AHEAD, INC., Effecting Change---Changing Lives

AHEAD, Incorporated, a 503(c) corporation based in Maryland, today shipped a container filled with much needed medical and surgical supplies to Tanzania.

As a part of AHEAD's commitment to capacity biulding and healthcare development, since the summer of 2009, AHEAD embarked on a urgent effort to secure and provide needed medical supplies for the medical community in various regions of Tanzania. With the help of friends of AHEAD, various hospitals in the US, Action Teranga and the Honorable Ombeni Y. Sefue, Tanzanian Ambassador to the United States, AHEAD has ship well over 1.5 million dollars worth of medical equipment and materials to assist in improving healthcare delivery to the people of Tanzanian.

Today, AHEAD has shipped its' seventh container, capping our aggressive one year effort to tangibly address the immediate needs for equipment and supplies to our friend and partners in Tanzania. This seventh container is moving a varied collection of materials to the coast region of Tanzania; it includes: hemodialysis machines, examination tables, OR tables, computers and printers, cribs, incubators, gloves, scaples and an assortment of other medical and surgical supplies.

AHEAD continues to identify viable donor sources to aid in our effort to accomplish this and other projects. We remain in discussions with a variety of organizations in this regard. We welcome any entity or organization that wish to partner with AHEAD in identifying and securing medical supplies, beds, equipment and materials; storage and shipment of said supplies, and financial sponsorship of these efforts. Please contact us via the contact page on this website for further discussions.