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Focus on Distribution Center in Brunswick
The team members who work in MAP International’s global distribution center in Brunswick, GA, are the unsung heroes of the organization this past year. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., the distribution center staff at MAP made the sacrifices necessary to keep operations running smoothly so vital medicines and health supplies would continue to reach the people that needed them. The distribution center is a 40,000 square foot facility that acts as a Foreign Trade Zone with U.S. Customs, which allows MAP to purchase and import products without duties. All donations of products (GIK) and all MAP-purchased products are inventoried, stored, and shipped from this facility. Using a highly efficient process, MAP was able to serve over 20 million people in 2020, delivering life-saving medicines and much-needed health supplies to people in nearly 90 countries who would not have had access otherwise. When COVID-19 stopped many in their tracks, the distribution center staff at MAP International worked tirelessly to ensure that medicines and health supplies reached those most in need around the world. In a year wrought with so many challenges, these team members behind the scenes ensured that MAP could continue to respond to global disasters and disease with health and hope.
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