Just over two months ago, we launched The Covid Manufacturing Fund. With this initiative, we hoped to help the current global pandemic by leveraging our distributed network of manufacturing partners to produce face shields for frontline medical staff.
Less than twelve hours in, the fund had raised over $18,000. An immediate hit, with contributors eager to donate to a cause which has a direct, and almost immediate, positive impact on the worldโs hard-working medical staff.
These face shields have reached these medical facilities:
๐ 13,000 shields to Amref, Africa ๐บ๐ธ 250 shields to DonatePPE, US ๐ธ๐ฎ 500 shields to Splosna bolnisnica Novo mesto, Slovenia ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ 500 shields to Marie Curie Hospital, Scotland ๐ซ๐ท 250 shields to Centre Hospitalier, France ๐ฝ๐ฐ 250 shields to Clinical University Hospital, Kosovo ๐ฆ๐ฑ 250 shields to University Hospital Center, Albania ๐ฆ๐ท 250 shields to National Universities, Argentina ๐ฎ๐ณ 250 shields to Multiple Hospitals in Chennai, India ๐ฑ๐บ 250 shields to Coviva, Luxembourg ๐ฆ๐บ 250 shields to The Northern Hospital, Australia ๐จ๐ฆ 250 shields to local pharmacies in Ontario, Canada ๐ฌ๐ง 250 shields to Kent and Medway NHS, UK ๐ฌ๐ง 250 shields to Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS, UK ๐ฌ๐ง 250 shields to Basingstoke Hospital, UK ๐บ๐ธ 500 shields to Good Samaritan Hospital, US ๐บ๐ธ 1,000 shields to Swedish Covenant Hospital, US ๐บ๐ธ 1,500 shields to Make4Covid, US
Designed to help organizations and hospitals strapped for resources, 100% of the fundโs donations were used to manufacture and ship these protective masks for free to non-profit organizations.
Searching for the fastest and most cost effective solution
But simply churning out face shields wasnโt the end for us, as we aimed to use every dollar donated to benefit as many medical workers as possible. Working closely with mechanical engineers and our manufacturing partner network, we switched to an optimized design of the face shield to make production faster and more cost effective.
The simplified PET foil design costs around $2 per face shield to produce and ship, slashing the original cost in half. With these changes, we were able to supply medical facilities with these face shields in batches of 500 at $1000 per batch.
The Covid Manufacturing Fund has raised more than $30,000 to supply medical workers with over 30,000 face shields globally. You can see where each batch of face shields is delivered on our GoFundMe page.
Time to wrap up
Itโs been incredibly rewarding to see the impact of setting up such a fund can have in times of crisis. Weโve also been amazed at how quickly and effectively our global manufacturing partners have come together and prioritized these face shield orders to help people in need.
However, as the new demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has started to even out with supply, we feel the purpose of the fund has been fulfilled. Weโd now like to encourage those who want to fight against Covid to support other causes, such as vaccine research.
If you have any questions about our Covid Manufacturing Fund, please contact us on covid@hubs.com.
