MAP International

MAP International is a universal Christian health and relief organization that allies with people living in circumstances of poverty to save lives and build up healthier families and communities. Known for their 99% efficiency rating, they take action to the needs of those they serve by providing medicines, avoiding disease and endorsing health to construct real hope and lasting change. Their mission is to progress the total Health of people living in the world’s deprived communities. They accomplish that mission in the extensive programmatic areas of community health development, disease prevention and abolition, relief and treatment and worldwide health advocacy.

History

MAP International was established as Medical Assistance Programs International, an organization that gives medical supplies overseas, promotes community health development, prevents disease, and act in responses to disasters, was launched in 1954 by J. Raymond Knighton who was also the first Executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society (CMDS). MAP International is a associate of Integral, an worldwide cooperation of 19 Christian relieve organizations. The first project of  MAP International’s was to provide Shering Corporation and Eli Lilly’s donation of 11 tons of medicines overseas in developing areas. From then, MAP International has founded numerous projects that includes but not restricted to emergency relief efforts prior Typhoon Gloria in Taiwan, the fall of the Soviet Union, civilian casualties in Panama, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the fall of the Taliban, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the 2015 Nepal earthquake. MAP International also begins Fellowship programs to teach medical students, opened offices in developing areas such as Ecuador, Kenya, and West Africa, and contributed billions of dollars in medicines and supplies to people in need.

^Credibility

MAP International is ranked as a highly reliable organization is well proved to by multiple well-known sources. Forbes, Inc. identifies MAP International as the #37 biggest U.S. Charity. This shows that the MAP International program is very well known and produce a large amount of revenue. It enlightens important facets of the program such as its donor dependency, total revenue, amount spent on charitable work, and fundraising efficiency. BBB lists MAP International as an attributed charity, meaning it meets the principles in terms of governance, measuring effectiveness, funds and fund raising and information. Charity Navigator toll MAP International as 99.92 out of 100, or four out of four stars, and comprises information about the program’s responsibility and precision. CNBC named MAP International #2 on their list of Top-Ten Charities Changing the World in 2015. Popline points out that some health workers have prejudices against working with faith-oriented programs, but that the qualities of the MAP International program should disperse these prejudices. It also argues the monetary benefits of FBOs in relation to “their capability to leverage volunteer work with minimal effort.”

Current projects

Disaster relief: MAP International works to take action to both natural and conflict connected emergencies. MAP International offers medical relief consignments to those in need and watches the health of those in need, if an emergency take places in a country MAP International has set up a country existence it implements a country office response in which MAP International staff assemble to give health care, and uses community based disaster improvement to teach community members to handle the effects of the disaster and endorse health in the wake of the disaster on a long-term scale.

Maternal and child health: MAP International has executed programs in Bolivia, Ecuador, Kenya, and Uganda. These programs spotlight on a glut of different topics including per natal care, training health advocates, preventing sexual exploitation, providing psychotherapy for victims of sexual abuse, and education.