Mercy Kits

Types of Mercy Kits: Baby | Personal Hygiene | School | Cleaning | Sewing | Linen

We've all listened to children telling us of the toys they want; of adults wishing they had a newer car or bigger house. However, millions of families throughout the world, living in dire poverty, are without even the bare essentials of basic survival.

As a result, Mercy Airlift has developed "Mercy Kits" which meet the basic needs of families left with nothing, with no one to turn to for help. The kits are distributed free of charge to disaster victims, orphanages, and those who continuously suffer in abject poverty. Kit ingredients are purchased and then packaged by volunteers, social clubs, service organizations, schools and churches. They are then collected for sorting in our facilities and distributed to the needy.

New Baby Kits

There are millions of women who haven't the basic supplies to welcome their newborn into the world. The items in this kit consist of:

• 6 cloth diapers
• 10 Clothes Pins
• 6 disposable diapers
• Baby Wipes
• 2 shirts
• 1 sweater
• 2 gowns
• 2 blankets
• Baby skin cream

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Personal Hygiene Kit

When a family has lost everything or has no resources to purchase even basic health care items, the sense of hopelessness and desperation can be overwhelming. The Individual and Family Health Kits are the most widely used and requested. There are made up of:

• One bar of bath sized soap
• One washcloth
• One hand towel
• One toothbrush
• One tube of toothpaste
• One package of band-aids
• One comb
• One nail file or fingernail clipper

The Family Hygiene Kit is made up for 2, 3, and 4 members of a family with the same items listed above except for the nail or fingernail clipper. Added to the Family Kits are feminine hygiene products.

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School Kits

Our School Kits are most requested by families living in remote areas where basic school supplies are often non-existent. The Kits are made up of:

• Note pads of ruled paper (8-1/2 x 11) - at least 200 sheets
• 1 30-centimeter (12") ruler
• 6 Unsharpened pencils with erasers
• 1 pencil sharpener
• 2 erasers
• 1 box of colored construction paper
• 1 box of crayons
• 1 cloth book bag with handles or straps

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Cleaning Kits

Cleaning Kits are always needed in the household, but always take a back seat to other needs and supplies. These kits are especially needed after disasters or when a family is living in a remote area and cannot access or secure these items to make their dwelling as clean, safe, and secure as possible. These kits contain:

• 1 Mop
• 1 five gallon bucket with a resealable lid
• Rubber gloves
• 5 Scouring pads
• Cleaning towels
• Dry Laundry detergent
• Dry disinfectant
• Plastic garbage bags (30 gallon)
• Sponges
• Household cleaner

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Sewing Kits

Sewing kits provide and create interdependence rather dependence, and give women the capabilities to make their own clothing and to mend family clothing as needed. In some areas of developing countries, the women even begin to produce small cottage industries, which produce valuable income for their families. This Kit includes:

• 4 to 6 yards of cotton or cotton-blend solid-color or print fabric
• (a minimum of 3 uncut yards of fabric is required)
• 1 pair of sewing scissors
• 1 package of needles
• 6 spools of thread
• 12 sets of buttons
• 1 Thimble

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Linen Kits

Linen Kits are in extreme need in many parts of the world, including here in the United States. The Kits are also used extensively after a major natural disaster in all parts of the world. The kit includes:

• New unwrapped Sheets
• 2 pillows
• 2 pillow cases
• Assorted towels
• 2 cotton blankets

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