PPE Needed

PPE Needed is a Dutch "grassroots" initiative to address the global shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) among frontliners. The platform is founded by Dunya Ressang, brothers Omar Kbiri,[1] and Rachid Kbiri. They are a free-to-use global PPE initiative that, according to their website, seeks “to create an overview of the global PPE shortage during the Covid-19 Crisis and to locally enable matching of supply and shortages of PPE during this crisis.”

PPE Needed Logo

They started as a Dutch platform[2] with support from the Red Cross.[3] More than 400,000 masks have been delivered in a matter of weeks to those fighting the pandemic in the Netherlands,[4] relieving the coordination efforts made on a national level. After Red Cross' initial support, the platform is now backed by tech giant Amazon[5] to obtain a global overview of all equipment shortages during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

References
  1. "Prachtacties op een rij: zó helpen we elkaar de coronacrisis door". www.linda.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  2. "Nieuwe website moet mondkapjes bij de zorg krijgen". Metronieuws.nl (in Dutch). 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  3. Force, Uk Mask (2020-07-13). "Partnership with PPEneeded.com » UK Mask Force". UK Mask Force. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  4. "Blog: Solidariteit en digitale toepassingen samen tegen het coronavirus". Zorgvisie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  5. "Two brothers create tech solution to source protective equipment for frontline workers". EU Day One Blog. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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