At FAME we receive Thank You notes that are written by Global Partners to YOU!

 I would like to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You once again for partnering with us to bring much-needed equipment and supplies to a very needy people in an unreached part of Africa.

AND

Thank you for the Operating Room lights, our hospital in Nampula is a surgical facility and we needed two sets of lights, which is precisely what the Lord provided through FAME!  As one of the few hospitals in our region, the government has approved our Hospital as a COVID-19 Treatment Facility here in Mozambique!

Wednesday a shipment left Indianapolis on its way to Mozambique with a ventilator, Oxygen Tank, Nebulizers, and associated supplies as well as PPE. With only 46 cases and 0 deaths in Mozambique –relatively low numbers, these healthcare providers are gearing up to meet the demands of serving people, knowing that in these under-resourced countries, the toll could be high.

Here is how one contact in Africa wrote it:

It’s an eerie feeling to be behind the rest of the world, watching and waiting for the inevitable. When even the US and Europe have trouble keeping up with healthcare related to this virus, we know that it will be even harder on our resource-poor country. We are praying and preparing as best we can.

These Thank You notes are really from them TO YOU!

I’d like to Thank you for your prayers, generosity, and partnership during these uncertain times.  God has placed YOU and FAME together for such times as these!

Watch for our next prayer calendar, coming in your email, on May 1st.  Please keep these FAME global partners in your prayers during the month of May, as this deadly virus moves into their countries.

I’m sure you don’t need to be reminded why we do, what we do; but the head surgeon at the Mozambique Hospital put it this way:

We are poised to open up our Mission Hospital now.  We plan to capitalize even more than we have before on Evangelism of the people who are lost who come to our hospital; trying to get medical care but getting spiritual care as well…even if unsuspectingly! 

Click here for a video about this Mozambique partner

Thank you again- for your partnership in Medical Evangelism!Blessings,

Bill Warren
Executive Director

Helpless!  If you feel that way about this current crisis, you are not alone.

I’ve spoken to many people who feel helpless during this crisis- because we don’t know exactly how we can help.

We are staying home, washing our hands, wearing masks, and watching the news hoping this will come to an end.

You have been bringing Help and Hope around the world with FAME for a long time.  Recently we have helped even hospitals and First Responders here in the USA, but it is beginning to look as if that is under control.  Now we are preparing for our Global Partners who are about to be hard hit by COVID-19.  This has been highly concentrated in China, Europe, the USA, and other developed countries, but that is about to change.

Vulnerable developing countries, where your FAME global partners work, will almost certainly be struck with COVID 19. The current low numbers are due either to a lack of detection or to the time lag between when the virus first spreads and when it begins to manifest. When it does strike, it will do so with a vengeance, as these countries have all the most potent risk factors. Their basic health infrastructure is inadequate. They often lack clean running water. They also have high population densities and family living systems that will impede physical distancing.

Vulnerable developing countries, where the majority of your FAME global partners work are preparing for this pandemic.

Many of you have asked, “Exactly how can I help?”

Here are some examples:

These are frequently requested items by our partners

• $100 for ten Boxes of 100 exam gloves
• $55 for 20 N95 masks
• $45 for an Infrared Thermometer
• $30 for 20 Eye Shields

Your gift of any amount to our Emergency Fund will help us be prepared to meet these expected requests.

Don’t feel helpless!  Here’s exactly how you can help.

Look at the list of frequently requested items, pick a dollar amount, and then you can know – you helped a global partner be prepared for the worst.

Click here to donate now

Or mail your check to FAME
4545 Southeastern Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46203

Blessings,
Jeff Coon
Director of Development

 

Valerie Colby and Staff, His Eyes, Honduras

At FAME, “crisis” is what we do. For 50 years, friends like you have been providing medical care – in the name of Jesus and with a Gospel message – and right now is just as “crazy” as you might anticipate.

Just this week, we’ve heard from 9 Global Partners requesting our immediate help with Personal Protection Equipment, thermometers and other various supplies they just can’t find or afford.  Because of you, and others like you, to date we have been able to respond to each request.  We have shipped supplies from our warehouse, ordered supplies to be shipped directly, and/or sent the funds needed for them to purchase supplies in-country.

I know this may be a very challenging time for you personally – so, if you are not able to help, know that I fully understand – but if you are able to help, you’ll be having an immediate and lasting impact.

For example, just yesterday we shipped a crate full of N-95’s masks, as well as surgical masks, exam gloves, and an infrared thermometer to Honduras. The request came in late last Friday and they should have the supplies in-hand just after Easter. That’s what I mean by immediate and lasting impact!

The shipping cost of that one shipment was $580– fortunately, FAME’s Emergency Fund had been replenished by many friends like you in February and we were able to send it without delay.

But because we are getting requests daily– that fund won’t last much longer. That’s why your gift right now will go to work right away.

Click here to make a special gift right now. Or, if you like, you can send a check to FAME:
4545 Southeastern Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46203

Either way, know that we are grateful, that the recipients of emergency medical supplies will be helped, and that you will be making a difference in the name of Jesus – our risen Lord and Savior!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

You just received this Thank You from Africa.

“We are so thankful for YOU coming so quickly to our assistance. It is not a surprise, though, because that has been the path of our partnership with FAME over the years.

We have been able to buy several items of Personal Protective Equipment and screening tools. We bought 3 Infrared Thermometers, gum boots, protective gowns, spray chemicals and sprayer, masks and Gloves. Kindly pray with us for more funds for us to buy enough quantities of PPEs. We are unable to say how much they will definitely cost because the companies are profiteering. Last year the Infrared Thermometers went for $50 each. But yesterday we bought them at $400 each.”

Zindoga Bungu, Mashoko Hospital, Zimbabwe 

As we anticipate there will be a flood of requests and needs from our global partners, FAME has been able to respond appropriately at this point.  Thank you for your partnership and generosity. As a result of partners like you, FAME has a 50-year reputation of bringing help and hope to the world’s most vulnerable.

Because of your partnership, the Mission of FAME is on-point, on-track, and actually positioned for SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

Thank you for your faithfulness!

Blessings,

Bill Warren
Executive Director