History
VIDA USA was founded in 1992 by Haydee Rodriguez-Pastor, a Peruvian philanthropist, in response to a severe cholera breakout in Southern Peru. Working with neighbors and Peruvians living in the Bay Area, they accomplished the first container, filled with medicine, blankets, baby formula, and hospital beds in a matter of days.
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