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Strengthening the Peru ambulance network

Vivaldi – Ingenieria Hospitalaria SAS

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Vivaldi are working with UNOPS in Peru to install pulse oximeters into ambulances and run training sessions for medical staff to use them. Having this equipment on board, and knowing how to use it supports the capability of ambulance and hospital staff to save lives. This loan provides the capital required to purchase the equipment.

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Vivaldi - Ingenieria Hospitalaria SAS

Loan summary

Vivaldi, with over 21 years of experience in the healthcare sector across Latin America and the Caribbean, is dedicated to simplifying the vital task of caring for life. Their mission is to enhance healthcare access. They do this across many countries and in many different ways.

For this project, they have been contracted by UNOPS to install pulse oximeters into ambulances, train the users and then run a three year after-sales support plan. They have worked with UNOPS 10 times before, in multiple different countries purchasing and installing a variety of different medical equipment and carrying out the training to use it.

Having this equipment on board ambulances, and knowing how to use it, supports the capability of ambulance and hospital staff to save lives.

Borrower's mission

Vivaldi’s work involves managing and executing projects that strengthen hospital infrastructure and healthcare networks. Vivaldi are the conduit between NGOs, government entities and manufacturers, to get the right equipment, devices and services sourced, delivered, installed, tested at the site and do the after-sales support in local communities ensuring access to health.

Their main areas of delivery are currently:

Provide equipment into ambulances across Colombia
Through their sub-brand Amigo Corazón, they focus on emergency preparedness in Colombia by supply an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) managed service to companies and organisations. Their innovative approach is to not just sell the equipment but to sell a managed service allowing companies to focus on their core business while staying prepared.
Execution and management of access to health and humanitarian aid projects in Latam

Vivaldi is also currently working with partners such as Red Hat Impact to increase their impact by designing a Human Impact Frontier Fund. This will allow for rapid pre-financing for equipment purchasing which will make it easier to commit to projects quickly when the need arises.

The activities funded by this loan are helping to achieve the above Sustainable Development Goals as defined by the UN.

This loan is listed by Impact Intermediary

Red Hat Impact

Intermediary's experience with impact enterprises

For more than 9 years, Red Hat Impact has helped impact enterprises by raising capital and providing other kinds of business and strategy support. We have raised more than $3M from our network of impact investors, and loaned this capital to support 30 enterprises. We use a crowd-lending model to raise loan capital. As of May 2024, we maintain a 98% success rate on loan repayment. We establish close working relationships with all of the impact enterprises we raise debt capital for, and co-manage risks with them during the loan term.

Impacts and how they are measured

This initiative is part of a larger project to strengthen the health network in Peru and other countries, aligned with UNOPS programs. UNOPS has delivered more than 1,300 ambulances across different countries, building national emergency response capacity and reinforcing the resilience of health systems. The incorporation of pulse oximeters and related training, together with the other medical devices needed to have an ambulance ready to be used will directly enhance this regional effort, ensuring that ambulances are better equipped to save lives and provide reliable pre-hospital care.

Without partners such as Vivaldi being able to deliver aspects of these health-strengthening projects, they would not happen.

Success will be measured by getting all equipment installed on time, and training sessions delivered.

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