BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE:
International Charity Groups Caught Between
Rising Food Costs and Decreasing U.S. Donations
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Mark Bush, Chief Operating Officer for CURE International, a medical charity providing care to disabled children in teaching hospitals throughout the developing world. Unlike most third world hospitals, CURE provides food for its patients, recognizing the role of proper nutrition in the healing process. Rising food prices have made it much more difficult to continue to serve patients in this way.
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With U.S. charitable contributions dropping and rising food costs around the world, it has become difficult for CURE International to meet both needs and budgets. Along with specific donor appeals based on the need, CURE International is working with each hospital on ways that they can meet their budgets while still providing nutritional food to their patients and care givers. In Zambia, they turned extra acres into a garden to supplement their food supply. Mark Bush can talk about how CURE and other charities respond in these difficult times, and why charitable giving is more important now than ever.
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Mr. Bush is available for interviews via phone, or in person from the Harrisburg, Penn., area.
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- As the Chief Operating Officer of CURE International, Bush is responsible for new program development, existing hospital operations and the overall financial strategy of the organization.
- CURE International is a non-profit, faith-based organization founded ten years ago by Dr. Scott Harrison, operating a dozen hospitals in nine developing countries around the world, with a mission to bring about physical and spiritual healing to disabled children in poverty-stricken areas where modern medical technology can completely cure conditions such as Club Foot Disease, Hydrocephalus and Cleft Lip/Palate.
- To request an interview with Bush, please contact Melany Ethridge at [email protected] or at (214) 912-8934.
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