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The Denton Program

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Private humanitarian organizations wishing to donate to the poor in third world countries are often hampered in their efforts by the extreme cost of shipment.For this reason the Denton Program was created. A product of legislation introduced by Senator Jeremia Denton,the Denton Program provides for the shipment of humanitarian aid on U.S.military aircraft at no cost to the shipper.

Linda Rose Clinic
Francisco Y Madera,Mexico

The program is jointly administered by USAID, the U.S.Department of State, and the U.S.Department of Defense.

While originally intended for Central America, it has since expanded to cover the world.

The Denton Program has enabled the Mission of Love to ship tons of food, clothing, medical supplies, and building materials to those in need.

Volunteers from all over the U.S. follow these shipments to their destinations, and with the encouragement of Kathy Price, the building materials are used to construct clinics, and schools for those who need them the most.

The Denton Program makes it all possible

A Typical Airlift

Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Arrival

An ambulance
for Xhualtez
Tons of medical supplies

Ready for delivery

Where do these donations come from?

Here is one example, taken from a January 1998 article in Plain Talk, Vermillion South Dakotas' daily newspaper. This is about the ambulance pictured above.

Ambulance Will Boost Mexican Village Health Care

By David Lias

Vermillion insurance agent Dick Sunde thought it odd recently when an out of state customer wanted to purchase coverage for an ambulance.

The customer, it turns out, intended to donate the ambulance to charity, but the deal fell through. So Dick, a member of Mission of Love, a humanitarian organization that has been improving health care facilities in remote Mexican villages, seized the opportunity.

"We cut the deal on the ambulance on Dec.31, and picked it up (from Omaha) on Jan.1",Dick said.

Dick drove the ambulance to Sioux City, Iowa last week (January, 1998). From there, it was driven to Ohio, where it was loaded on an Air Force cargo plane bound for a village in Yucatan, Mexico.

For a detailed description of what goes into arranging an airlift you might consider reading an article written by John Wright for the Mission of Love News, entitled:

Before "The Mission":Transportation

John does a lot of the legwork arranging these things and knows what he's talking about.When you finish his article you can follow the links back to the Mission of Love Homepage.

When you have returned to The Mission of Love Homepage, you might want to click on Wish List, to see a list of things we need for our airlifts.(most of them are MUCH smaller than an ambulance). If you prefer, you can go there now:

Wish List