Kiva
One of our proudest areas of involvement is with Kiva.org, the micro-loan group that helps entrepreneurs in third-world areas start their own businesses. Focusing mostly on helping women and marginalized groups, Kiva provides the funding needed on a small scale so that a local business can get on its feet. Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.
Clinical Resources has sponsored the following business:
Helping a family in Cambodia start a farm to grow citronella. The live in Akreiy Ksatr, a village in the Kandal province. Mrs. Leak Sothy, 50 years old, as the group leader for this venture and she and her husband, Mr. Me Vatha, are farmers who own a plot of land to grow citronella for a living. They have received funds to support this farm and to buy seeds and fertilizers to cultivate the citronella. This couple has three children: two are seamstresses in a garment factory and the other is a farmer.
Clinical Resources continues to reinvest in Kiva and will further expand contributions to the many wonderful projects in years to come.
Medshare
“Bridging the gap between surplus and need)
MedShare is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the environment and healthcare through the efficient recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment to underserved healthcare facilities in developing countries.
MedShare shipments of medical supplies and equipment have brought healing and the promise of better lives to 80 countries and countless patients. MedShare is a top ranked charity by Charity Navigator, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with a second distribution center in San Leandro, California
Clinical Resources leadership team and employees regularly volunteers at the distribution center sorting and organizing donated medical supplies.
Carter Center
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He and his wife Rosalynn Carter partnered with Emory University just after his defeat in the 1980 U.S. Presidential elections.
Jennifer Scully is engaged in the Community through her Board positions on the Atlanta Metro United Way and the American Red Cross Blood Services Southern Region and the Cobb County Workforce Investment Board, as well as various other volunteer efforts. She was recently accepted to the Board of Counselor for the Carter Center in Atlanta.