You may never have been in the situation of trying to have prescriptions delivered to you in a foreign country, but let me assure you, it's nerve-wracking and loaded with arbitrary paperwork. So imagine if you were trying to deliver needed medical supplies to hundreds, maybe thousands of people - the P + P charges alone can swamp you! Not Just Tourists is a new project addressing this problem one suitcase at a time. If you're going to a developing country, or Cuba, and haven't hit your baggage limit, you can sign up to take a pre-packed bag of medical supplies with you. Antibiotics are the most desperately needed (and they never send narcotics or other controlled substances) but if you're not comfortable transporting drugs at all, you can take crutches, splints, even just bandages. "Taking medical supplies to the people of Cuba enriched a very enjoyable vacation for Diane and I. We would do it again in a heartbeat." For more information, visit NotJustTourists.org. (And if you make it a Treeflight also, and heaven exists, you're sure to go there when the time comes.) [GT]
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