Smart Ideas to Empower Humanitarian Relief - Newsletter 
 
News from February 2014  
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SCM4Good User Group
UPS Helps MedShare
Global Blood Fund
Technology Innovation Award

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SCM4Good User Group Meets in Atlanta 

The SCM4Good User Group met for three full days this past month, with the teams from CARE, Save the Children, The Asia Foundation, Aidmatrix, UPS and other International NGO participants. This year's meeting focused on technology status reviews, including the latest versions of the Distribution, Asset and Fleet modules. It also focused on measurements (surveys, implementation trainings, knowledge assessments), training, support, reports, requirements, user group goals (both short-term and long-term) and SCM4Good Updates and Roadmap. SCM4Good is used by leading organizations in 50+ locations in 18 countries supporting the delivery of over $50 million in humanitarian aid.

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UPS Ships Medical Supplies from MedShare to HOPE worldwide Philippines for Typhoon Victims  

Our partners at MedShare were recently able to provide 5 pallets of medical supplies to HOPE worldwide Philippines to aid the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. They were able to transport the medical supplies to the victims thanks to the Aidmatrix International Transportation Program, a web portal technology and supporting program infrastructure which aims to match freight forwarders with the needs of INGOs. This particular move was donated by our partner at UPS. "Without UPS and Aidmatrix's generous donation of the free airfreight, this donation never would have been possible," stated Amanda Paniagua, Shipments Manager for MedShare. 

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The Global Blood Fund Launches Blood Equipment Portal EqXchange

The Global Blood Fund, in partnership with The Foundation for America's Blood Centers (FABC),  launched Aidmatrix' SCM4Giving solutions to assist with managing members' donations of blood-related equipment to developing countries. The program is called EqXchange and it is an online donations management portal that provides a way for members to post surplus equipment, such as centrifuges and plasmapheresis machines, that are available for donation. It also enables blood centers in resource-scarce parts of the world to post needs for specific equipment or expertise. Then the program works to connect the two. Global Blood Fund also helps provide the logistics services to transport the donations. 

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Mission Possible Kids Winner of 2nd Annual Aidmatrix Technology Innovation Award: Digital Makeover

The winners of the 2nd annual Technology Innovation Award:Digital Makeover were announced in front of 600+ guests at the 2nd annual Aidmatrix Digital Ball fundraising gala at Dallas Market Center last November. The 2013 grand-prize winner was Mission Possible Kids, an organization that creates both local and global service projects for children, empowering them to change the world by helping others. New Friends New Life, an organization that restores and empowers formerly trafficked girls and sexually exploited women and their children, received the runner-up prize.

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