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July 31, 2024LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of people in Senegal are getting help from Louisville.
The nonprofit SOS and Aesha’s African Baskets raised money and donations to send medical supplies to the west African country.
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The nonprofit SOS and Aesha’s African Baskets raised money and donations to send medical supplies Senegal
The organizations filled a truck with $390,000 worth of supplies
The supplies are targeting two hospitals and a mobile clinic to help improve maternal mortality
The container will arrive in about a month
A 40-foot truck was filled with medical supplies headed for a neighborhood in Senegal.
“Today when I just got here, and I saw the container and I see the boxes cause I couldn’t fathom, like I know it was coming, but I didn’t know, like those boxes will be and I will be standing next to the container with the bassinets knowing it’s going to my neighborhood,” said Aesha Ndao, owner of Aesha’s African Baskets.
Ndao makes African baskets that she sells to raise money to buy supplies for her community.
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