Delivering Hope. Equipping Change.
Equip a Clinic. Change a Community.
We equip clinics, support healthcare professionals, and build long-term partnerships in Côte d’Ivoire.
One Container. Multiplied Impact.
Each 40-foot container places needed supplies and lifesaving medical equipment directly into the hands of healthcare providers in Côte d’Ivoire.
Why This Work Matters
Healthcare should not depend on where you are born.
Across Côte d’Ivoire, dedicated healthcare professionals often work without the equipment needed to diagnose, treat, and care for patients. RIA helps close that gap by connecting identified needs with equipment, resources, and lasting partnership.
Responsible From Start to Finish
How We Make It Happen
Assess
RIA works with local healthcare leaders and Project C.U.R.E. to understand what each clinic actually needs.
Prepare
Donated equipment is inspected, sorted, inventoried, matched, and packed for transport.
Ship
Supporters help fund the delivery of a 40-foot container to Côte d’Ivoire.
Equip & Serve
Equipment is placed in the hands of healthcare professionals, while clinic teams provide care, education, and follow-up support.
Needs are identified before equipment is matched, prepared, and delivered—helping each shipment support the healthcare professionals receiving it.
A Moment From the Field
A heartbeat heard for the first time.
During a 2020 clinic trip, volunteer paramedic Irving VanderVegt met a mother eight months into her pregnancy. After locating the baby’s heartbeat, he placed the stethoscope in her ears—and then in her husband’s. Their smiles turned a simple exam into a moment none of them would forget.
“The joy of my heart had never been fuller.”
Irving VanderVegt
March 2020 clinic team
The Work Is Already in Motion
patients treated during the October 2022 clinic trip.
RIA’s documented clinic and service trips include 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Who We Are
Rooted in faith. Built through partnership. Focused on people.
RIA works through relationships grounded in trust, respect, equity, accountability, and shared responsibility—alongside local healthcare professionals, community leaders, churches, volunteers, and nonprofit partners.
There Is a Place for You
How You Can Be Part of the Mission
Fund a Container
Help cover the cost of transporting critical medical equipment to healthcare providers in Côte d’Ivoire.
Give Toward a Container
Join a Mission
Serve alongside RIA and local healthcare partners on a future clinic and training trip.
Explore Mission Trips
Partner With Us
Engage your church, healthcare organization, business, or foundation in long-term work.
Become a PartnerThe Vision Goes Beyond the Next Container
Building a permanent base for care, training, and partnership.
RIA has been given two acres of land in Yamoussoukro for a future headquarters, clinic, volunteer lodge, mobile outreach, transportation, and training space.
The Next Clinic Is Waiting
Somewhere, a clinic is waiting.
Help place needed equipment in the hands of healthcare professionals who are ready to use it.