GH2HG is a nonprofit organization that accepts donations of many medical supplies, including gowns, syringes, medications and wheel chairs, Roushangar said. The group also is a registered student organization with 11 members, said Henry Beckmeyer, the adviser for GH2HG and professor in the department of surgical medicine.

“I wanted to do something to show how grateful I am to be here studying,” he said.

Roushangar spent last semester creating the idea of GH2HG and recruiting members, donators and partners.

“People thought it was too hard and I wouldn’t be able to do it,” he said. “I just didn’t give up.”

GH2HG partners with the International Institute of Health and the MSU College of Nursing, who take the supplies collected and send them to a country in need.

When supplies are received, they are categorized and inventoried. Then the supplies are sent to a hospital, where they are sanitized, Beckmeyer said.

“We don’t take anything that is contaminated,” he said. “But it is truly amazing the amount of equipment that just needs to be sanitized in order to use. It is very easy and otherwise would just be thrown away.”

Beckmeyer serves the organization by introducing members to people who can help them with their cause, he said.

“It’s student organized and student led,” he said.

Roushangar is Egyptian and Iranian and said he is lucky to be at MSU. He was inspired when he saw a statistic that said a woman in childbirth dies every nine minutes because of a lack of medical supplies, he said.

“I was taught (that) I must do things for others,” he said. “Being from a third-world country, I wanted to help.”

Beckmeyer said the students in GH2HG work hard to collect the equipment and get it to the people who need it most.

“This organization exemplifies the best of what MSU has to offer,” he said. “These students are serving a need that is extremely underserved, and with no strings attached.”

GH2HG will be send its first package in May, either to Ghana or Mexico. Until then, the supplies are stored in two rooms the organization rents at the Printing Services building for $75, Roushangar said.

Maria Daskas, a professional writing junior said the group’s efforts are admirable.

“I think anything we can do to help other countries is great,” she said. “As long as what we’re giving to them isn’t contaminated.”

Beckmeyer said getting more of the community involved with the organization, particularly hospitals and clinics is important.

“They are just a remarkable group of students,” he said. “They are from all over and just want to help anyone who needs it.”