The Pan-American
Medical Association

Our Logistics Coalition

PAMA’s medical supply logistics program works together with coalition partners, fiscally sponsored programs and generous donor organizations. Together, we are here to serve underserved communities.

Coalition partners

Our coalition partners work alongside PAMA’s logistics team to gather, move and deliver medical supplies to the clinics and communities that need them most.

  • Not Just Tourists logoNot Just Tourists
  • Global Health Partners logoGlobal Health Partners
  • U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee logoU.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee

Fiscally sponsored programs

PAMA serves as fiscal sponsor for Philadelphia for Cuba and Levántate por Cuba, supporting their community work. Learn about P4C in Philadelphia

  • Philadelphia for Cuba logoPhiladelphia for Cuba
  • Levántate por Cuba logoLevántate por Cuba

Organizations that donate to our logistics team

These organizations have made donations that help our logistics team ship supplies. We are grateful for their generosity.

  • Saving Lives Campaign logoSaving Lives Campaign
  • ILWU Southern California District Council logoILWU Southern California District Council
  • Inlandboatmen’s Union, Marine Division of the ILWU logoInlandboatmen’s Union, Marine Division of the ILWU
  • United Teachers Los Angeles logoUnited Teachers Los Angeles
  • IAM Union logoIAM Union

Organizations are listed in appreciation of their partnership or donations. A listing does not mean an organization endorses PAMA or its programs.

How the logistics program works

The logistics side of our work is how donated supplies become care. Each step is documented so partners and donors can follow every shipment.

  1. Volunteers stand beside a wrapped pallet of medical supplies outside a warehouse.

    Gather

    Partners, suppliers and community supply drives donate medical supplies, and cash gifts buy the items clinics ask for most.

  2. Volunteers photograph and scan wrapped pallets of supplies.

    Sort and document

    Volunteers sort, scan and palletize every item, keeping a chain-of-custody record for each pallet.

  3. Volunteers move pallets of medical supplies toward a truck for shipping.

    Score and ship

    Each shipment is scored with our Solidarity Supply Index, then shipped with logistics partners.

  4. Two clinicians smile while holding signed delivery paperwork in a clinic.

    Deliver and verify

    Receiving clinicians sign for and photograph each delivery, so every donation can be traced to the clinic it reached.

Join the coalition

Community groups, unions, medical societies, suppliers and institutions can support the logistics program by hosting supply drives, donating supplies, or volunteering at the warehouse.

Partner with us Fund the next shipment

Volunteers talk with visitors beside a table of books and materials at a community event.

Opportunities to serve