International Impact
International Relief Programs
Rick’s Heart Foundation supports Canadian Registered Charities reaching the unreached. We fund and help to deliver emergency, medical and relief donations around the world.
Charity Partners
Fire Trucks, ambulances, school supplies. We get essential donations where they’re needed most.
Emergency Vehicles & Equipment
Medical Vehicles & Supplies
International Relief Supplies
Emergency Vehicles & Equipment
Doubling the Impact of the Kamloops Firefighters Charitable Society
It would have taken us an extra five years
When I first met Rick about 10 years ago, I thought, this guy can’t be for real.
Since then, I’ve grown to absolutely love Rick and what he’s done.
Rick is passionate about making as much money as he can. And he’s passionate about giving every single cent of that away.
When I say that he would give the shirt off of his back, I’ve actually seen him take his shirt off and give it to somebody.
Rick’s foundation has supported our Kamloops Firefighters Charitable Society by helping us ship emergency vehicles around the world.
They’ve helped with logistics and transportation for all of our containers.
We’ve got a mandate of shipping 33 fire trucks and ambulances to Central America and with Rick’s help, it will be very close to 30 this year.
A fire department will call us up and say, “Look, we’ve got this truck to donate. We’ll give it to you if you can have it delivered to a department within six months.”
Before, we couldn’t make that commitment because we were always struggling for funding.
Whereas now, all I need to do is pick up the phone and say, “Rick, can you help us get this ambulance to this community that doesn’t have anything?”
And he’ll ask, “Is this afternoon fast enough to get you that cheque?”
Since we’ve had Rick helping us out, we can get the containers and the firetrucks and everything delivered at almost the same rate as we can acquire these things.
Without Rick’s help, we would have shipped the 33 fire trucks, but it would have taken us an extra five years.
To me, there are so many organizations out there that do some great work, but with Rick’s Heart Foundation, it truly is Rick’s heart.
The firefighters go to a fire with a T-shirt and a pair of shorts on.
Rick’s Heart Foundation included in the one container we shipped to Liberia a whole bunch of firefighters’ outfits, donated through the Kamloops Firefighter’s Charitable Society.
We spoke with the Minister of Justice, who’s in charge of the emergency services. He started crying, and he said, “Nobody has paid attention to the needs of our firefighters ever. You’re the first.”
He said, “The firefighters go to a fire with a T-shirt and a pair of shorts on.”
And here, Rick’s Heart Foundation helped send dozens of sets of firefighter’s equipment for each of them to wear. Each costs $10,000.
Medical Vehicles & Supplies
15 Years of Giving with the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation
- Shipped $17 million of medical supplies to 17+ hospitals, 5 universities and schools, orphanages, and nursing homes in West Africa
- Partnered to build and equip a US $230M modern hospital in Ghana
- Educated, trained, and funded 10 neurosurgeons in their home countries
- Trained more than 2000 local nurses, medics, and local health workers and more
In 2019, we partnered with KBNF and Kelowna firefighters to send Liberia an ambulance (EMS-001).
With their new ambulance, Liberia has now deployed an amazing 90 member volunteer team that relies 100% on medical and equipment donations.
A testament to how heart-powered visionaries can transform a vulnerable world
In 2006, I was sending an urgent email to Ghana on the only available computer in the entire Neuro Department at Vancouver General Hospital.
Just then, a man leaned on the door and asked, “Whatcha doin’?”
I thought, “Oh no, there’s that patient’s crazy husband.” But what I said was, “I’m sending an email to Africa!”
He was interested. “Why?”
I explained that KBNF was shipping containers packed with donated medical equipment and supplies to Ghana.
“Who does your transportation?” he asked.
I said, “Oh, we’re doing it. It’s killing us financially. We’re going bankrupt having to pay for the rental of the trucks.”
“Well, do you know who I am? Do you know what I do?”
I did not know what he did.
He said, “I own Diamond Delivery. We’ll do all of your transportation for you in British Columbia.”
I said, “You will?”
Rick said, “Yeah. We would love to.”
That was the beginning, and he’s never broken his promise.
In transportation costs alone, they have invested nearly $500,000 dollars in our foundation.
Hospitals will donate massive equipment like exquisite neurosurgery microscopes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and Rick’s transportation team brings it over. We ask and it’s done yesterday.
Rick has a partnership with the firefighters in Kamloops and he asked me one day, “Would Liberia like an ambulance?”
“Would they like an ambulance?” I said. “Would I like a lottery ticket that wins?”
That guy. His heart. He lives in his heart.
Our partnership over 15 years is a testament to how heart-powered visionaries can transform a vulnerable world.
Rick’s Heart has given immeasurable hope to people in need of emergency care. On behalf of each patient and their loved ones, we are so grateful.
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