Hingson and BBF Medical Director Dr. Chip Lambert visit temporary school

Damage due to Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake in January 2010 included many school facilities. Working with the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) and Food for the Poor, BBF has accepted the challenge to fund the rebuilding of three schools near Port au Prince, Haiti. The construction of schools in the Tabarre, Petion Ville and George Marc will provide a safe and proper learning environment for over 1,500 students per semester plus a thousand other students from earthquake-ravaged schools. They will include administration offi ces, cafeterias and bathrooms for both boys and girls. This continued partnership of BBF, FFTP and CAS is key in providing relief to less fortunate students in Haiti who may have been set back years due to the tremendous devastation brought on by this earthquake. These new schools can be a catalyst for community development and economic recovery.

Crowded school held in tent

Layout for new classroom

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Condensed Statement of Financial Position

December 31, 2010 & 2009

Assets

Cash and Equivalents

Accounts Receivable

Investments

Inventory

Prepaid Expenses

Property and Equipment, Net

TOTAL ASSETS

Liabilities and Net Assets

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

Net Assets

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

2010

$ 2,633,603

97,274

4,772,339

10,141,838

21,930

1,137,611

$ 18,804,595

$ 241,727

18,562,868

$ 18,804,595

Schneider Downs & Co., Inc., Certified Public Accountants, has issued an unqualified opinion on the Foundation’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 based on that firm’s audits of those financial statements conducted in

accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. The offi cial registration and fi nancial information of the Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free within Pennsylvania at (800) 732-0999. BBF’s full audited statement can be found online at http://www.brothersbrother.org.

2009

$ 1,107,857

254,697

4,374,992

12,577,737

23,694

1,029,104

$ 19,368,081

$ 145,383

19,222,698

$ 19,368,081

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Condensed Statement of

Activities & Change in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2010 & 2009

Revenue and Public Support

Donated Materials and SuppliesIndividualsFoundationsProgram Service FeesGovernment GrantsCorporationsCivic and Social ClubsReligious Organizations

Investment Income (Loss)Other Revenue

Total Revenue and Public Support

Functional Expenses

Program ExpensesSupport Services: Management and General Fund Raising

Total Functional Expenses

(Decrease) Increase in Net Assets

NET ASSETS: Beginning of Year End of Year

2010

$ 269,515,560 2,052,939522,720603,13426,11565,34224,884116,911

272,927,605

410,14134,650

273,372,396

273,140,436

667,140224,650

274,032,226

(659,830)

19,222,698$ 18,562,868

2009

$ 265,849,803 1,103,542347,128908,90125,46620,5396,283

19,230

268,280,892

634,91733,000

268,948,809

267,182,565

588,873178,867

267,950,305

998,504

18,224,194$ 19,222,698

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Countries Served in 2010

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AlbaniaArgentinaBhutanCambodiaCameroonChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaCote d’IvoireCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorEthiopiaGabon GhanaGuatemalaGuyana

HaitiHondurasIndiaIndonesiaIraqJamaicaKenyaLaosLebanonLiberiaMalawiMexicoMoldovaNicaraguaNigerNigeriaPakistanPanamaPapua New Guinea

PeruPhilippinesRomaniaRwandaSerbiaSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaUgandaUSAVietnamZambiaZimbabwe

Countries Served

North AmericaCanada

South AmericaBoliviaBrazilParaguayUruguayVenezuela

CaribbeanAntigua and BarbudaBahamasBelizeDominicaGrenadaSaint Lucia

St. Kitts and NevisSt. Vincent’s IslandTurks IslandVirgin Islands

Middle East

AfghanistanEgyptIranIsraelJordanPalestineSyriaTurkey

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Countries Helped in 2010 Displayed In Purple

Countries Helped Before 2010 Displayed in Light Purple

Other Countries Served Over the Past 52 Years

Europe

BelarusBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCzech RepublicGeorgiaGreeceHungaryLithuaniaMacedoniaMontenegroPoland

RussiaSlovakiaSoviet UnionUkraineYugoslavia

Africa

AlgeriaAngolaBeninBurundiBotswanaChadDemocratic Republic of Congo

DjiboutiEquatorial GuineaEritreaGambiaGuineaLesothoLibyaMadagascarMaliMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaTogoTunisiaSenegal

Swaziland

Asia

ArmeniaAzerbaijanBangladeshBurmaChechnyaEast TimorJapanKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMalaysiaMongoliaNepal

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North KoreaSouth KoreaSri LankaTaiwanThailand TongaTrinidad Uzbekistan

Oceania

American SamoaFijiMariana IslandsSamoa

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Gift-in-Kind Donors

Actavis

Amsino Medical USA

Apotex Inc.

Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc.

Brighton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

McGraw-Hill Companies

Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Pearson Education

Teva Phamaceuticals, USA

Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.

Victory Pharma, Inc.

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Zydus Pharmaceuticals

Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Many thanks to the members of the H.J. Heinz Company

Retired Employees Organization for all of the donated time

assisting BBF. Their extra efforts during BBF’s Haiti response

were greatly appreciated. In particular, BBF thanks Trudy File

for coordinating the H.J. Heinz volunteers.

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Distributions & Donations Recipients in 2010 Value of Goods Distributed

Thank You for Your Financial Support*

$ 152,049,43236,359,32215,423,92812,543,78712,225,1787,191,5245,380,9974,542,0304,161,4363,615,197

18,440,571

$ 271,933,402

Food for the Poor - CaribbeanChristian Appalachian ProjectInternational Orthodox Christian CharitiesLife for Relief and DevelopmentAdventist Development and Relief AgencyMakati Rotary Club Foundation, PhilippinesEducation Development CenterInternational Book ProjectMedical Benevolence FoundationMinistry of Education of LiberiaOther

Total

Individuals and Estates

Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. AnderssonDr. & Mrs. Abdulrab AzizEstate of Leonard BielskiMr. Frank V. BuquicchioMs. Ann B. ColbyMr. Francis L. Daly, IIIMr. & Mrs. Roy G. Dorrance, IIIMr. Garry FlemingsMs. Marjorie Burns HallerMs. Patricia L. HenningerMr. John LachapelleMr. & Mrs. Hugh P. McCormickEstate of Louise H. MullenMr. & Mrs. John NewmanMr. Allen ReitzMr. John A. RogersMr. Keith ScheuermannMr. Andrew SeputisMr. & Mrs. Cameron V. StokesMs. & Mrs. Charles StoutMs. Carolyn H. TippinsMs. Catherine C. Wilcock

* Cash contributions of $5,000 or more** Funds of the Pittsburgh Foundation

Organizations/Foundations

Alcoa FoundationB’nai B’rith InternationalBenjamin Harris Memorial Fund**Charles H. & Annetta R. Masland FoundationEden Hall FoundationH.J. Heinz Company FoundationHenry E. Haller, Jr. FoundationHyman Family FoundationInternational Orthodox Christian Charities, Inc.John R. & Margaret S. McCartan Charitable Fund**National RehabNew Age Institute of MetaphysicsThe Peirce Family FoundationThe Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh Public SchoolsPresbyterian Church of SewickleyR.P. Simmons Family Trust**Rotary Club of Bethel - St. ClairSchneider Downs & Co., Inc.Tippins FoundationThe Trudy FoundationWest Penn Allegheny Health System

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Medical Program Highlights

Medical Program StatisticsCountries that Received Donations:

Argentina, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Moldova, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of

America, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Number of Containers Sent - 104Pounds of Goods Sent - 1,116,623Total Value of Donations Sent - $128,956,907

Top Five Medical Donors of 2010:Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Teva Pharmaceuticals, USAApotex Inc.Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc.Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Following the 2010 earthquake in Chile, BBF partnered with the Chilean Community in Pittsburgh and B’nai Brith International in Chile to purchase a new ambulance for the hard-hit communities of the Maule region. Participating in the dedication ceremony were Mario Sadovnik and Andrés Zeldis from B’nai B’rith Chile, and Karina Vega, representing the Chilean Community of Pittsburgh. Local Chilean authorities were also present including Talca’s Governor, Mr. José Antonio Arellano; Maule regional Secretary of Health, Dr. Osvaldo Palma; Director of Health Services of the Maule region, Dr. Felipe Puelma; Curepto Major, Mr. Armando González; and Representative (diputado) Mr. Pedro Pablo Álvarez-Salamanca. Dr. Marcelo San Martín, Director of the Curepto Hospital, accepted the donation in the name of the hospital and the Curepto community. He expressed gratitude for the effort that the Chilean Community of Pittsburgh, BBF and B’nai B’rith Chile put forth in donating an important tool for improving the services the hospital provides, especially for surrounding localities and small villages in the Maule region. At the ceremony, Dr. San Martín said, “Today we receive an ambulance, completely equipped with the most recent technology, and beyond this, we know what this donation represents - a vocation for service, support and sense of community which go beyond frontiers and at the end generates the pride of being Chileans.” The ceremony was held in Curepto’s main plaza. As part of the celebration, a group of children, national champions of “cueca,” the Chilean national dance, entertained the participants.

Chilean children being shown new ambulance

During the week of August 14, 2010, BBF Mission Trip Coordinator Ilva Letoja worked in Antigua, Guatemala with a surgical mission trip. The team from Surgicorps International, led by Dr. Jack Demos, founder of Surgicorps and long-time BBF Trustee, had 50 members. The team consisted of seven surgeons, fi ve anesthesiologists and 12 other medical personnel who, together with the 26 non-medical team members, performed 104 plastic, general, gynecologic and hand surgeries. These surgeries included cleft lip and palate repairs, hysterectomies, and hernia repairs. Surgicorps performs surgeries free of charge and works to improve the lives of many indigent people of Guatemala. BBF once again donated much-needed medications that were used during the trip, including antibiotics and analgesics. During the week, Ilva helped out with the computers, entering pre- and post-op patient data into the hospital’s database system and also for Surgicorps’s patient fi les. Ilva also worked daily in the operating room, assisting during ten different gynecologic and plastic surgeries. Her skills as a translator were greatly appreciated in the operating rooms.

Surgicorps Intl. in Guatemala

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Educational Program Highlights

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Number of Containers Sent - 119Pounds of Goods Sent - 3,337,337Total Value of Donations Sent - $141,954,251

Top Five Educational Donors of 2010:PearsonMcGraw-HillCorvallis School DistrictApple BooksLippincott-Williams & Wilkins

Countries that Received Donations: Albania, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala,

Guyana, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of

America, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Educational Program Statistics

Thanks for thinking of us. The books and instructional resources donated to Opportunities Industrialization Center of America (OIC), a network of employment and training programs, have been useful beyond our expectations. The books that were donated have kept the Booky Mobile busy. The Booky Mobile is OIC’s library-on-wheels. It travels to communities throughout central Pennsylvania, distributing books to residents. We have made dozens of stops at community events, neighborhoods, senior citizen centers, and festivals and we have given away hundreds of books to children and parents. The textbooks and the instructional CDs and videos are being blended into our adult education program. Students who are learning English as a Second Language (ESL) and students who are studying to take their GED for a high school equivalency diploma now have textbooks that they can keep and use for their continuing education. In our most recent shipment, we received quite a few science kits. We are already planning to hold a science fair for kids in the neighborhood using the materials that we received. The partnership that we have formed with Brother’s Brother has allowed OIC to provide books for our students, resources for our teachers, and educational opportunities for our partners and families. We appreciate the collaboration and your continued support. Jim Woodyard, OIC Executive Director

We have just returned from visiting our projects in Nicaragua and I cannot tell you how excited and grateful the people in Chinandega, Nicaragua are to be receiving your donations. Hundreds of children will benefi t from your gift of reading, math, science and music books. Between these books and the additional supplementary material, these children will have the means to advance their education and assure that they will not have to live in the conditions of extreme poverty that their parents did.Thank you so much,Jim KiteChinandega Foundation Representative

BBF donated 14,672 Spanish books to students in Chinandega, Nicaragua

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Humanitarian Program Highlights

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After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, BBF was approached by Bay Valley Foods about sending food to Haiti. Throughout February and March of 2010, BBF was able to send seven 40 foot containers fi lled with baby food and jarred fruits and vegetables to Haiti. These containers were fi lled with Bay Valley Food products. Our partner in Haiti, Food for the Poor, assisted with the distribution of the food to those affected by the earthquake. Also in 2010, BBF received donations of shoes and clothing from the

shoe manufacturer Crocs. These much needed shoes were sent to Haiti in the months following the earthquake.

Mission Trip Program Statistics

Humanitarian Program StatisticsNumber of Containers Sent - 13Pounds of Goods Sent - 330,792Total Value of Donations Sent - $1,082,244

Top Five Humanitarian Donors of 2010:Crocs, Inc.Bay Valley Foods, LLCVictory Pharma, Inc.Eat ’n’ Park Hospitality GroupOhiopyle Prints, Inc.

Countries that Received Donations: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Malawi, Nicaragua, Philippines, Serbia,

Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Number of Mission Trips Supported: 241

Number of Countries that Received Donations: 36

We are sad to announce that BBF Mission Trip Coordinator, Ilva Letoja, has moved to Belgium where she will be pursuing a Master’s Degree in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, one of the oldest universities in Europe. During her time at Brother’s Brother, Ilva helped to supply over 460 mission trips, increasing the Mission Trip Program shipments by 40%. In addition, she travelled twice to Guatemala to assist with the distribution of donated medications and humanitarian supplies in coordination with BBF Advisory Trustee, Dr. Jack Demos, and Surgicorps volunteers.One of many mission trips to Ghana supported

by BBF

Crocs in Haiti

Ilva Letoja

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History of BBF

BBF Staff

Brother’s Brother Foundation began in 1958 as a dream of a few to help the many around the world who lack good healthcare, education and nutrition. From the beginning, its founder and leading spirit, Robert A. Hingson, M.D., urged that BBF’s resources be shared with local counterpart organizations in developing countries who shared the common desire to help those in need. Over the last 52 years BBF has helped people in over 140 countries, working through and in partnership with local agencies that want to help their own people. Included in this partnership are local government institutions, hospitals, universities, religious organizations, Rotary clubs, professional societies and many others.

Together, with partners in the United States and other countries, we have provided goods and services that included 92,700 tons of medical supplies, text books, seeds and food that have touched tens of millions of people with better healthcare, education, nutrition, material security and hope. It has been an odyssey of love shared by thousands of individuals, foundations, corporations, the U.S. government, as well as civic, social and religious organizations. Supporters such as doctors, teachers, builders, truckers and warehouse laborers (paid and volunteer) have carefully distributed the donations BBF has made to those who could use them most. A gift to Brother’s Brother is never singular. It is always multiplied by gifts from individuals, corporations, faith groups, Rotary clubs, ethnic associations and campaigns such as the Combined Federal Campaign, local United Ways and by government grants. Donations are managed by BBF staff, with oversight provided by the Board of Trustees, all of whom work hard to keep our administration and operating costs below 1% of the value of received donations.

PresidentLuke HingsonVice President, DevelopmentKaren DempseyVice President, FinanceWilliam DavisDirector of Finance, Special ProjectsAmy LanghamAccounting AssistantGladys HalichAdministrative AssistantDonna EngelhardtEducational Program CoordinatorCarol TaylorHumanitarian Program CoordinatorLiam CarstensInventory CoordinatorVelmir Letoja

Medical Program CoordinatorLiam CarstensMission Trip CoordinatorIlva LetojaPublicationsRyan GindlespergerWarehouse ManagerRobert Miller Warehouse AssistantRichard HinesKoujo MissiyeGovernment GrantsElizabeth VisnicInterns from Duquesne UniversityDarren ButerbaughChris CramerJoan Marshall-Missiye

Dr. Robert A. Hingson

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1200 Galveston Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233-1604

Telephone: 412-321-3160 Fax: 412-321-3325 www.brothersbrother.org