SOS International Inc

SOS SPREADS HEALTH & HOPE 

 IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AND AROUND THE WORLD

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Imagine a world where every infant, child and adult has the comfort of accessible healthcare and the promise of hope. 

This is the mission that propels SOS International, a health equity nonprofit based in Louisville, Kentucky. SOS accomplishes its mission in a very unique way-- by collecting surplus medical supplies that would otherwise go to landfills from over 100 regional healthcare organizations and using them strategically to address gaps in healthcare access in our own backyard and across the globe. 

Our work is creative and collaborative and divided into local health, local education and international programs

Here is a snapshot of our mission:

The SOS Local Program supports more than 60 social service organizations and safety net clinics; over 30,000 low income and housing insecure individuals and more than 4,000 rescue animals every year. Last year, we introduced a new series of Free Wheelchair Repair & Cleaning Clinics for unhoused and housing insecure members of the disability community that served over 100 neighbors in need-- helping them regain their mobility and independence!

The SOS Education Program supports hands-on allied health career training for over 35,000 high school and adult learners in Kentuckiana-- connecting students from marginalized communities with bright futures in healthcare AND creating a pipeline of future healthcare workers for our region. Least year, we launched an innovative pilot program that helped students from Madisonville North Hopkins High School create a medical clinic out of a shipping container that is on its way to save lives in Liberia!

The SOS International Program delivers over $4 million in medical aid to developing countries annually. Last year, we achieved dramatic results in Kumasi, Ghana, delivering a quarter of a million dollars in medical supplies and equipment that elevated a clinic to a full hospital with a labor & delivery ward and reducing maternal mortality rates by 24% in nine months. We also equipped labor & delivery wards in Senegal, Guatemala and Dominican Republic and children's hospitals in Ethiopia and Ukraine.  

And...SOS Disaster Relief provided thousands of dollars in needed medical supplies and recovery kits to those recovering from the historic flooding in our state and aided in Red Cross relief efforts, replenishing their first aid supplies when they were running low.  

Since 1993, SOS has changed and saved over 14 million lives by creatively using more than 15 million lbs. of surplus medical supplies diverted from landfills-- promoting the health of our planet along with the people and animals who live on it.