This is what I was doing:

Sweating. Lifting. Sorting. Driving back and forth… again and again. In total, 14 carloads.

We have been collecting decommissioned medical equipment and consumables. Everything from beds to facemasks that are no longer needed here but are still incredibly valuable at our hospital and with our outreach teams. And last week, it became very real, very physical work.

It is dusty warehouses, heavy lifting, figuring out how to fit one more item into an already full car, and then doing it all over again. It is that moment of standing still for a second, looking at what has been gathered, and realising what it could mean on the ground in rural Tanzania.

This is a hospital bed where someone will recover.
A birthing bed where a mother will safely deliver her child.
A drip stand that supports treatment that would otherwise not be possible.

The response has been generous. People are saying yes. Items are coming in.

And now… we are running out of space.

Quite simply, we cannot keep going at this pace without somewhere to put it all, and a way to move it.

So I am asking directly:

Do you have access to a 40ft shipping container we could use?
Do you know of hospital beds (we need 40-60 beds)?
Or 4 birthing beds?
Drip stands and similar equipment are also urgently needed.
Or a truck we can use to pick up some heavy stuff in Mandurah?

If you have something, or know someone who might, please reach out.

This is what last week looked like.

And with the right support, this is something we can turn into real, tangible change.

Thank you for being part of it.

With gratitude,

Nina and the Cedar Team