Gift in Kind

 

In the fight against HIV/AIDS, in-kind resources continue to be an under-used asset for supporting and furthering programmatic goals. To take advantage of the important role in-kind resources can play in providing needed items to the people we serve and motivation and encouragement to volunteer caregivers, RAPIDS and World Vision Zambia embarked on an aggressive in-kind resource acquisition and distribution network scale-up that led to the receipt and distribution of over $44 million of goods in 2008. 

In 2005, World Vision and RAPIDS secured free warehousing space and duty free status from the Government of Zambia, and created a logistics platform supporting in-kind distribution to our programs and partners across the country. A vertically integrated supply chain that tracks goods from corporate partners all the way to recipients ensures both efficiency and accountability.

This approach created and an easy “on-ramp” for corporations who might not normally fund HIV/AIDS programs. For example, Hasbro Corporation, one of the largest American toy manufacturers, has not only supplied RAPIDS with cash donations and thousands of in-kind toys and educational materials, but has also funded the purchase of three 17-ton Tata trucks for distribution of in-kind resources.

Examples of in-kind resources that have been received and distributed in Zambia from our more than 25 U.S. corporate partners include the following:

- Educational Materials (e.g., textbooks)

- Clothing and Equipment
- Pharmaceuticals

- School & Clinic Building Supplies
- Toys and Educational Games

- Insecticide-treated bed nets
- Care Kit for Caregivers

- Vitamin A & Mebendazole
- Bicycles for Caregivers

- Medical Supplies


For more information on becoming a World Vision/RAPIDS in-kind partner, please contact Miyon Kautz.