Mission Timeline:
Where We Show Up With DripDrop and Save Lives
When IV therapy isn't an option, dehydration can be life-threatening. At the edge of a wildfire, in a remote village, after a hurricane destroys local medical facilities—that's where we show up with DripDrop and save lives.
2017/ ORS ranks as the 5th most needed item in emergency response.
Texas, USA
2017
Texas, USA
Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coastline hard. In the aftermath, The National Guard and volunteers leading the cleanup efforts faced the dangers of dehydration due to long days doing physically demanding work while battling high temperatures and direct sun exposure.
Dr. Dolhun and the DripDrop team traveled from San Antonio to Rockport, TX, administering DripDrop from a FEMA disaster site and leaving enough DripDrop behind to provide dehydration relief for the months of painstaking cleanup ahead.
South Africa
2017
The Imizamo Yethu fire in Cape Town destroyed hundreds of homes and displaced thousands of individuals. Wildfire-induced dehydration was a concern for both victims of the tragedy as well as first responder firefighters.
Dr. Dolhun provided DripDrop to displaced families and firefighters, beginning a long-term partnership with local healthcare teams in the Kayamandi township. Together with The Pebbles Project and Legacy Centre, DripDrop built a community-based program addressing locally-defined healthcare needs—emphasizing prevention and treatment of infectious diarrhea.