What does the GlobalMedic do?
About GlobalMedic: GlobalMedic is a disaster response charity that sends Canadian volunteers and disaster aid to crises around the world. The volunteers help by giving clean water, food, medicine, and shelter to vulnerable people. GlobalMedic aims to provide the most short-term aid possible at a low cost.
How can we help GlobalMedic?
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Who owns GlobalMedic?
The David McAntony Gibson Foundation, which operates as GlobalMedic, is a registered Canadian charity. Our mandate is to save lives by providing short-term, rapid response in the wake of disasters and crises, both at home and abroad.
Is GlobalMedic a NGO?
GlobalMedic is a non-sectarian humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization based in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the operational arm of the David McAntony Gibson Foundation (DMGF), a registered Canadian charity.
Where does GlobalMedic operate?
How much money has the Canadian Red Cross raised?
Thanks to the unprecedented outpouring of support from Canadians across the country, the Canadian Red Cross is proud to announce a fundraising total of $299 million, including matching funds contributed by the Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta, for the Alberta Fires Appeal fund.
How much of Red Cross donations go to the cause?
The Red Cross is proud that an average of 90 cents of every dollar we spend is invested in delivering care and comfort to those in need. Each year, the generous support of donors like you enables our disaster workforce— 90% volunteers—to help millions of people in the U.S.
What does GlobalMedic stand for?
GlobalMedic is a non-sectarian humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization based in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the operational arm of the David McAntony Gibson Foundation (DMGF), a registered Canadian charity. It provides disaster relief to large scale catastrophes around the world and also carries out…
Why work with global medics?
Global Medics is an amazing team, the agents I have dealt with are personable, efficient, and always working to serve you best! They do a terrific job and making sure you feel respected and heard. Global Medics get good jobs! They have made travelling and working around Australia easy, fun, and rewarding.
What is a globalglobalmedic volunteer?
GlobalMedic volunteers make up the Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) that operate a Rescue Unit designed to save disaster victims; a Water Purification Unit (WPU) designed to provide clean drinking water; and an Emergency Medical Unit (EMU) that uses inflatable field hospitals to restore medical infrastructure.
Did you know GlobalMedic is a Time 100 charity?
Time magazine recognized the work of GlobalMedic in its 2010 Time 100 issue. Rahul Singh, a Toronto paramedic, founded the David McAntony Gibson Foundation in 1998 in honour of a best friend who lost his life the same year.