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.
— Marj Ratel, Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation