RICE - International Relief Organization

RICE International Relief Organization has provided many different organizations, including Saddleback Church, with endless medical supplies to host clinics in Mexico. Some supplies are as follows:

• Medical Gloves
• Gauze
• Antibacterial Hand wash
• Band-Aids
• Hydrogen Peroxide
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Asthma medication
• Medical Tape
• Antibiotics
• Medical Scissors
• Glue stitches
• Saline Solution
• Baby Thermometers
• Birth Control
• Aspirin/Ibuprofen
• Blood Pressure Cuffs
• Stethoscopes

RICE itself has sent teams over to Mexico and has provided medical clinics for the needy, as well as providing fellowship, and dancing/singing for the people to enjoy and participate. RICE has also participated in helping deliver presents to the children during Christmas time.

Mexico Highlights (Source: CIA Factbook):

• Mexico is located in Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States.
• The population of Mexico consists of 111,211,789 people.
• The infant mortality rate is 18.42 deaths/1,000 live births.
• There are 200,000 estimated people living in Mexico.
• 11,000 people in Mexico die of aids yearly.
• The major infectious diseases include:
  • Bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
  • Dengue fever
  • Leptospirosis
• There are 5,500-10,000 Internally Displaced Persons in Mexico.
• Mexico is a major supplier of heroin and the largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market.